R.I.P. Roger Ebert
 

Yeah, I know we have a R.I.P. Thread...... but this man deserves his own thread.

Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer - Chicago Sun-Times

I am saddened by this. I loved this man. Yeah, he had some sketchy opinions (see his views on video games) and would put down a lot of horror i liked (personally I think he was a closet Friday the 13th fan - who gots to all of them knowing they hated everyone they saw before... anyone with reason would see maybe 2 or 3 and not bother... but he saw them all)... Plus the whole Ryan Dunn thing probably knocked him down some (personally I think it may have been soon, but he was still 110% correct in what he said)

But he loved movies, and although I can't say I always agreed with him, I admired what he did none the less.

I also admire that through it all he never gave up, he was still doing reviews from his hospital bed the last time... gotta love that kind of dedication to ones art.

But love him or hate him, he was an important figure in the world of cinema and will be missed.

R.I.P Mr. Ebert.

I don't think anyone could hate him really. A good man taken (looks up life expectancy) 7 years too early. At least we still have Mark Kermode going for a few more decades.

Man, this makes me sad. I didn't always agree with his reviews but I loved his writing and thought he was a fascinating guy. I actually saw him in person twice in my life: once at a movie in the park screening of Some Like It Hot that he organized and spoke at, and once on a sidewalk in downtown Chicago when we walked right past each other as I was on my way to work.

The world of movies just won't be the same without him. :(

My all time favorite movie critic. I figured this was coming, I am a regular reader of his reviews, and as of late his page has been mostly guest reviewers. He was equally entertaining praising a film or cutting it to ribbons. I disagreed with him on scattered, infrequent occasions, but even with that he made his case so eloquently, either for or against, the film, I was compelled to respect his POV. Him and I were almost in lockstep on politics. I am really going to miss Roger.


http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dolc...m_roger_ebert/

Ebert was the gold standard of anything art criticism for me. He didn't just watch movies and give his opinion on them, he helped explain movies latent with symbolism that could so easily pass under a viewer's nose, he took what directors gave him and formulated his own thoughts on the message and intent.

I never really got to see Ebert & Siskel in their heyday and that always made me sad. Just watching videos on Youtube of them going at showed what awesome chemistry they had as a duo. Their banter where both of them would vehemently disagree, and neither would emerge as the right perspective, but both took something away from the discussion and viewers got the perspective of two of the most insightful minds in film. That won't ever be replicated.

Two thumbs up for his legacy.

Are you sad because of the subject matter of the article or because Roger Ebert passed away?

RIP :(

http://i.imgur.com/rKdlGZZ.jpg

That got me choked up. Seriously.

I'm going to miss this man. As a recent passionate film lover I arrived very late to the party of the life that was Roger Ebert. I have read almost every review from him I have found on whatever movie I was looking up at the time. I didn't agree with him every time but I actually cared and was intensively curious as to what he thought about a movie I liked, a movie I hated, or a movie I had interest in seeing. The man was the definition of doing what you love. I'll miss him.

I just hope he got to sit down and watch a classic favorite of his before he died. I would hate it if the last film he saw was "The Admission" or the new "G.I. Joe" movie.

Sadly, it looks like last thing he reviewed was The Host. And I don't mean the one by Bong Joon-ho. :(

Good news. It wasn't The Host. That was his last one of his website. I don't have a link but I just saw it in a similar thread on another website that his last film was "To the Wonder" from Terrance Malick. It's supposed to be pretty awful but at least it's most likely a beautiful looking film. I'd like to die to a Malick movie. Very serene and peaceful.

Yeah, Malick definitely has the right tone for the end.

On a side note: What the hell is going on with Malick? It used to be like six or seven years between his movies, now he's suddenly pumping out like one a year.

I remember reading something along the lines of his passion for directing flared up so much and his realization that he can't do it forever made him decide to come out with more films faster. I think we'll get more crap than gold but still...it's Malick.

Not awful, but it has received more mixed reviews than his other recent efforts. I still eagerly await it, Malick is my favourite living filmmaker.

As for Ebert's death, it is very sad indeed. Dude was one of the few who liked Prometheus as much as I did - much respect.

I always enjoyed watching 'Siskel and Ebert and The Movies' on TV in the 80's.
My favorite bits of trivia about Roger Ebert are the fact that he co-wrote the screenplay for the Russ Meyer film 'Beyond the Valley of the Dolls' and that he and Russ Meyer also made 'Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens', 'Up!' and several other films and were both involved in the ill-fated Sex Pistols movie 'Who Killed Bambi?' (Roger co-wrote the script with Malcolm McLaren.)
R.I.P.

I do not fear death - Salon.com

Splendid article by the man himself on death. Beautiful and sobering!

^That is a great article. Today I have been searching for some of his more scathing reviews, like finding lists on this topic.

On:

Fight Club:

"It's macho porn -- the sex movie Hollywood has been moving toward for years, in which eroticism between the sexes is replaced by all-guy locker-room fights. Women, who have had a lifetime of practice at dealing with little-boy posturing, will instinctively see through it; men may get off on the testosterone rush."


found here: Roger Ebert Reviews: Beloved Movies He Didn't Like (PHOTOS)

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Freddy Got Fingered:

“This movie doesn’t scrape the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn’t the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn’t below the bottom of the barrel. This movie doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with barrels.”

found here: 40 Hilariously Mean Roger Ebert Reviews | Thought Catalog