RIP Roger Ebert

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A real loss...

[Duncan Edwards]

He won his Pulitzer as a movie reviewer but to me his crowning achievement will always be his writing of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. It was directed by that genius, Russ Meyer and starred Cynthia Myers (Miss December '68, PMOY '68). A piece of cinema after my own heart.

http://youtu.be/TH6bgJEEr34

The man loved Hollywood and the movies. I read his reviews faithfully. See you at the movies Roger.

[mudmanic2012]

A real loss...

He will be missed.

[jack c]

On his show with Siskel, he seemed pompous at times. But I took the time on imdb to read dozens of his reviews, and I found him to be very insightful and truly a movie lover. His observations were those of a regular movie goer. He was not afraid, for instance, to say "The Happening" was a good horror film - I agreed - even though he stated that it would be panned by most critics and be a flop, which it was. His favorite movie line, from "Dr. Stangelove", which I just saw last week, was the President (Peter Sellers) saying, "you can't fight in here - this is the War Room!" I will miss his observations. Rest in peace.

Oh, and he also liked "Blazing Saddles," despite all the political incorrectness. It was a spoof of racism, and a good one at that. He recognized that (Richard Prior and Mel Brooks writing - incomparable).

[Mynock]

One of the few (?only?) critics who's opinions I ever gave a crap about. RIP

[bbjohn]

The key to his success was this: he knew a lot about movies, but he also saw them from the perspective of an average fan.

My favorite Ebert line was in his review of "A Place for Lovers" (1969): "The most god-awful piece of pseudo-romantic slop I've ever seen!"

We'll miss you, Roger.

Big Bad John

[Duncan Edwards]

On his show with Siskel, he seemed pompous at times ...

Yeah but I listened to him tell of meeting John Wayne when going to interview him for the first time. It was Alabama where Wayne was shooting The Green Berets and he was standing in a hangar watching the star walk across the airfield in uniform with a rifle, grenades, military paraphernalia of all manner. He had been watching John Wayne all his life and he just kept getting bigger and bigger as he got closer. Wayne approached and stuck out a big hand to shake Ebert's and introduced himself. "Hi I'm John Wayne."

Ebert, completely blown away, could only respond "I know."

He was not above being awed by the legends of Hollywood.