Comments on: Roger Ebert Update

by: Craig Welsh

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:46:38 +0000

I just enjoy Ebert’s writing. I appreciate he’s not getting back on TV anytime soon. I suspect he’s gone for probably the rest of this year in terms of TV, if not longer. But he’s such a good writer that I hope he gets his strength up enough to even review one or two movies a week in the paper.

Yes, you can argue he’s gotten a bit softer in his review in recent years. But he’s still a hell of a good critic and a top writer. I’ve missed his writing the past year, but I’m glad to see he’s determined to not let his health problems of the past year keep him down.

by: Juan

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:57:58 +0000

Oh, and I too enjoyed Kevin Smith’s appearances.

by: Juan

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:57:08 +0000

I like Ebert, but he likes entirely too many movies, including crap like The Honeymooners. And too often he fails to see what a filmmaker is trying to do or say (Spielberg in “War of the Worlds,” Eastwood with “Unforgiven”).

Oh man, Mellencamp was the guest critic last weekend? Well, I’ll definitely take Ebert over him. =)

by: Joseph J. Finn

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:15:52 +0000

I’ll disagree with Ebert not being better than those two critics, but they both are usually quite worth listening to. On the other hand, the guest critic format gave us this week: John Mellencamp. WTF?

(And maybe not a great critic by any measure, but Kevin Smith’s two appearances have been enjoyable - he obviously loves talking about movies and he’s definitely ready to mix it up with Roeper if the discussion calls for it.)

by: Juan

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:06:19 +0000

I like Ebert, but it’s OK with me that he won’t be returning to the Ebert-Roeper show anytime soon. I’ve gotten used to the guest-critic format — especially when that guest critic is New York magazine’s David Edelstein or The New York Times’ A.O. Scott (both better critics than either Ebert or Roeper).

by: Dan

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:12:03 +0000

As a Chicagoan, I respect greatly what Roger Ebert has done for the city and for the Sun-Times. Now, with this brilliant stance of courage, he is telling us all about the pains of cancer in a way that most of us would never want to say. And due to this cancer, he cannot even say it: it’s just the power of the written word and a few pictures that do the job he unfortunately cannot.

Get well Roger! Chicago and Hollywood both need you!

Thanks Augie for posting this story.