Roger Ebert

[calimac]

What am I going to do without Ebert? No other movie critic was so close to being comprehensive in his coverage, and so reliable and intelligent in his judgments. Whenever I saw a potentially interesting new DVD release coming up, it's Ebert's review I'd go check to see what he thought of it.

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[eddyerrol.livejournal.com]

Ditto. I didn't always agree he assessments (he gave a lot of movies higher marks than I would have), but I usually did, and even when I didn't he always had something intelligent and thoughtful to say. And he was the author of my single favorite line from a movie review, for the horrible Armageddon (the whole review is an entertaining read, in fact): "The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained."

Ed

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, his pans were delightfully funny. Here's a quiz: pick the movie from a quote from Ebert's killer review.

[eddyerrol.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that! His smackdown of Rob Schneider regarding Deuce Bigalo, European Gigolo is classic.