History Creator / RogerEbert

* Another review [[InUniverse he addressed the]] UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny where one comment said that [[{{X-Men}} Wolverine would beat Storm]] in a fight because he could heal, whereas Storm would die once stabbed by Wolverine. His reply was simply a question of how could someone whose power is [[GoodThingYouCanHeal healing]] be more powerful than someone who can ''[[ElementalPowers control the elements]].''

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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy

* LaBelleNoiseuse

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* Music/TheMonkees

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* SomeKindOfWonderful
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Gained a bit of flak from the gamer community when [[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_never_be_art.html he commented video games not being an art form]], but [[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/07/okay_kids_play_on_my_lawn.html he eventually came around]] and at least decided he's not in a position to judge them. Despite that episode, he is considered as the most OneOfUs of major critics, as he admires [[{{Anime}} Japanese animated film]] and has an incredible knowledge of science fiction, which is among his favorite genres. While he claims ignorance to a lot of TV shows due to his heavy schedule of writing and watching films, he's found time to become a fan of the WWE, ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Ebert has also a fondness of other film analysis and criticism, such as Tim Dirk's Filmsite.org (which Ebert has frequently quoted) and RedLetterMedia; of the ''RevengeOfTheSith'' review, Ebert stated, "I was pretty much sure I didn't have it with me to endure another review of (Revenge of the Sith). Mr. Plinkett demonstrates to me that I was mistaken."

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* Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles

-->-- '''Roger Ebert''' on ''DeuceBigalowEuropeanGigolo''

-->-- '''Roger Ebert''' on ''DeuceBigalow European Gigolo''

He has also written many books on great films. He has been one of the great proponents of film preservation, letterboxing (back when most televisions were square and most movies in theaters weren't), and giving credit to directors and screenwriters; he probably helped make these issues important. He has also been a proponent of seeing films ''in'' theaters, but he's accepted modern viewing habits enough to write {{DVD}} reviews. He has done a few [[DVDCommentary audio commentaries]] notably ones for two of his all time favorite films, ''Film/CitizenKane'' and ''DarkCity'', which have appeared on most releases of those films on DVD.

Incidentally, [[http://academic.sun.ac.za/forlang/bergman/tech/glossary/ebert_glos.htm described several tropes decades before TV Tropes even came into existance]].

* Film/TheBigSleep

* Quotes/TheHumanCentipede (One of the films that he wouldn't rate, the other being PinkFlamingos)

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* YourHighness

* Quotes/ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy

* TheHumanCentipede (One of the films that he wouldn't rate, the other being PinkFlamingos)

Ebert still writes weekly review columns as well as a daily blog and maintains a very active Twitter account, and every single one of his reviews are available on the Internet, where he is still an influential force in movie criticism's new dominant medium. In recent years, he has also picked up a reputation for being soft on movies; however, his wrath, when deployed, is [[{{North}} legendary]]. ''I Hated, Hated, HATED This Movie!'' and ''Your Movie Sucks'' are two compilations of his two star and under reviews; a third, titled ''A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length'', has been announced for spring 2012.

* One reader comment said that a positive review of a certain film gave him HypeBacklash[[invoked]] while a negative review of another film [[BileFascination made him want to see it]].[[invoked]] Ebert's reply was that a critic's job is not to pass judgement on a particular movie, but to give the reader an impression as to whether or not they would want to see it themselves.

->''As chance would have it, I have won the Pulitzer Prize, and so I am qualified. [[SophisticatedAsHell Speaking in my official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks.]]''

In 1975, Ebert teamed up with Gene Siskel, reviewer-in-chief at the ''Chicago Tribune'', to present a film review program called ''Sneak Previews'' on the local PBS station. The program went to national syndication in 1978; in 1982 Series/SiskelAndEbert moved to a new network and a new but very similar program called ''At The Movies with Siskel and Ebert'' (or vice versa). Unexpectedly, this made him one of the two most important movie critics in America. Because the show was televised, [[RuleOfPerception many more Americans saw it]] than read the reviews in the newspapers; because Ebert and Siskel had credentials in real newspapers in a major city first, and didn't review every movie favorably, they could be taken more seriously than most other movie reviewers on television. Siskel and Ebert's passive-aggressive chemistry was the stuff of legend. It was often thought that due to their occasionally hostile on-screen presence when they disagreed, that the two hated each other. However, [[VitriolicBestBuds both considered the other a close friend]], even if their relationship was competitive by nature. In fact, on the tenth anniversary of Siskel's death in 2009, Ebert posted a [[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/02/i_remember_gene.html touching remembrance]] of his friend on his blog.

->''"As chance would have it, I have won the Pulitzer Prize, and so I am qualified. [[SophisticatedAsHell Speaking in my official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks.]]"''

In 1975, Ebert teamed up with Gene Siskel, reviewer-in-chief at the ''Chicago Tribune'', to present a film review program called ''Sneak Previews'' on the local PBS station. The program went to national syndication in 1978; in 1982 Series/SiskelAndEbert moved to a new network and a new but very similar program called ''At The Movies with Siskel and Ebert'' (or vice versa). Unexpectedly, this made him one of the two most important movie critics in America. Because the show was televised, [[RuleOfPerception many more Americans saw it]] than read the reviews in the newspapers; because Ebert and Siskel had credentials in real newspapers in a major city first, and didn't review every movie favorably, they could be taken more seriously than most other movie reviewers on television. Siskel and Ebert's passive-aggressive chemistry was the stuff of legend. It was often thought that due to their occasionally hostile on-screen presence when they disagreed, that the two hated each other. However, both considered the other a close friend, even if their relationship was competitive by nature. In fact, on the tenth anniversary of Siskel's death in 2009, Ebert posted a [[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/02/i_remember_gene.html touching remembrance]] of his friend on his blog.

In 1975, Ebert teamed up with Gene Siskel, reviewer-in-chief at the ''Chicago Tribune'', to present a film review program called ''Sneak Previews'' on the local PBS station. The program went to national syndication in 1978; in 1982 SiskelAndEbert moved to a new network and a new but very similar program called ''At The Movies with Siskel and Ebert'' (or vice versa). Unexpectedly, this made him one of the two most important movie critics in America. Because the show was televised, [[RuleOfPerception many more Americans saw it]] than read the reviews in the newspapers; because Ebert and Siskel had credentials in real newspapers in a major city first, and didn't review every movie favorably, they could be taken more seriously than most other movie reviewers on television. Siskel and Ebert's passive-aggressive chemistry was the stuff of legend. It was often thought that due to their occasionally hostile on-screen presence when they disagreed, that the two hated each other. However, both considered the other a close friend, even if their relationship was competitive by nature. In fact, on the tenth anniversary of Siskel's death in 2009, Ebert posted a [[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/02/i_remember_gene.html touching remembrance]] of his friend on his blog.