Roger Ebert savagely attacks The Change-Up with one and a half stars
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110803/REV IEWS/110809994/0/REVIEWS
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I like Roger Ebert, and will admit that his reviews are occasionally wrong or poorly written, but not as vindicatively as TexasPsycho26 apparently.
Anyway, take a look at his review for TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze. Not a very good movie sure, but certainly not awful. The most glaring error is the claim that the Turtles originated from an NES game...
TexasPsycho26 wrote the second post? I can't see since it was deleted.
shareHe likes waaaay more movies than he attacks, Psycho. The writer Theodore Sturgeon once said that 90% of everything in pop culture is crap, a figure which is probably true and certainly applies to American movies as much as anything.
In other words, Ebert is actually recommending MORE movies than he ought to, Psycho, so please give that some thought before jumping down the man's throat for the (relatively) small number of films he despises.
Wouldn't you agree that MOST movies that come out these days aren't particularly entertaining?
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People are allowed to change their minds on movies. There are many movies I have changed my mind on over years. Some movies I didn't care for the first time I saw them but grew to like them over multiple viewings...and vice versa.
shareSee, this is where you and I differ, Psycho. There is nothing "elitist" about Roger Ebert. In fact, I kinda wish Ebert was a little bit more elitist in his thinking because the guy (and he's even admitted as much, Psycho) recommends a LOT of movies -- a hell of a lot -- far more than he OUGHT to be recommending. It's kind of ridiculous, really. And I'm sure you are nodding along with me on this since you yourself agreed that 90% of American movies are crap -- just like the rest of the world's.
So do me a favor, okay? Go back and look at Ebert's positive reviews AGAIN, Psycho. I'm not suggesting you look at ALL of them (that would take days!), just a few of them, and here is what you'll notice (you ready?):
That Roger Ebert recommends roughly HALF of the movies he sees! HALF OF THEM, PSYCHO!!! 90% of American movies are lousy (we both agreed on that, remember?) and yet this mofo is recommending we see HALF of them!!!
Does that make any sense to you? What kind of "elitist" does that?
Oh, and almost ALL of the ones he recommends are "popcorn" movies.
So again, do me a favor and check for yourself and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.
Thanks, Psycho.
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You're referring to someone who isn't even here (Pyscho), at least now. I remember him,...he was banned..thank god Roger Ebert is gone (just kidding!)
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