Roger Ebert interview on his Favorite Movies (2000)

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[@richardgladstone8975]

When I was 15 I emailed Roger Ebert, and he actually responded to me. I was always impressed that he took the time to reply to me and answer my question.

[@kiandemonteverde4121]

What was the email?

[@Claude-Eckel]

Or ... He would have had people to answer emails on his behalf, just like they all have PR people doing all their social media crap these days. Has that ever crossed yer mind? Do you really believe that people who have as much on their plate as them, in demand, with packed schedules, working 15 hours a day, can find the time to answer your email of all the thousands of other emails they get? They singled out your query and presented it to him so that he might answer it personally? Are you still that naive? Poor 15 y/o you.

[@suvendroseal1724]

​​@@kiandemonteverde4121It was "hey what's up, bro?"

[@MillerArant]

@@kiandemonteverde4121can I score some drugs

[@OGR-4394]

0:53 The Perfect Storm 3:47 Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc 4:47 Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps 5:42 Bowfinger 7:24 Scary Movie 8:27 Gladiator 9:24 High Fidelity 9:54 The Patriot 11:38 High Fidelity (again) 11:49 Wonderboys 13:21 Croupier 16:04 Lake Placid 16:09 Message in a Bottle 16:35 The Jackal 17:08 I Spit on Your Grave (The Year of the Woman) 17:48 Jaws the Revenge 22:48 The Perfect Storm (again) 24:06 Bringing out the Dead

[@christopherricci7714]

Not all heroes wear capes @Seanileus2

[@threeminuteshate]

@@muhammadhilmiramadhan3556 totally agree with you. After seeing it I didn’t think about it again because it was so hamfisted, I just dismissed it. Was shocked to see it win best picture. Then I realized a lot of people loved it and maybe something was wrong with my opinion. That Ebert disliked it has convinced me my opinion was correct.

[@jeshkam]

@@muhammadhilmiramadhan3556 Agreed 100%

[@ShyGuyTravel]

Just a point of clarification: this isn't a list of Ebert's favourite movies of all time lol. It's just the movies that are mentioned in the interview. Thanks Sean!

[@paulvoorhies8821]

@DistantSalutations I’m stunned that he liked The Klumps and gave a thumbs up to Scary movie. I found Gladiator to be a colossal bore.

[@ZigbertD]

Michael Caine said of Jaws: The Revenge, " I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."

[@Frederick-t8t]

I saw that too. He bought the house for his mother.

[@pakkmann]

one of the things I love about Ebert's commentary on the movies is that he was fair to movies from all sorts of genres. He appreciated great pictures whether they were slapstick or high art and didn't fall into the trap of being "above" a certain grade of film. Btw, I always felt both Gene and Roger's views on HOOP DREAMS (and the subsequent Academy drama with that) was so on point about what film could be. Amazing stuff.

[@CatBxtchNami]

Then you see his review of The Thing and simply stop caring for his opinion, that is what happened to me.

[@bananamcfurgess2840]

He was full of shit, and lacked talent. Which isn’t surprising most critics do. His long inconsistency when it came to critiquing films showed he wasn’t anyone to take seriously.

[@taroman7100]

He hated Gladiator so I was done with him.

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

@@bananamcfurgess2840 You're wrong. He certainly did have talent. He was a gifted, effective writer and storyteller, and his brilliant writing was not limited to movie reviews. You disagreed with his opinions about film? OK, fine, but that doesn't mean he was full of shit. Perhaps you're the one who's full of shit, but you can't see it.

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

@@bananamcfurgess2840 No, you are. Did you ever read any of his criticism for the Chicago Sun-Times? Which made him the only critic to win the Pulitzer Prize? He was very observant and a great artist. His review of The Dead is one of the best pieces of criticism I've ever read. Can you even read? I was a newspaper editor and can see what he was doing. Did you see 10,000 films from all genres, eras and countries like he did to form a critical aesthetic and acumen? Of course not, you're just another Philistine example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect being proud of your ignorance.

[@camtron]

5:30 "We don't take comedians seriously enough." - Roger Ebert An oxymoron but definitely true.

