>I've read him since I was in junior high...it sounds silly now, but the way he would give four stars to what seemed like just a shallow blockbuster action movi

>I've read him since I was in junior high...it sounds silly now, but the way he would give four stars to what seemed like just a shallow blockbuster action movie but then justify it for doing shallow action wonderfully...that taught me a lot about how to judge things on what they purport to do, rather than just against what you, the writer, prefers. Exactly. As a kid watching one of his reviews was the first time I'd seen a reviewer, or anyone on TV say something like that. Even today, he remains the only example that readily comes to mind.