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• Ebert and Roeper - Alex S 18:29:37 08/04/04 (3)
  In Reply to: Re: "The Village"...maybe the worst movie I've seen. Ever. posted by rico on August 03, 2004 at 06:47:30:

  based on trackrecord, I have come to the conclusion (admittedly simplistic, but works for me) that either:

  1. Roeper is an idiot

  or

  2. they are a double act i.e. Ebert tells it like it is while Roeper provides the "balanced" view.

  If there's a movie that Roeper liked and Ebert disliked or did not review, I stay the hell away from it.
  
  

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  • Despite his obvious love of film... - Harmonia 13:37:24 08/06/04 (2)
    In Reply to: Ebert and Roeper posted by Alex S on August 04, 2004 at 18:29:37:

    ...and his fluid writing style...Ebert is off his rocker half the time these days. He's written some daffily flattering reviews of many very bad commercial movies in the last few years.

    I don't pay any attention to either of them. I look for insight elsewhere and in more than one place.
    
    

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    • Re: Despite his obvious love of film... - Alex S 17:46:29 08/06/04 (1)
      In Reply to: Despite his obvious love of film... posted by Harmonia on August 06, 2004 at 13:37:24:

      yes, I look beyond Ebert too, especially now that Rotten Tomatoes has made it so convenient.

      I suppose I should sit down some day to do a proper statistical study to identify a subgroup of e-reviewers whose inclination correlates with mine. I had Ebert and James Berardinelli, but they are not as prolific as before.
      
      

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      • You might check out... - Harmonia 21:53:55 08/08/04 (0)
        In Reply to: Re: Despite his obvious love of film... posted by Alex S on August 06, 2004 at 17:46:29:

        ...the Cinemarati forum (www.cinemarati.org). I also recommend metacritic.

        I tend to loosely follow certain writers: Mary Ann Johansen (flickfilosopher.com), David Poland (the Hot Button, Movie City News), Ken Turan (LA Times), Michael Wilmington (Chicago Trib), Jill Cozzi & ??? (damn, I forgot the site...find 'em through Cinemarati), the good folks at Salon.com. Anthony Lane at New Yorker...I guess I've given up on David Denby.

        I'm comfortable in my own opinions. It's always interesting to get a new perspective though. I also read Sight & Sound.
        
        
        

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• Yeah, he trashed it - Jazz Inmate 16:06:56 08/03/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Re: "The Village"...maybe the worst movie I've seen. Ever. posted by rico on August 03, 2004 at 06:47:30:

  
  

  • http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-village30f.html   (Open in New Window)

  
  

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• Roeper loved it...(nt) - mkuller 10:28:16 08/03/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Re: "The Village"...maybe the worst movie I've seen. Ever. posted by rico on August 03, 2004 at 06:47:30:

  (nt)
  
  

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