[@williamdillard5060]

Eddie Murphy's work in "The Nutty Professor" is just plain Oscar worthy. When you see The Klumps at the dinner table, you can't tell me that is not a whole family who look alike but act completely different. Buddy Love and Sherman Klump are two completely different people. That's genius.

[@joefriedman9843]

Yea Jim Carrey has done a lot of great dramatic roles like Eternal Sunshine and Truman Show. Great call by Roger. Eddie is obviously great too.

[@thenaturalmidsouth9536]

Comedy can be deadly serious

[@Claude-Eckel]

Then it's a paradox, not an oxymoron, when it seems contradictory or to go against common sense but is or can nonetheless still be true. The main difference between the two: an oxymoron is not true. _Edit: Btw, what you said: _*_'An oxymoron but definitely true.'_*_ 👈🏼 The irony: this is an oxymoron._ 🤭

[@RemoGutierrez1]

"Comedians" can do great movies and roles . One of my favorite films is "Everything Must Go" with Will Ferrell

[@olitomar]

"so many things could go wrong it's amazing good movies get made" fav quote ever

[@Grandizer8989]

The Perfect Storm was filmed in my hometown and George Clooney couldn’t have been nicer. He played pickup hoops with the kids of the lost fishermen and treated everyone with respect.

[@johnnydtractive]

I think that because he was so accessible & well-known from being on tv, people forget that Ebert was an essential & iconoclastic voice in the history of film. I love his reviews, especially those of films he loved. Each one of those reviews offers such depth of observation, understanding & insight. Each one is like a unique loveletter to that film--his passion & affection for cinema (and writing) shine thru.

[@CatBxtchNami]

Then you see his review of The Thing and simply stop caring for his opinion, that is what happened to me.

[@thomashumphrey7395]

Ebert is (was) an excellent writer, a skill which lent itself well to and he parlayed into film criticism. I don't always like all the films he liked (or dislike the ones he disliked), but he certainly made and left his mark. And it really is not an overstatement to say that at one time (and maybe even to this day) he was a household name and possibly the most famous, familiar critic on the planet. It was always a welcome treat to read his intelligent reviews. R.I.P. Roger; the aisle is closed.

[@michellelekas211]

Agreed. He was the editor of the Daily IllinI: I met him years later when I was the college paper's film reviewer an e visited us. He was always writing and has endless energy. He also gave giant love to fellow critics, especially Siskel, of course, but also Pauline Kael (whom he adored), the classic critic Manny Farber, as well as David Edelstein, another "Paulette," J. Hoberman, etc. A mensch. Hw had a great life and lovely wife and all of that. Love him sticking up for Spike, both friends with Marty Scorcese and all three are movie lovers and vets!!!

[@kellygreen5556]

Ebert wrote failed porn screenplays. Gossip about movies are all Ebert fan boys have. He had no style and looked like a horror even before he sought publicly missing a jaw.

[@thomashumphrey7395]

@@kellygreen5556 Wow. Sounds like someone is really bitter and jealous. How many Pulitzer Prizes have you won? And I don't think he chose to have cancer of the jaw to seek publicity and pity. Get a life, loser.

[@kellygreen5556]

@@thomashumphrey7395 bitter would be you sending private comments to me you can't post. Ebert wrote " Vixens Up" and " "Who Killed Bambi" etc. Ever see them? Lol. Here is your style maven in the video 😂 And yes. he or it invited cameras into his hospital room and slammed a drunkard actor before the family could bury the man when Ebert was a drunk itself! The two Eberts met at an AA meeting , the wife finally confessed. She said Roger was 300lbs. Did he approve of the flick? Oh gossip! Oh mommy! If yours is the " life" you tell me to get, I'll pass! Lol Thank goodness most young people today never heard of him! I would never go out with a man who looked to someone else's opinion on movies or clothes. You are welcome to him ,just as we can critique the putrid critic.

[@int53185]

In the end, they realized that they loved each other. Good friends for almost 25 years. Miss them.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

I may not agree with Roger a lot of times, but he once said something about "Back to the Future" that is 100% spot-on. He said he wishes he could forget the movie whenever he watches it so he could experience it for the first time all over again. I feel the same way, for this and some other childhood classics like "The Goonies", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Star Wars" (the original trilogy) and some others.

