Posted on 09/10/2008 8:55:55 PM PDT by xDGx
Years ago I learned the hard way that when a movie had “one thumb up” and it was from Roger, it was best to pass.
I don’t seem to agree with him on this either.
And Ed Wood at least had the decency to recognize that he’d never rise above dime store porn.
Okay, Ebert seems like a nice guy. I don’t want to pile on him just because he leans to the left, and doesn’t like Palin.
But going into the bit about her glasses is just STUPID.
And he calls HER shallow?
MORON!
Welcome to the Freep, Roger.
You know it’s passed the point when a nonentity such as Roger Ebert gets column space for his shallow uninformed political opinion on a woman who’s already more of a player than the Hollywood bimbos whose azzes he plants his fat lips on. Actually, it passed the point when the left made the Ebay parody auction of Governor Palin’s baby. But Roger Ebert??!!
Hey Roger, STFU!!
I am going easy on him.
I am well aware of his medical condition and have made no mention of it. It in no way excuses him from being called on the carpet for penning third-rate hit pieces. Anyone who has to stoop to picking on someone’s glasses as being somehow indicative of their sophistication, and thus suitability for office is, to put it politely, an asshat.
Welcome to FR, btw. ;)
I was turned off with Ebert 10 yrs ago. During a UVA film festival where he fielded questions from the audience
proclaimed european voters had far more sophistication
than the average American citizen.
I forgot the context of his topic but at that point it did’nt matter. My repect for Ebert vanished. Since I’ve listened to Michael Medved’s reviews and found them to be closer to my taste in film.
In other words, pretty much anybody.
I miss Gene Siskel.
I wouldn’t go that far, but he was a better judge of movies than Ebert. I always thought Ebert was the inspiration for “Comic Book Guy” on the Simpsons. The pompous nerd thing rings a bell.
Same kind of thing liberals said about Ronald Reagan.
When liberals begin to pour such unadulterated bias and/or hate against a conservative candidate, it is evidence that candidate is someone we should support.
Roger is such an idiot.
Uuum regional pride kicking in...Ebert is a lifelong Chicagoan and isn’t remotely Hollywood in his mindset.
Yeah, I am aware he is mired in that sort of thinking.
I still like him.
For me, he’s a reliable critic for non-political movies and is able to admit enjoying some movies just on their enjoyability as opposed to their actual quality. Speed 2 comes to mind. It’s pretty dumb but quite enjoyable and Ebert was the only one I saw in the world of critics who could enjoy a film like that unpretentiously.
Yes, Michael Medved is a great critic.
Great to be here BTW.
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