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RE: "Sorry, kiddo. EBERT didn't have to follow the crowd and give it away"

Nope, the studio made that decision for it's OWN movie prior to it's release, which is their right, of course. You obviously didn't actually read my response before you filed off this turd.

RE: "Ebert sold out. Go back to to AICN and curl up with Harry now. 'Night."

So you're declaring victory in a fight that you lost.
Uh, huh. Maybe you should be over at DU about now, pissing and moaning about the "lost votes" in Ohio...

Nope, the studio made that decision for it's OWN movie prior to it's release, which is their right, of course. You obviously didn't actually read my response before you filed off this turd.

Nice backpeddle. I knew that when confronted by evidence of your cherished "critic" engaging as an accomplice in the usual hum-drum Hollywood practice of giving plot elements away, you'd cry "Foul!"

I didn't know anything about The Woodsman until Ebert told me about it-- and gave it away. You know, that thing that ehtical, professional movie critics aren't supposed to do. Ever!

It seems you are upset (at least one reason) because the plot twist of this movie was (apparently) given away by Micheal Medved. This simply isn't the case.

I realize this thread started 2 days ago, but even then I knew it was about euthanasia. I knew it was about that last week. I knew because I heard it talked about on the Don & Mike show last Friday (I think it was. Maybe it was Thursday. Anyway, it was last week sometime).

The point is, I'm sure there were other outlets out there already that were "giving away the secret", so it's not like Medved was the first.

As far as the "ethical" concern about him giving away the movie's ending (or content) at all, if even not the first? Well, to that I'd say when I saw this show advertised on Fox, there were repeated warnings to the viewers that Medved was going to talk about the movie and "what it's really about, and it's not what you think!" I didn't see the actual interview, but I'm sure the warning was repeated.

If you happened to just tune in after the final warning was given, and just as he was talking about the movie, well, then all I can say to that is, "Sorry, life sucks though, you know?"

Besides, it's just a movie. :)