[@jeshkam]

I feel the same way about David Fincher's "The Game".

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@jeshkam Ah, that's a movie I've not thought about in eons. Interesting twist at the end if I remember correctly, though I can't remember what the twist actually was! (Don't tell me. I'm going to watch it again soon)!

[@malex4321]

I miss Ebert so so much. RIP Mate. ❤️

[@lc-dl5bg]

god bless roger ebert

[@babsyboone4482]

Guess god didn't listen

[@kylekondit9709]

@@babsyboone4482 what? Ebert was passed before the comment was made? This makes no sense

[@Dottiecurran]

If rotting from cancer for years is the blessing, I'll pass

[@ceciliosanchez3708]

If that fat lump of cancer is an example of a blessing, god is not for me

[@twomindz79]

There's no god . Now there's no Ebert.

[@Buzz_Kill71]

21 years later and still an amazing interview...👍

[@jcmilosmith4622]

A movie enthusiast whose enthusiasm was magically infectious! I miss him

[@brainsareus]

total integrity

[@billkeon880]

I used to wait all week long to watch S&E on the weekend. Never cared which ones they reviewed, I just wanted to hear their analysis and to learn and enjoy. Miss both of them a lot

[@erfansvideos]

Me too. Now we got rotten tomatoes and millennials reviewing movies. No wonder movies these days suck..cus all the bad ones get a pass or political pass by these idiots.

[@mainstreetsaint36]

And the banter between the two was such a joy to watch.

[@erikghast3312]

Test audiences and focus groups are an absolute evil to creativity. Directors should refuse to show their film to them, and people should refuse to participate in them.

[@cl759]

There is a fine difference between art and craft.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Test audiences are an unfortunate, but necessary, tool for studios that have millions - sometimes hundreds of millions or even billions (including merchandising) - of dollars riding on a movie or a movie franchise. In a perfect world, yeah, it would be nice if a director could always make the movie he or she wants, audience be damned, but that it not realistic. Maybe small-ish "art house" movies with small-ish budgets can get away with this, but that's about it. Most movies cost a lot of money to make, and most barely make a profit (if at all), and studios are in business to make money after all, so test audiences will certainly be a part of the business for the foreseeable future.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@Mourning Star Well I didn't say they were a good thing either. In fact I said they were "an unfortunate, but necessary, tool for studios". Sometimes the directors get their way, if they have a lot of pull and an excellent track record (Spielberg, Scorsese, etc) or if prescreening reviews are on their side. When Terry Gilliam made "Brazil", his original ending was as we see it now, but the studio hated it and made him change it. Luckily for Terry, the first version had already been seen by film critics and got rave reviews (Los Angeles Film Critics awarded it "Best Picture") so the studio relented and released it with this more down-beat ending. Interestingly, the other version was also released (by the studio) and it has a really different ending and other parts. It's not called "Brazil" but something else (which I can't remember).

[@paperbackonly8438]

Erik Ghast I think it’s the producers who insist on them.

[@LizardLeliel]

Part of art is knowing how the audience will react to it.

[@andrewehunt68]

What a superb interview! Thank you for this treat!

[@sheilalaffey879]

Roger was the best -- as a film professor I always look up his reviews for class and watched his film review show religiously for many years! RIP Roger

[@bloboshitful]

CLASS? He co wrote "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" admitted to being a drunkard and knocked a dead actor for drinking before his family could bury the man

[@benjaminmonroy8622]

@@bloboshitful are you brain dead? never said anything about having class. She said for class, not he had class..

[@kellygreen5556]

Brain dead is seeking style advice from Ebert

[@knowthycell]

@@bloboshitful damn Kyle. Butt hurt and brain dead

[@jeshkam]

@@kellygreen5556 WTF?

[@opentrunk]

I get the feeling from reading these comments that Roger once badmouthed somebody's movie, the somebody then became a nobody, and now the nobody spends his time badmouthing Roger Ebert on KZbin.

