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RIP Roger Ebert
Charles Robinson @CharlesRobinson 2m
RIP RT @Suntimes: It is with a heavy heart we report that legendary film critic Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) has passed away. |
That was fast
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Bummer. RIP
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I give this report a thumbs down.
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R.I.P
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I thought the fat one would die first.
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He thought 90% of movies were good. Screw that. Critics don't serve as advertising lapdogs, they critique. Poor job of that.
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Tough SOB. Was able to still work at a high level after getting hit with cancer.
RIP. |
wow..RIP
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Was he the fat one or the dead one?
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Next time I go out to the movies I'm going to tip my bag of popcorn so that some spills out onto the floor. R.I.P. Roger Ebert.
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Guy was a great writer though. |
A sad, sad loss.
He was a stupendous movie reviewer. His reviews were often times the perfect companion pieces to the movies. And most times his reviews were better than the forgettable films he reviewed. |
He must have known the end was near. A few days ago he wrote, "I'm taking a leave of presence."
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Sad news surely, but we must all try to keep our chins up.
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The news saddens me. Great writer, critic, and man. It isn't for no reason that he was read by so many. RIP Roger.
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That sucks, RIP. Although his last name always reminded me of that 80s video game.
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I was worried after his "leave of presence" yesterday, but I didn't think he would be dead within 20 hours.
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THE critic.
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Why would anyone care what a movie critic says?
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Roger Ebert Dies at 70
04.04.13 | 12:36PM PT Legendary film critic died Thursday after battle with cancer Film critic Roger Ebert was not only the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, but one of the only critics known to the general public, thanks to his long-running movie review shows such as “Sneak Previews” and his thumbs-up or down movie reviews. He died Thursday in Chiccago of complications from cancer, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. He was 70. The avuncular champion of movies big and small had been fighting thyroid cancer since 2002, and in the past few years spoke with a voice machine. The latest show to bear his name is the PBS series “Roger Ebert Presents at the Movies,” in which he briefly appears on camera with a prosthetic chin though other critics shoulder reviewing duties. He apperared on the Oprah Winfrey show in 2010, speaking with a machine that tailored his speech more closely to his natural voice. He continued reviewing films and kept in the public eye writing on his popular website and tweeting frequently. Ebert is generally seen as a champion of filmmakers and underappreciated films, a fair reviewer with a dry wit and occasional quirks who wouldn’t hesitate to sock it to films he considers below par, but never in a mean or vindictive way. At times he reviewed films in the form of stories, poems or songs, just to mix it up. Ebert became the Chicago-Sun Times film critic in 1967, just a year after he joined the paper as a features writer. He wrote in Variety in 2007, “Film criticism in those days was moving from the age of (Bosley) Crowther to the age of (Pauline) Kael. Junkets and sound bites and protective publicists were not so universal, and I was able to spend a lot of time with interview subjects, who would, in such cases as Lee Marvin, John Wayne, Groucho Marx and Robert Altman, say anything, literally anything, and not care if you quoted them.” When Ebert and Gene Siskel helped launch “Sneak Previews” in 1975, it was the first TV show offering film reviews. The various incarnations of the program would go to be Emmy nommed seven times. His Pulitzer Prize came in 1975 for his Sun-Times reviews during 1974. Born in Urbana, Ill., he started writing sports for the local paper and articles for sci fi fanzines while still in high school. He graduated the U. of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign, where he was editor of the paper and contributed reviews for films including “La Dolce Vita” and “Bonnie and Clyde,” which he called “a milestone in the history of American movies, a work of truth and brilliance.” Ebert also knew about the inside of the movie business, having teamed with sexploitation helmer Russ Meyer to write “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” and “Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens.” “Sneak Previews” started out on Chicago public broadcasting station WTTW and went national in 1978. In 1982, the pair moved to a syndicated commercial show called “At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert,” and then created “Siskel & Ebert & the Movies” in 1986 with Buena Vista Television. After Siskel died in 1999, the show was renamed “Roger Ebert & the Movies,” and then “At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper” when fellow Chicago Sun-times columnist Richard Roeper joined as co-host. Ebert last appeared on “Ebert & Roeper & the Movies” in 2006, when complications from his operations left him unable to speak. A range of guest hosts filled in, from the New York Times’ A.O. Scott and New York Magazine’s David Edelstein to director Kevin Smith and blogger Kim Morgan. But Ebert and Disney-ABC wrangled over the value of the “thumbs up, thumbs down” feature, which is a registered trademark owned by Ebert and the estate of the late Gene Siskel. Though Ebert bemoaned the loss of local newspaper film critics, he was quick to embrace the Internet, finding his website the ideal place to communicate with fellow film geeks, and even more empowering once he lost his voice and amassed nearly a million Twitter followers. “Moviegoers these days know so much more about the movies, in every respect, than they did years ago,” he wrote Variety. After growing up with Fellini and Welles (he named “Citizen Kane” the most important film ever made, if not “the best”), he ignited controversy when he said videogames would never equal film with their storytelling or artistry. “I am prepared to believe that video games can be elegant, subtle, sophisticated, challenging and visually wonderful. But I believe the nature of the medium prevents it from moving beyond craftsmanship to the stature of art,” he wrote on his site after the release of the videogame film “Doom.” A critic of the film ratings system, he objected to an R rating for the violent “Passion of the Christ” and misuse of the NC-17 rating. He wrote more than 15 books on subjects from Martin Scorsese to London and rice cookers, including “Awake in the Dark” and “Your Movie Sucks,” a collection of his negative reviews. Since 1999 he has hosted Ebertfest, featuring overlooked films, in Champaign, Ill. Ebert married the former Chaz Hammelsmith in 1992. The former attorney took over his business operations, served as a producer on his TV show and traveled to the Cannes Film Fest in 2011 to take over Ebert’s tradition of filing interviews with festival filmmakers. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a step-daughter and two step-grandchildren. |
Surprised he lived that long.
