Comment on Movie reviews that had me laughing
Denjin@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
The greatest movie review of all time is Roger Ebert’s review of Pearl Harbor:
“Pearl Harbor” is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours, about how on Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese staged a surprise attack on an American love triangle. Its centerpiece is 40 minutes of redundant special effects, surrounded by a love story of stunning banality. The film has been directed without grace, vision, or originality, and although you may walk out quoting lines of dialog, it will not be because you admire them.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I still miss Roger.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
Same. He was one of the good ones. All these years later and I still haven’t found a proper substitute movie reviewer who is both funny and “gets it”. You could always trust his judgement. His review of Shoot 'Em Up (when so many other critics panned it) was always a perfect example to me of how he never succumbed to snobbery despite maintaining an excellent eye.
It’s a shame we’ll never hear him savagely eviscerate the currently creatively bankrupt Hollywood with their endless sequels and remakes.