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« on: March 31, 2015, 12:38:57 AM »
Massive FF
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« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2015, 06:56:13 AM »
Massive FF. I read many of his reviews some time ago and he came across as really brilliant and passionate about film.
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« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2015, 10:04:14 AM »
Yeah, huge FF, and kind of an institution.
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« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2015, 12:50:08 PM »
I wonder how many stars he gave Heaven. (Or Hell. Or Purgatory. Or Limbo. Or any other after-death destination)
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« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2015, 01:07:58 PM »

0 stars. Too cheery, nothing ever happens, no conflict whatsoever, no consistent plot.
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« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2015, 01:14:39 PM »
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« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2015, 01:28:19 PM »
Quote from: DemPGH on March 31, 2015, 10:04:14 AM
Yeah, huge FF, and kind of an institution.
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« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2015, 01:40:31 PM »
siskel had better taste
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« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2015, 01:48:21 PM »
I think The Onion did him well with one of their best briefs ever: http://www.theonion.com/articles/roger-ebert-hails-human-existence-as-a-triumph,31945
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« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2015, 02:05:51 PM »
The reason why film criticism is so vapid and terrible. HP. He seems like a perfectly nice guy and his love of movies almost makes me vote FF, but his influence on cinema has no doubt been a negative one, so I can only vote how I feel.
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« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2015, 03:52:06 PM »
There could only be one (well, and Siskel). Other film critics are weak copies of him.
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« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2015, 04:11:32 PM »
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on March 31, 2015, 03:52:06 PM
There could only be one (well, and Siskel). Other film critics are weak copies of him.

Pauline Kael was a far more powerful film critic and someone more film critics should idolize.
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« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2015, 08:20:25 PM »
A true symbol of both Chicagoland and the University of Illinois, two places that I have called home throughout my life.

His work in film was pretty good, too.

Thumbs up. Smiley RIP
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« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2015, 08:26:12 PM »
FF, no doubt.
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« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2015, 10:44:29 PM »

He had so many great quotes.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert
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« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2015, 10:50:57 PM »
Quote from: Clean Meat Cheap on March 31, 2015, 12:50:08 PM
I wonder how many stars he gave Heaven. (Or Hell. Or Purgatory. Or Limbo. Or any other after-death destination)

I liked the Onion's obit for him.

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Obviously, I liked him.
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« Reply #16 on: April 01, 2015, 02:11:38 PM »
On the little I know my impression was that he was a bit lame.
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« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2015, 02:35:18 PM »
Quote from: Mister Mets on March 31, 2015, 10:50:57 PM
Quote from: Clean Meat Cheap on March 31, 2015, 12:50:08 PM
I wonder how many stars he gave Heaven. (Or Hell. Or Purgatory. Or Limbo. Or any other after-death destination)

I liked the Onion's obit for him.

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Thanks for that bit. Smiley
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« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2015, 10:17:35 PM »
I always preferred Siskel, personally, but there's no denying what he did for film criticism as a whole. Major FF.
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« Reply #19 on: April 02, 2015, 07:15:21 AM »
While I'm not a gamer and do in fact rarely play games more advanced than solitaire, I found his statement about games not being art, so arrogant and so lacking in any form of self reflextion (in how his own chosen media have developed) that I'm unable to call him a FF. Movies have fought for almost a century for it to be seen as a art form, because it differ from more traditional art forms in how it interact with the audience, and then without any reflextion Mr. Ebert make the same jugdement about a new media.
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« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2015, 02:17:14 PM »
Huge FF.
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« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2015, 05:48:22 PM »
Quote from: tara gilesbie on April 01, 2015, 02:35:18 PM
Quote from: Mister Mets on March 31, 2015, 10:50:57 PM
Quote from: Clean Meat Cheap on March 31, 2015, 12:50:08 PM
I wonder how many stars he gave Heaven. (Or Hell. Or Purgatory. Or Limbo. Or any other after-death destination)

I liked the Onion's obit for him.

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Thanks for that bit. Smiley

Damn this is awesome, how the hell did I miss this?
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