Your Movie Sucks
"Schneider retaliated by attacking Goldstein in full-page ads in Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. In an open letter to Goldstein, Schneider wrote: 'Well, Mr. Goldstein, I decided to do some research to find out what awards you have won. I went online and found that you have won nothing. Absolutely nothing. No journalistic awards of any kind. . . . Maybe you didn't win a Pulitzer Prize because they haven't invented a category for Best Third-Rate, Unfunny Pompous Reporter Who's Never Been Acknowledged by His Peers. . . .'
"Schneider was nominated for a 2000 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor, but lost to Jar-Jar Binks. But Schneider is correct, and Patrick Goldstein has not yet won a Pulitzer Prize. Therefore, Goldstein is not qualified to complain that Columbia financed Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo while passing on the opportunity to participate in Million Dollar Baby, Ray, The Aviator, Sideways, and Finding Neverland. As chance would have it, I have won the Pulitzer Prize, and so I am qualified. Speaking in my official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks."
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 02, 2007 Type: User Review |
Finest film critic
Ebert is the finest film critic ever. It's a true joy to read his reviews. I hope he lives forever..
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| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 26, 2007 Type: User Review |
One Man's Opinion
I think anytime someone reads ANY review, they need to keep in mind that it is only ONE PERSON'S OPINION. I sure hope anyone who reads my reviews understand that. Just because I may pan a movie, book, or film that you thought was wonderful does...
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 11, 2007 Type: User Review |
so good, and so fun
This is my first Ebert book. I've savored it as slowly as I could and am almost ready to move on to the 2007 Movie Yearbook. I may not always agree with his take on a movie but I usually do, and I really appreciate his sometimes...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 14, 2007 Type: User Review |
Great Popcorn Book
I've always been on the fence about Ebert, but this book does a lot to improve my opinions on his work. His writing skills are unquestionably good, remarkable given that this book is made up of films that are not even worth seeing, much less...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 09, 2007 Type: User Review |
This Book Rocks!
You gotta respect someone that sits through an average of 500 films a year, especially when a huge chunk of those are absolutely dreadful. And when that someone is film critic Roger Ebert you also need to pay attention to what he has to say. As...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 04, 2007 Type: User Review |
When Bad is Good
Roger Ebert's reviews of bad movies are well worth reading, even if you've never seen the movie, and never want to see the movie that he's reviewing. His humorous zingers and well-aimed sarcastic strikes at awful movie-making are laugh-out-loud...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 18, 2007 Type: User Review |
This Book Does Not Suck
If ever there was the golden voice of sanity and culture crying out in the wilderness, Surely it belongs to Roger Ebert. Despite what thin-skinned movie makers and actors think, Mr. Ebert has the cred (Pulitzer Prize, anyone?)to lay the movies...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 28, 2007 Type: User Review |
Frequent Zingers, But Not Always On
This collection of 1 and 1/2 down to zero starred reviews, ranging from roughly 2000 through 2006, usually kept me interested, but there were more than a few instances of phoned in reviews. The 'one and a halfs' were often as much -- Movies not...
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 24, 2007 Type: User Review |
You'll laugh, you'll laugh
Ebert is a a great writer and a staunch defender of the idea of good movies. Take those attributes and add a series of really horrible movies for him to review and you have a great read. Despite the fact I'd only seen about 10% of the movies...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
Entertaining Yet Oddly Slight
There're few guilty pleasures like piling onto a terrible movie or TV show, and this book delivers to that end. Still, at the same time, on some of them you can feel his contempt for them when he doesn't even bother to really attack the movie at...
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