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He was a true fighter!!
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His life started out slow, and I was losing interest. But when the character of Siskel was introduced, the interplay between the two produced both vivid dialogue and occasional poignancy. The ending was expected, but still well executed and produced emotion for me. I give his life a thumbs up.
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I'll always admire his perseverance in "the face" of his physical obstascles. R.I.P.
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Terrible news. I'm in the process of watching his top ten movie lists. Currently on 1980. Still got a lot more to go, but it's been a great experience so far. Cancer sucks.
R.I.P. Roger. |
RIP...lots of good memories watching their show in the early days on KCPT.
:thumb: to you Roger! |
He fought it as long as he could. Gotta admire him for that.
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R.I.P.
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RIP
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Anybody who becomes the #1 authority and name in their position deserves some respect. Ebert was certainly that. We'll miss ya man.
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I always respected Ebert for defending the prequal Star Wars films when everyone else was blindly hating them
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/...IEWS/905170301 Great man |
He wasn't just a great critic, he was a great writer. His evisceration of Rob Schneider in his now-famous review of Deuce Bigalow: European Gigilo was flawless.
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Just yesterday on the news they were saying his cancer had returned and he was going for treatment. One of the greatest people ever from Urbana/UIUC. We have an annual film festival in his name. The show will go on...
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It was an ok story, but the ending sucked.
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Sad news. :(
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It was very brave how he fought cancer in a very public way, despite its devastating effect on his appearance. Watched a lot of movies based on his reviews.
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That was quick. RIP.
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Ultimately, its up to you the individual to decide what you do and dont like. I remember watching Siskel and Ebert when i was a kid on their old PBS show. Not that i really cared how they reviewed a particular movie....but it was the first time i can remember people arguing about film passionately and discussing it on a deeper level. (Basically what we do on this board about a wide variety of subjects) RIP Roger, you will be missed. |
Im curious to what the last movie he watched was. Apparently his last published review will be for "To the Wonder"
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I always preferred him to Siskel - he seemed to be the more down to earth of the two. Later, after Siskel died, it seemed like he became more Siskel-like, and I generally agreed more with Roeper's opinion. But I always enjoyed his show.
The best part of Siskel and Ebert was when they went on Letterman or Leno and ripped on each other. I was watching some clips on YouTube last night. Funny stuff. |
He was a great writer and never afraid to let his readers know his true feelings about the movies he saw. I remember reading his review of the Jackass movie and how much he wanted to hate it, but that he laughed basically from beginning to end.
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What an awful way to go out... http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/...IEWS/130329980 |
R.I.P. Mr. Ebert...
Wish you could have stayed for another showing...My own mortality is whispering in my ear, louder with every passing like your own. |
Hilarious, but language NSFW:
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He dead.
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Huge loss. He had a deep insight into what made films great. He was brutal to movies he didn't like, but if part of your job involved having to watch movies that you knew were going to suck, you would be brutal too. I know the GI Joe and Transformer movies are beyond shitty but I don't have to sit through them. Ebert is one of the few critics I would see a movie based on his reviews.
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was the cartoon "The Critic" anyway based off of his work?
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Thank you for posting that link. I hope everybody reads that story. |
"Sneakin' In The Movies". We gave Dirty Larry...THE FINGER! Greatest spoof evar.
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