[@Dottiecurran]

You are a nobody who hangs on this blob's opinion of Hollywood trash years after this beast rotted out

[@kylekondit9709]

@@Dottiecurran lmao not even a good comeback my guy try finding good reason for him to be called any of these thing you sad sack of shit dirt bag

[@jbuhse14]

Dottiecurran How are you on KZbin badmouthing escapism? And if you care not what Ebert thinks, what brings you to a video exclusively about him?

[@mangoburster5156]

Dottiecurran lol, Ebert is better than you pal

[@AA-dz9mq]

opentrunks yes Thankyou

[@gilpinsteven]

He was way off on Gladiator not being Awards worthy but I still love him and think he's the best movie critic of all time.

[@maralinekozial9131]

Ebert usually always says he doesn't like the best movies the very first time he sees them but the on his second viewing he always apologizes & admits how amazing the film is , so hes just one of those ppl that has a good brain for sniffing out hidden gems that nobody else notices but hes got a bad brain for realizing masterpieces the very fisrt time he sees them !!!!

[@Suremane]

Nah son he was right on the money. Gladiator and all them beach azz glazin stans be str8 dumpster juice.

[@kyrgyzjeff4550]

Imagine if he lived to see the atrocity “The Emoji Movie”!

[@oliverdelica2289]

He will hate, hate, hate that movie

[@normanmeharry58]

Emoji is a hell of a movie. The trailer should've been nominated

[@arbuckle6103]

He’d most likely give it two thumbs down.

[@Sweetestsadist]

He saw it. It's on an endless loop in hell.

[@Jd-gl1mw]

Sweetestsadist Roger ain’t in hell.

[@saahilsiddiqui6762]

From India here and love Ebert. Dont understand the hate he gets at times. Even if you disagree w him vehemently, he doesnt deserve that sort of hate

[@cameronf.4119]

I agree. I suppose it kind of comes with the job. No matter what you’re criticizing, someone is going to hate you for it.

[@Claude-Eckel]

You might overlook the admiration he also received, which outweighed those who "hated" him. Only the bad news sticks with you, because that's what the media loves to publish the most. Only good news is bad news. These few people who have nothing to say and lack arguments resort to the so-called argumentum ad hominem, a rhetorical strategy in which the character, motive or other qualities of the person making an argument are attacked when the other arguments of the attackers are lacking any substance against the argument being attacked. They expose themselves as people who have nothing to say, and he knew that. So don't worry too much about him. He knew it because rhetoric was part of the toolkit he needed for his profession.

[@michaelottway6553]

Apparently you don't know how many great movies Ebert publicly trashed. He is less than a filmmaker, that's why he became a critic. The word "average" is the definition of all robert eberts, there are lots of them

[@aepr84]

i'm not an Ebert fan, but no person deserves the kind of things said about him in here

[@philaschio5524]

Guess fatso reaped what he sowed. Do ya think he got flies in his mouth after the jaw was cut out?

[@babsyboone4482]

Flies go to shit but even they might be repelled by the rotten stink of Eberts mouth

[@GrinningAries]

You'd think he was a war criminal by the level of some of this vitriol

[@philaschio5524]

He promoted sexist garbage with his failed screenplays.

[@Luisaan145]

Shut up you fucking idiot. Go and try to get laid with that attitude. That includes men, just in case you're gay. No one gets turned on by your wet opinions.

[@legowar177]

Did you like Gladiator Ebert: NO.

[@babsyboone4482]

Did I like ugly Ebert ? no.

[@ZarahLean]

Does Ebert tell me what to watch? No!

[@natsudragion7790]

I can see why someone would think Gladiator is trash...then again, It's fucking awesome

[@swine74]

mediocre movie

[@alanbrown667]

Is roger ebert one of the most boring people to listen to? Yes.

[@FifthContinentMusic]

Insofar as we are concerned, Roger Ebert was a fine critic, despite the fact that we did not always agree with his reviews. He is sorely missed.

[@Dominion-1]

I love Rogers narrations of Casablanca and Citizen Kane. They can be found on the dvd & on blu-ray disc.

[@dj_bullets7106]

He's so right about Bowfinger. Underrated comedy and Eddie's brilliant in it.

[@my88110]

DJ_Bullets and boomerang is a guilty pleasure imo

[@bobthebear1246]

DJ_Bullets Seen it and 100% agree!!

