Barely a day after his announcement that a resurgence of his cancer would mean scaling back his reviewing schedule, Roger Ebert, I'd wager the best known film critic since the death of his old partner Gene Siskel, has died age 70.
Agree with him or not, Ebert had an undeniable passion for and knowledge of film, and he was always willing to revisit old reviews, and admit when his taste had changed. The fun found in reading his very real enthusiasm for pictures he enjoyed - especially in his Great Film series, available at his website - was matched only by the laugh out loud vitriol for those he hated. Many episodes or clips from his old TV reviewing series - with Gene Siskel from 1975 - 1999, and later Richard Roeper from then until 2006, are available on online, and are well worth the watch.
Roger Ebert was so much more than a film critic; he was a film historian.
There are so many Joe Schmoes reviewing films these days, but they're just journalists who took film classes in college. None of them have his connections, knowledge and personal insights about greats from John Huston to Martin Scorcese. He was and is irreplaceable.
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While I didn't always agree with him, I respected him and I found that we generally agreed on movie taste (I think Citizen Kane is a tad over-rated though whereas Jaws and Apocalypse Now are my favorites, probably signs of my youthful inexperience :D). Sad to see somebody who composed great rhetoric and film analysis to go. We have younger guys who show promise, but it will take time to see if they can have as much of an impact on film as Mr. Ebert did.
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Agree with him or not, Ebert had an undeniable passion for and knowledge of film, and he was always willing to revisit old reviews, and admit when his taste had changed. The fun found in reading his very real enthusiasm for pictures he enjoyed - especially in his Great Film series, available at his website - was matched only by the laugh out loud vitriol for those he hated. Many episodes or clips from his old TV reviewing series - with Gene Siskel from 1975 - 1999, and later Richard Roeper from then until 2006, are available on online, and are well worth the watch.
Great critic, fine man. I'm saddened by the news.
What a shame. I guess, though he was ready for this, he didn't exactly see that this was coming so soon; only recently, he wrote that he was reducing his workload (http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2013/04/a_leave_of_presense.html).
There are so many Joe Schmoes reviewing films these days, but they're just journalists who took film classes in college. None of them have his connections, knowledge and personal insights about greats from John Huston to Martin Scorcese. He was and is irreplaceable.
Nostalgia Critic Editorial: Farewell to Roger Ebert
The Cinema Snob: RIP Roger Ebert
About any "subpar" mechanics or cards: Context is king.
If I make a templating or grammar error, let me know.
The franchise MtG most resembles is Battlestar Galactica. Why? Its players exist in, at most, a dozen different models at any given point in time, with perhaps up to 3% variation, 5% if you're lucky.
Adding to this, Moviebob over on The Escapist has a nice little blurb about Ebert prior to his review of Evil Dead.
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