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I'm just going to link to one of my favorite reviews of his. You can taste the contempt he has for this movie and all its characters in his words: http://ro

by chjj 14y ago

I'm just going to link to one of my favorite reviews of his. You can __taste__ the contempt he has for this movie and all its characters in his words: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19981211/REVIEWS/812110301/1023 http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19... I'll also never forget when Ebert lambasted that ridiculous "Benjamin Button" movie. At the time, I felt like he was the only one on earth that agreed with me. The film recieved nothing but praise, and I was sitting there wondering if I had seen the same film as everyone else. I was so delighted to read his review: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081223/REVIEWS/812239995/1023 http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20...

enneff 14y ago
While it was satisfying to watch him hate the films I hate, it was incredibly validating to see him love the films I love. Synecdoche, New York http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081105/REVIEWS/811059995 http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20... Paris, Texas http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19840101/REVIEWS/401010366/1023 http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19... (I just notice the similar form of those film titles. Curious!)
tptacek 14y ago
What do you ask a snowman inhabited by your father? After all, Dad's been dead a year. What's it like on the other side? Is there a heaven? Big Bang or steady state? When will the NBA lockout end? Elvis--dead? What's it like standing out on the lawn in the cold all night? Ever meet any angels? Has anybody else ever come back as a snowman? Do you have to eat? If you do, then what? Any good reporter could talk to that snowman for five minutes and come back with some great quotes. But Charlie, self-centered little movie child, is more concerned with how Jack Frost (his father's real name) can help him. His dad has been dead for a year and comes back as a snowman and all he can think of is using the snowman to defeat the school bully in a snowball fight. Also, the kid tries to keep Dad from melting. (What kind of a half-track miracle is it if a snowman can talk, but it can't keep from melting?) Does the snowman have any advice for his son? Here is a typical conversation: Jack Frost: "You da man!" Charlie: "No, YOU da man!" Jack: "No, I da SNOWMAN!"

I'm just going to link to one of my favorite reviews of his. You can __taste__ the contempt he has for this movie and all its characters in his words: http://ro

by chjj 14y ago

enneff 14y ago

While it was satisfying to watch him hate the films I hate, it was incredibly validating to see him love the films I love. Synecdoche, New York http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081105/REVIEWS/811059995 http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20... Paris, Texas http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19840101/REVIEWS/401010366/1023 http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19... (I just notice the similar form of those film titles. Curious!)

tptacek 14y ago

What do you ask a snowman inhabited by your father? After all, Dad's been dead a year. What's it like on the other side? Is there a heaven? Big Bang or steady state? When will the NBA lockout end? Elvis--dead? What's it like standing out on the lawn in the cold all night? Ever meet any angels? Has anybody else ever come back as a snowman? Do you have to eat? If you do, then what? Any good reporter could talk to that snowman for five minutes and come back with some great quotes. But Charlie, self-centered little movie child, is more concerned with how Jack Frost (his father's real name) can help him. His dad has been dead for a year and comes back as a snowman and all he can think of is using the snowman to defeat the school bully in a snowball fight. Also, the kid tries to keep Dad from melting. (What kind of a half-track miracle is it if a snowman can talk, but it can't keep from melting?) Does the snowman have any advice for his son? Here is a typical conversation: Jack Frost: "You da man!" Charlie: "No, YOU da man!" Jack: "No, I da SNOWMAN!"