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Were you more of a Siskel person or more of an Ebert person?

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Were you more of a Siskel person or more of an Ebert person?
« on: April 04, 2013, 06:50:55 PM »

Offline Eja117

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They're reviewing movies together in the ever-after now

Re: Were you more of a Siskel person or more of an Ebert person?
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2013, 06:52:09 PM »

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I liked them on Sesame Street arguing about whether you could have a sideways thumb movie after Oscar asked them. Also I find Ebert to have been absolutely right about the needlessness of 3D

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« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2013, 07:25:36 PM »

Offline LooseCannon

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Siskel was more accepting of gratuitous nudity, so probably more of a Siskel person.
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« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2013, 07:29:02 PM »

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I'm beginning to wonder if The Critic was somehow slightly based on Ebert

remember that?


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« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2013, 07:29:11 PM »

Offline LarBrd33

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I always liked Siskel more when I was a kid and would watch the show. 

In recent years, when I check movie reviews on a site like metacritic, I pretty much always jump to Ebert's review and give it a read if I'm looking for a more elaborate critique.  I rarely disagreed with him.  I'm not sure who my "go-to" critic will be now. 

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« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2013, 07:33:07 PM »

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When I watched and they disagreed I found my taste in movies to be more aligned with Roger Ebert.  An opinion I respected.
Days up and down they come, like rain on a conga drum, forget most, remember some, don't turn none away.   Townes Van Zandt

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« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2013, 07:36:55 PM »

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I just can't believe no movie will ever be reviewed by either of these guys again. I didn't live and die by them but they were just about the only ones I cared about. I think they subtly influenced the shows that came later that were confrontational like Crossfire, First Take, etc

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« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2013, 05:38:19 AM »

Offline freshinthehouse

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Probably more Ebert, but they both had their points.  And I also agree with Ebert's take on 3-D movies.  It's sad that we no longer have a person championing good movies in the mass media now.  Hopefully some other critic can rise up like those two did.

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« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2013, 07:45:49 AM »

Offline Juneauz

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Siskel.

I'll never forgive Ebert for his one-star review of David Lynch's "Blue Velvet". I never thought he had good taste for movies in general.
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« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2013, 08:41:11 AM »

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I can't understand why he hated Armageddon so much.  But he liked Avatar. I wonder if he had an academy vote because for example he only gave Gladiator two stars even though it won best pic