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Jarid in Cedar
04-04-2013, 02:04 PM
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/17320958-418/roger-ebert-dies-at-70-after-battle-with-cancer.html

I didn't go out of my way to watch their show, but I would stay and finish if it came up while channel surfing.

wuapinmon
04-04-2013, 02:07 PM
He was just tweeting the other day. He was absolutely brilliant, and I will miss reading his opinions about films.

Jarid in Cedar
04-04-2013, 04:54 PM
Gotta love The Onion

http://www.theonion.com/articles/roger-ebert-hails-human-existence-as-a-triumph,31945/


CHICAGO—Calling the overall human experience “poignant,” “thought-provoking,” and a “complete tour de force,” film critic Roger Ebert praised existence Thursday as “an audacious and thrilling triumph.” “While not without its flaws, life, from birth to death, is a masterwork, and an uplifting journey that both touches the heart and challenges the mind,” said Ebert, adding that while the totality of all humankind is sometimes “a mess in places,” it strives to be a magnum opus and, according to Ebert, largely succeeds at this goal. “At times brutally sad, yet surprisingly funny, and always completely honest, I wholeheartedly recommend existence. If you haven’t experienced it yet, then what are you waiting for? It is not to be missed.” Ebert later said that while human existence’s running time was “a little on the long side,” it could have gone on much, much longer and he would have been perfectly happy

LA Ute
04-04-2013, 05:08 PM
Gotta love The Onion

http://www.theonion.com/articles/roger-ebert-hails-human-existence-as-a-triumph,31945/

:clap:

DanielLaRusso
04-04-2013, 05:45 PM
The balcony is closed

GarthUte
04-04-2013, 08:15 PM
I think he was a pompous ass, but I did use his critiques to decide what movies to see. If he hated it, I knew I would like it.

SeattleUte
04-05-2013, 12:27 AM
I think he was a pompous ass, but I did use his critiques to decide what movies to see. If he hated it, I knew I would like it.

Gene Siskel was more the pompous ass. Ebert was a wonderful egalitarian evaluating films. He could appreciate Caddy Shack as much as Shoah.

wuapinmon
04-05-2013, 01:31 AM
Gene Siskel was more the pompous ass. Ebert was a wonderful egalitarian evaluating films. He could appreciate Caddy Shack as much as Shoah.

Amen. I loved Ebert. Siskel was a jerk.