He reviewed lame comedies? Who knew?
Hated Citizen Kane...never understood how it is one of the best eveh.
Have never seen Schindler’s List...no interest in seeing it either.
I’ve never seen The English Patient, either.
Well it’s not just RE you disagree with then it’s just general good cinematic taste.
I take it you’ve never seen films such as “Ikiru”, “Seven Samurai” “The French Connection”, “No Country For Old Men”, “The Remains Of The Day”, “The Bicycle Thief”, “Tokyo Story”, “Raise The Red Lantern”, “Dark City”, “The Shop On Main Street”, “Les Enfants du Paradis”, “Chinatown”, “Goodfellas” or other films?
“The English Patient” is interesting in that the novel it’s based on was considered unfilmable, and they pulled it off. I can say it’s a damned sight better than “Titanic” when it comes to the ‘doomed romance’ genre, lol!
“Citizen Kane” was a pioneering film, especially in terms of cinematography. A lot of the camera tricks we see in films originated in, or were perfected in, that film.
Politics aside, he was good. He was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize.
I loved the Siskel & Ebert shows. I didn’t always agree with their opinions on movies, but they got me to look at movies in a new way.