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This is now quite different from what you wrote earlier: "He strikes me as someone who likes to highlight what's good in films"

Always highlighting what is good is the job of an industry lackey, and Ebert is one. A true critic would try to evaluate the work in its entirety, which is far different from your "summary judgement" strawman.

There is nothing wrong with finding something good in an otherwise bad film, and pointing that out, provided one has guts and integrity to call it BAD. It seems like Ebert simply doesn't have guts, or, as some others put it, he is on the industry take, even if not overtly, and his job is really to assure good crowds.

My reaction would have been similar if you stated critic's job was in finding faults with the creation. As I said, neither would be true.




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