[@kentonclarkson1449]

"She gave me the works! We had intercourse and everything!"

[@kellygreen5556]

What BS Bob thinks about a movie is soooo important

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Bow finger is one of the most underated movies. Fact.

[@Rob_Kates]

I was a big fan of Ebert. He was a brilliant guy, in terms of his way of looking at films. He is the only critic who has won the Pulitzer Prize for film criticism. Many times I like liked his reviews on the 2 extremes, the great reviews and the awful reviews. I enjoy his reviews of films by 2 of America's great directors, Scorsese and Woody Allen.

[@babsyboone4482]

I see from your picture you have his cutting edge style.

[@omega1397]

Babsy Boone Lmao.

[@bobthebear1246]

@Rob Kates, you're a cutie.

[@philaschio5524]

Bob Schneider, you are an ugly who wants to suck off dead film critics

[@110000116699]

Phil Aschio lol pathetic much

[@aaronestes3905]

fun fact- Charlie Rose is not wearing pants in this interview

[@Dottiecurran]

Maybe Ebert will blow him

[@kellygreen5556]

That would really be beastiality!

[@darkevilazn]

Fun fact: Charlie Rose never wears pants.

[@CipherSerpico]

This is just a great fukin comment.

[@bobshoe8426]

fun fact: he also didn't were pants alone with his female colleagues!!

[@jajdude]

I like reading his reviews sometimes, after seeing a movie.

[@langdonalger9219]

Joseph Loveys he was a great writer.

[@mperry1329]

@Junk Lardass First of all, you are not a "Lardass" and secondly, I agree with your comment, but I would read his reviews before I watched the movie. When he reviewed "The Amityville Horror" he gave it two stars but I watched the movie anyway because it was based on a true story and he did give the actors Kudos, particularly Rod Stiger who played the priest for the Lutz family. The movie should have followed the book and then it would have been a better movie.

[@LordMalice6d9]

@@mperry1329 A movie following a book or comic 100% verbatim does not always equal a good movie.

[@sriharsha5036]

The perfect storm is great! My childhood memory! Glad Ebert talks about it in such high regard.

[@colliric]

Roger's written review does a better job of explaining his Gladiator review. He felt it wasn't as good as the film adaptation of Titus which he'd seen very recently, and also wasn't as good as Spartacus.

[@waynej2608]

And he's right. Oliver Reed was good, though. His last role.

[@HugoSoup57]

colliric Gladiator wasn’t as good as Spartacus or even Braveheart, but it was still a good movie and he was too harsh on it.

[@ruly8153]

@@waynej2608 As was Richard Harris

[@MrRacine67]

One of the most famous Movie Criticss and a man with a great personality. Not always agreed with his opinions but I always admired his passion for movies. By the way, he was obviously very wrong about Crowe's Oscar chances. He won Best Actor that year.

[@alokreigns4056]

He was also wrong about fight club

[@ethidian3444]

15:34 This is one of the best things ever said about both making and criticizing movies.

[@steveconn]

15:14 -Charlie's in that 'just woke up from a gin-and-tonic nap' zone.

[@furtherback6131]

Never been happier for scrolling down this far

[@johndawhale3197]

Hahahahahahahahahaha man just walked out of his own grave...

[@RobertDAvanzo-rk3ew]

A drunkard ,like Ebert

[@HabAnagarek]

I miss his voice, figuratively and metaphorically.

[@philaschio5524]

He lost it when they cut out his tongue and voice box cause it rotted

[@kellygreen5556]

If you miss him, you are without much of a social life

[@bobthebear1246]

kellygreen5556 Fuck you, bitch. I miss him and I do have an active social life...BITCH. Making presumptions about people you don't know and have never met is not only a major mistake, but it's going to get you in big trouble someday, guaranteed.

[@bobthebear1246]

All of you fucking losers just do the world a favor and kill yourselves right now. BYE.

[@daveybaby131]

Bob S is very typical of unwanted Ebert fanboys. Ugly and rejected in life and here, he only has bullshit about tired old movies

[@Griff81946]

Damn this man was ahead of his time, we need more like him.

