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That truly sucks. :(
He was expected in town next week, too, for his film festival.
RIP :weep:
It's Neil's fault, for badmouthing him last week.
:cry:
I loved that guy's reviews, and I almost always agreed with him.
:(
I didn't always agree with him, but I enjoyed his reviews.
Damn, only yesterday we learned that his cancer returned. His way of going out is definitely not the way you want to go.
Quote from: DGuller on April 04, 2013, 03:03:46 PM
Damn, only yesterday we learned that his cancer returned. His way of going out is definitely not the way you want to go.
I kind of wondered when I heard that if he committed suicide. :(
:( RIP
L.
Quote from: Caliga on April 04, 2013, 03:10:45 PM
Quote from: DGuller on April 04, 2013, 03:03:46 PM
Damn, only yesterday we learned that his cancer returned. His way of going out is definitely not the way you want to go.
I kind of wondered when I heard that if he committed suicide. :(
It could be that he didn't reveal it publicly until he knew the end was near. With cancer, it's often clear when you're about done.
Perhaps he will now be reunited with his lower jaw. :(
If there's an afterlife, boy, is he going to catch an earful of shit from Siskel.
Quote from: Caliga on April 04, 2013, 02:54:56 PM
:cry:
I loved that guy's reviews, and I almost always agreed with him.
For once, someone I've heard of.
Ah, well. :(
I always checked his reviews, first. :(
:o
http://www.salon.com/2011/09/15/roger_ebert/
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He was rarely long, except when he allowed those dry-ass humorless cunts at Salon to publish his essay.
I think Chicago is mourning tonight in a way it hasn't done for anyone in a long time. :(
A great loss. It's a bad day. Ebert himself said he had no fear of death, only of the pain on the way; I hope his journey was as uneventful as possible, under the circumstances. I hope his wife's okay too.
Didn't always agree with his reviews, but I always made sure to read them on movies I was really interested in.
RIP. :(
Loved his writing, both his reviews and blogs were always entertaining.
RIP. :(
My jaw just dropped at the news. :(
Quote from: Drakken on April 04, 2013, 09:23:00 PM
My jaw just dropped at the news. :(
:pinch: Bad form.
Quote from: Queequeg on April 04, 2013, 10:23:30 PM
Quote from: Drakken on April 04, 2013, 09:23:00 PM
My jaw just dropped at the news. :(
Fucking prick.
Yeah you are. It's clear it was an honest mistake on his part.
:huh:
Quote from: garbon on April 04, 2013, 10:31:24 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on April 04, 2013, 10:23:30 PM
Quote from: Drakken on April 04, 2013, 09:23:00 PM
My jaw just dropped at the news. :(
Fucking prick.
Yeah you are. It's clear it was an honest mistake on his part.
It wasn't. I assume my low-brow joke. Too soon, I see now.
That said, I was indeed genuinely surprised - and saddened - learning his death.
Really sweet obituary from the Onion:
QuoteRoger Ebert Hails Human Existence As 'A Triumph'
CHICAGO—Calling the overall human experience "poignant," "thought-provoking," and a "complete tour de force," film critic Roger Ebert praised existence Thursday as "an audacious and thrilling triumph." "While not without its flaws, life, from birth to death, is a masterwork, and an uplifting journey that both touches the heart and challenges the mind," said Ebert, adding that while the totality of all humankind is sometimes "a mess in places," it strives to be a magnum opus and, according to Ebert, largely succeeds at this goal. "At times brutally sad, yet surprisingly funny, and always completely honest, I wholeheartedly recommend existence. If you haven't experienced it yet, then what are you waiting for? It is not to be missed." Ebert later said that while human existence's running time was "a little on the long side," it could have gone on much, much longer and he would have been perfectly happy.
Quote from: Drakken on April 04, 2013, 11:45:27 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 04, 2013, 10:31:24 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on April 04, 2013, 10:23:30 PM
Quote from: Drakken on April 04, 2013, 09:23:00 PM
My jaw just dropped at the news. :(
Fucking prick.
Yeah you are. It's clear it was an honest mistake on his part.
It wasn't. I assume my low-brow joke. Too soon, I see now.
That said, I was indeed genuinely surprised - and saddened - learning his death.
Oh you, jerk. Sorry, MP
I rate this news as
:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:
I was reading where they had some of his top scathing reviews:
QuoteThe Village
"To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes. It's a crummy secret, about one step up the ladder of narrative originality from It Was All a Dream. It's so witless, in fact, that when we do discover the secret, we want to rewind the film so we don't know the secret anymore. And then keep on rewinding, and rewinding, until we're back at the beginning, and can get up from our seats and walk backward out of the theater and go down the up escalator and watch the money spring from the cash register into our pockets."
So true. :)
We should've invited him to Languish when we had the chance. :(
Quote from: garbon on April 05, 2013, 01:20:50 PM
I was reading where they had some of his top scathing reviews:
QuoteThe Village
"To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes. It's a crummy secret, about one step up the ladder of narrative originality from It Was All a Dream. It's so witless, in fact, that when we do discover the secret, we want to rewind the film so we don't know the secret anymore. And then keep on rewinding, and rewinding, until we're back at the beginning, and can get up from our seats and walk backward out of the theater and go down the up escalator and watch the money spring from the cash register into our pockets."
So true. :)
:lmfao:
I must have missed that review because I would have remembered that.
Cinema Snob honors Ebert by reviewing the Russ Meyer film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" for which Ebert wrote the screenplay:
http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/beyond-the-valley-of-the-dolls-by-the-cinema-snob-6568041
Quote from: Syt on April 12, 2013, 12:11:09 PM
Cinema Snob honors Ebert by reviewing the Russ Meyer film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" for which Ebert wrote the screenplay:
http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/beyond-the-valley-of-the-dolls-by-the-cinema-snob-6568041
Wow, I thought was another run-of-the-mill late 60s Russ Meyer softcore with barely any tits B-movie, but I didn't expect it to be a good movie to watch. Call me intrigued.
Quote from: Syt on April 12, 2013, 12:11:09 PM
Cinema Snob honors Ebert by reviewing the Russ Meyer film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" for which Ebert wrote the screenplay:
http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/beyond-the-valley-of-the-dolls-by-the-cinema-snob-6568041
Great movie that I enjoyed watching at the Cinémathèque.
RIP.
Quote from: Martinus on April 05, 2013, 12:02:59 AM
Really sweet obituary from the Onion:
QuoteRoger Ebert Hails Human Existence As 'A Triumph'
CHICAGO—Calling the overall human experience "poignant," "thought-provoking," and a "complete tour de force," film critic Roger Ebert praised existence Thursday as "an audacious and thrilling triumph." "While not without its flaws, life, from birth to death, is a masterwork, and an uplifting journey that both touches the heart and challenges the mind," said Ebert, adding that while the totality of all humankind is sometimes "a mess in places," it strives to be a magnum opus and, according to Ebert, largely succeeds at this goal. "At times brutally sad, yet surprisingly funny, and always completely honest, I wholeheartedly recommend existence. If you haven't experienced it yet, then what are you waiting for? It is not to be missed." Ebert later said that while human existence's running time was "a little on the long side," it could have gone on much, much longer and he would have been perfectly happy.
They completely missed Ebert's reviewing style.