Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by jamesgarvin (A) on January 17, 2006 at 12:44:49

In Reply to: Re: Ebert: A Critical defense of Crash posted by Nicu on January 12, 2006 at 21:53:17:

"I don't think that Ebert is taken seriously by any of the serious film critics."

Really? Like who? Janet Maslin has appeared on his show. Is she serious? Elvis Mitchell, who wrote for the New York Times, and the film critic for the Los Angeles Times, both of whom appeared on his show after Siskel passed away, during that period of time in which a variety of film critics were being "tested" for the other seat. They are not serious critics?

I suspect that their opinions, if they exist, largely stem from the fact that most film critics have no notoriety of their own, and are celebrity wanna bees. That Ebert has been smart enough, resourceful enough, and lucky enough to acheive a status of which they are jealous is the real source of their hostility. We call them sour grapes.