04-04-2013, 06:34 PM | #1 |
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Roger Ebert Dies
I don't usually do obituary posts - that kind of thing is more common on other websites where people have literally nothing to talk about except "we're so old" and "why are people we know suddenly dying en masse?" but I feel Ebert was particularly important because he was one of the few recognizable critics. Generally, no other critic has the same kind of credibility he had, whether one disagreed with him or not. Most other critics tend to be "your choice of review you want to support your own opinion". Ebert, who was very techno-savvy and frequently updated his blog with a final entry not two days ago was very respected in this regard. Boy, did I find some of his views backward, especially his anti-video game comments, but he was definitely an important movie figure whose opinion I valued a lot.
I'm not even sad, or in pity. It's just a loss of someone very important in his own unique way.
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04-04-2013, 06:41 PM | #2 |
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It's such a shame; he was a fantastic and iconic critic. My biggest film buff friend practically idolized him and I can see why: he really had a unique eye for film and wasn't afraid to be the voice who stood out from the crowd.
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04-04-2013, 06:50 PM | #3 |
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Roger Ebert's words in the last decade of his life very much split me on how to feel about him. On the one hand, I am one of the hundreds of millions who could not help but to laugh at his "video games aren't art" rhetoric -- Pac-Man or Frogger, whatever, but Shadow of the Colossus or Shenmue, man? Seriously? -- but on the other hand I also found a lot to love in many of his tweets, both about film and about other things in life, and generally speaking he was the only high-profile film critic whose views I found more often than not lining up with my own. (Perhaps that's part of the reason why Gene Shalit is all but forgotten and Leonard Maltin only makes appearances on Entertainment Tonight and then is quickly shoved back under the rug. They just didn't have the same public appeal that Roger Ebert did.)
In memoriam, select scenes from the special episode of The Critic guest starring Siskel and Ebert: Spoiler: show
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04-04-2013, 11:52 PM | #4 |
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His last written words: "So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I'll see you at the movies." |
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