Roger Ebert gave this ridiculous movie 4 stars
lol, no joke: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19860613/REVIEWS/606130302/1023
shareBecause it falls within the super-liberal realm. Nukes = evil. any movie that purports this will get a 4-star rating from libby-lib Ebert.
When I saw this movie when I was a kid, I was fascinated by it, how a nuke could be built "in the kitchen sink". However, now as an adult, I am not so fond of the message.
Regardless, I thought the movie was clever, I liked the acting, I liked the plot and the characters. I would have said 3, maybe 3.5 stars, but not 4.
Another observation -- on Ebert, he LOVES Jennifer Lopez. Go ahead, check out reviews of movies that she is in. "The Cell" got 4 stars, which I just can't understand as it was a poor film. He gave the super lame "Maid in Manhattan" 3 stars, when it deserves 1. just an observation
It true about Lopez, I know/ Ot seems that Ebert loves booty of black and/or Latin descent. Hence J-Lo. You might wanna to look up what he thinks about Halle Berry's movies and Beyounce Knowles's ,movies. ;-) Add Eva Mendes to that list too.
shareThat's funny you said that, you know he is married to a (large) black woman, right?
shareThat's funny you said that, you know he is married to a (large) black woman, right?
That is exactly what I was thinking. Why I have my reservations on how good of a critic Ebert actually is, I have no such reservations when it comes to him being the freakiest looking critic.
Oh, and here is a picture of him and his sexy little wife;
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/american_film_institute/afi_lifetime_achievement_award_2004_photos/roger_ebert/afi2004g.jpg
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...Hence he wrote two screen plays for Russ Meyer. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens... He enjoyed several of the actresses in each I am sure.
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Yes, Ebert also said EVERYONE MUST see the Al Gore movie about global warming, too.
shareRoger Ebert was the first person to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his film criticisms in The Chicago Sun-Times during 1974. Since Ebert, two other film critics have won this award. In 2003, Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post won this honor for film criticisms. In 2005, Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal won for his film criticisms. Roger Ebert was by far the youngest of these three when he received his Pulitzer Prize; he was only 33 years old then. The Pulitzer Prize is probably the most important and prestigious award for writing and literature in the United States.
If you look at a list of Ebert's 4 star (out of 4) reviews, you can see they are very varied. From popular blockbusters like Superman (1978) to popular comedy romps like Young Frankenstein (1974) to more esoteric movies such as Exotica (1994) or House of Games (1987) or Star 80 (1983). To cast Ebert as liberal elitist does not capture him whatsoever. He, like most people on this planet, is filled with areas of grey. Ebert, after all, gave Mel Gibson’s 2004 film, The Passion of the Christ 4 stars, a perfect rating.
Ebert writes on February 24th, 2004 concerning The Passion of the Christ ****:
“This is not a Passion like any other ever filmed. Perhaps that is the best reason for it . . . I was moved by the depth of feeling, by the skill of the actors and technicians, by their desire to see this project through no matter what.”
Access the review in its entirety:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040224/REVIEWS/402240301/1023
Ebert has the ability to articulate what he is feeling about a particular movie so well and impassioned, that one begins to actually doubt their own judgment of a particular movie. If Ebert doesn't give a movie his signature (and now trade-marked) "Thumb's Up", the movie will most likely fail at the box-office, and will also most likely not be nominated for any serious film awards. This is the power of The Ebert.
Ebert's wife, Chaz Hammelsmith Ebert, is a prominent attorney in Chicago. And yes, she is black.
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Ebert doesn't come across as pretentious or snobby to me, I like him as a critic because his taste in films more or else coincides with mine. He was also one of the few critics to like Scarface and understood the intent of the film. Pretentious people tend to hate that film.
shareBecause it falls within the super-liberal realm. Nukes = evil.
Yeah, what a jerk that guy. What kinda red-blooded American doesn't want to vaporize human beings and poison the survivors? Stupid commie pinko.
"C'mon Bart! The Coast Guard's covering the Doobs!" share