I didn't read him often enough. I always thought the Chicago Sun Times was a terrible newspaper. I always thought that the whole "thumbs up, thumbs down" thing was silly and stupid. And it was a shorthand way of looking at movies that reduced all that passion and intelligence into a simple gesture of a thumb. It may have helped make Ebert a celebrity, but it was a disservice to his art. Anyway, Kim Morgan reads one of Ebert's reviews in this video. And you are reminded that Ebert could really, really write...
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Friday, April 05, 2013
Roger Ebert - More Than a Thumb!
Wow. This little video via Kim Morgan, pretty much shows/explains why Roger Ebert was one of our finest writers, a writer who just happened to write about movies. Ebert was a passionate, intelligent writer who could really convey his passion and intelligence when he was discussing movies. I always liked Ebert. He seemed like a genial, funny guy. He seemed to love movies, and he often conveyed that love in way you could get your head around. The public reaction to his death confirms that he was loved by lots and lots of people who knew him, and lots and lots of people who didn't know him. That's a pretty nice tribute.
I didn't read him often enough. I always thought the Chicago Sun Times was a terrible newspaper. I always thought that the whole "thumbs up, thumbs down" thing was silly and stupid. And it was a shorthand way of looking at movies that reduced all that passion and intelligence into a simple gesture of a thumb. It may have helped make Ebert a celebrity, but it was a disservice to his art. Anyway, Kim Morgan reads one of Ebert's reviews in this video. And you are reminded that Ebert could really, really write...
I didn't read him often enough. I always thought the Chicago Sun Times was a terrible newspaper. I always thought that the whole "thumbs up, thumbs down" thing was silly and stupid. And it was a shorthand way of looking at movies that reduced all that passion and intelligence into a simple gesture of a thumb. It may have helped make Ebert a celebrity, but it was a disservice to his art. Anyway, Kim Morgan reads one of Ebert's reviews in this video. And you are reminded that Ebert could really, really write...
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