Comments on: Two Thumbs Way Up: An Appreciation of Roger Ebert and Life Itself http://www.popmyculturepodcast.com/2014/two-thumbs-way-up-an-appreciation-of-roger-ebert-and-life-itself/ a Podcast Sensation(ish) hosted by Cole Stratton and Vanessa Ragland Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:04:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.16 By: timorousme http://www.popmyculturepodcast.com/2014/two-thumbs-way-up-an-appreciation-of-roger-ebert-and-life-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-21924 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:04:36 +0000 http://www.popmyculturepodcast.com/?p=4479#comment-21924 Ebert’s top ten greatest films: “Aguirre, Wrath of God” (Herzog), “Apocalypse Now” (Coppola), “Citizen Kane” (Welles), “La Dolce Vita” (Fellini), “The General” (Keaton), “Raging Bull” (Scorsese), “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Kubrick), “Tokyo Story” (Ozu), “The Tree of Life” (Malick), “Vertigo” (Hitchcock).

http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/the-greatest-films-of-all-time

]]> By: Joe http://www.popmyculturepodcast.com/2014/two-thumbs-way-up-an-appreciation-of-roger-ebert-and-life-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-21478 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 02:50:50 +0000 http://www.popmyculturepodcast.com/?p=4479#comment-21478 My big problem with Ebert is illustrated quite well in this piece. He let his politics dictate how he reviews movies. Brown Bunny was not a terrible movie, it was just controversial politically because there was an x rated sex scene in it. He had the same problem all throughout his career. Clockwork Orange and Dirty Harry are two other examples.

My other big problem with Ebert is that he gave a lot of film school type opinions. If you were to ask him what his favorite films are he would only pick things made many decades ago. Citizen Cane and Gone with the Wind are not truly the most entertaining films to him, he was told that they were the best films when he was in film school so that’s what he tells people

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