Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel are two of the most influential film critics ever, often making or breaking movies with their reviews. Now, a new book by film cr...
  • wilberfanOPEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    I rarely missed an episode of their shows over the years. If they both liked a film, I almost always did as well. I much preferred Rogers’s opinions–and personality. Gene always struck me as being kind of a mean grump.

    • @mysoulishomeEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Same, Roger’s point of view on movies usually was pretty close to mine. I feel like I have good taste and I enjoy challenging, artsy movies that critics praise. But sometimes there are movies like Moulin Rouge you just enjoy even if it isn’t critically defensible. Roger would go for things like that where Gene seemed more like a hard nosed snobby type. I realized at some point it Roger raved about a movie I was likely to enjoy it.