He made my skin crawl.
And this outtake roll where they began bitching at each other was revealing, particularly with respect to Ebert:
LINK: Siskel & Ebert (1987): Rated R
My favorite, and largely only movie critic I pay attention to now is The Critical Drinker.
Siskel detested Ebert, too.
Apparently he was a pompous jerk. But what pompous jerks were in the 70s and 80s. Not what the Democrats *reveal* to us now.
(They were always the same - tbey just manifest more now.)
The Drinker is my go-to for reviews these days.
steynonline.com,
Chronicles journal, and
The Spectator
all have excellent movie reviews and reviewers.
Early on, folks thought Siskel was too stiff and intellectual. Ebert more the relaxed Everyman. But while Siskel never changed and folks came to appreciate his point of view after a while, Ebert sank into being just another creature of the media who couldn’t keep his misinformed Leftist opinions out of his reviews.