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Apr 4th, 2013, 02:23:36 PM
#1
RIP Roger Ebert
He passed away today at the age of 70.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-...194457663.html
He was a smart critic even if you didn't agree with him, and he will be missed.
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Apr 4th, 2013, 02:58:17 PM
#2
FUCK. That sucks
He was not just a critic but a good man. He pretty much defined what film critique was about and was the best at it - I knida always hoped he and James Bernatelli would review a movie together because they are simply superb writers and insightful.
Plus Ebert could burn someone in print like almost no one else. His put down of Rob Schneider left a nuclear sized hole it was so good.
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Apr 4th, 2013, 08:03:56 PM
#3
This is one of those times when the death of someone I never met has left me feeling like there's been a death in the family.
I used to watch Roger Ebert religiously every week, first with Gene Siskel, and then with Richard Roeper. Although I didn't always agree with him, I always found him to be a witty, thoughtful, and insightful critic.
How he lived his life in the last few years, and how he faced his cancer so fearlessly, with humor, grace, and dignity, has been an inspiration.
I will miss him tremendously.
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Apr 4th, 2013, 08:19:21 PM
#4
He probably wasn't the critic I agreed with most, but he was simply the best.
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Apr 5th, 2013, 04:57:30 AM
#5
http://www.theonion.com/articles/rog...triumph,31945/
The Onion's vale is brilliant, captures the man perfectly and in a way he would have truly deeply appreciated in his own actual words.
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Apr 5th, 2013, 09:01:23 AM
#6
I also really appreciated the Onion story.
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