Bansheelinks

http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_...05/050501.html

I just read his review of "Gladiator" and was so incredulous I had to post it............2 Stars he gave it out of 4!

Quotes:

The film looks muddy, fuzzy and indistinct. Its colors are mud tones at the drab end of the palette, and it seems to have been filmed on grim and overcast days.

The story line is "Rocky" on downers.

It employs depression as a substitute for personality, and believes that if the characters are bitter and morose enough, we won't notice how dull they are.

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Oh yeah.........but I forgot.........this is the same guy who gave "Hellboy" the equivalent amt. of stars as "Return of the King." I think Ebert, as bloated and full as he is with himself, has entered the realm of senility.

Gheenz

He is right about some of that though. The film does look, "muddy, fuzzy and indistinct. Its colors are mud tones at the drab end of the palette, and it seems to have been filmed on grim and overcast days."

But yeah, Ebert is losing it...I didn't think people actually listened to him anyways.

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Bansheelinks

Those tones were chosen purposely to suit the mood of the picture..........it is somber as Crowe's family is slaughtered in it, and its generally about warfare, suffering and loss.........what the fuck is he even comparing it to Rocky for? The storyline is nothing like "Rocky." Ebert, as he's getting older, is cranky and at times, downright stupid. For instance, he hailed Mystic River as one of Eastwood's very best films. Really? I thought it kind of meandered and was full of some over the top acting (after seeing it, I am convinced Bill Murray should have won best actor for his restrained, telling performance in Lost In Translation over Sean Penn's over the top at times performance).

And btw, another annoying thing about Ebert; if he agrees with the politics of the movie, he'll love it.............if he doesn't, no matter how great the movie is, he'll snuff it.

But yes, as he is getting older, he's losing it. I miss watching Siskel insulting him and putting him in his place when he needed doing so.

Bansheelinks

Another case in point:

Shawshank Redemption.......one of the very best movies of the 1990's.................3 1/2 stars

Hellboy................3 1/2 stars

Gheenz

Thus proving how credible his reviews really are. I say, just go see whatever movies look good to YOU; not what tubby says are good.

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What's up with him? I liked that movie!

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Bansheelinks

Whats up with him? Well I think he is waking up in the morning, then he brews his coffee, and opens up his pill jars, pops his daily mult-vitamin multi-mineral, and then his instant senility pills. Then he sits his flabby ass down to hahahahaha his reviews.

Bansheelinks

hahahahaha?????? all these hahahaha's are getting annoying