[@timrush3817]

"We had chemistry because we hated each other," great take

[@alisdairmckenzie]

I really like Ebert but like all film critics it's only opinion and he was able to back up what he said, or at least he could articulate it well. He famously hated my favourite film, Blue Velvet but praised my second favourite, Dressed to Kill. That's just how it goes. I have grown to realise, the older I get, that criticism is important..as it hopefully inspires you to you voice your own ideas, be they for or against.

[@greyeyed123]

I bought Ebert's 2000 Movie Home Companion around this time, and I read every single review, and the added essays at the end. Such a great writer. Entertaining, insightful. Just fun to read.

[@Gershwood]

Roger had great taste. I almost always agreed with the man.

[@babsyboone4482]

Yeah those giant glasses and sweater vests are so..um tasteful...lol. And his screenplays: Vixens Up! Lol

[@Gershwood]

@@babsyboone4482 See you get it!

[@ceciliosanchez3708]

@@Gershwood Ebert had no taste except for too much food

[@DocNintendo]

Do you like cop and a half aswell?

[@Gershwood]

@@DocNintendo Loooved Cop and a Half

[@MultiStats]

Siskel & Ebert were a big part of my childhood. I loved their conversation and how direct they were. Even here, Roger is very blunt, answers questions very directly with no guile.

[@Dumpweed971]

I really miss this guy...last of an era.

[@robgoren8628]

I miss Roger Ebert. Really, really miss his perspective, passion, wit, and humour. Even though I disagreed with him 99.9% of the time.

[@kylekondit9709]

I wouldn't say that much of the time personally but at least you can respect his opinion without calling him a used collostamy bag

[@ceciliosanchez3708]

@Mourning Star Ebert was untalented dog shit

[@nikolasmokalis3425]

cecilio sanchez oh yeah? His Pulitzer, multiple best-selling books about film criticism, near 30 years on television, respect from some of history’s finest filmmakers, and a documentary all about his life after he had died beg to differ

[@kellygreen5556]

I wouldn't say the writer of "Who Killed Bambi" was talented just because hexwas on TV after midnight

[@lisvender]

You actually respect someone even though you disagree with him? What a peculiar concept

[@mg_claymore8611]

Ebert. One of the greats.

[@TK0_23_]

Charlie: Gladiator. Oscar? Roger: No. It came out too early. Won 5 Oscars. Picture, Actor, Costume, Sound and Visual effects. Oh well. You still da man, Roger. You da man.

[@billolsen4360]

Too bad people still hold up the oscars as something significant. It's an insiders' popularity contest.

[@angrygoldfish]

I haven't seen A Perfect Storm in years, but I remember loving it and being surprised so many others didn't.

[@scattjax3908]

Sure are a lot of Ebert haters here but I don't see their reasons.

[@kylewhitehead1684]

"Duuuh, he disagrees with my opinions so he must be stoopid! He talked about old movies when I haven't seen anything older than the first Michael Bay Transformers film! Old films look yucky! He's fat!" That seems to be the gist of it.

[@scattjax3908]

haha Nice :)

[@scattjax3908]

Cool videos on your page. Are all those your compositions?

[@kylewhitehead1684]

Yes, they're all mine. I wish I was a much better composer but I'm fairly proud of the music on my channel and I'm glad you like it.

[@scattjax3908]

Very nice. I like them because they sound natural, & they have a feeling, unlike many things I hear which are too electronic. Have you ever composed for film? I am a no budget filmmaker. This is a long shot but I may as well try to see if you have any interest.

[@RollingOrmond]

9:37 - He nailed it. They should rename the Oscars "Awards for movies released from Nov.-Jan." The 2018 Oscars were a farce that only threw in Get Out and Dunkirk from the other ten months of the year.

[@oldDNU]

Rolling Ormond the thing is movies the studios think are Oscar worthy are deliberately released late in the year to stay on everyone’s mind. A film has to be extraordinarily great to be remembered long after its release date (Get Out, Silence of the Lambs). Dunkirk was a summer release mainly because Nolan prefers July releases for his films.

[@gocsa]

Kinda but also not, since Gladiator indeed won a whole bunch of Oscars including best actor for Crowe.

[@dater58]

Damn I miss both these guys. Smart conversation. No good serious interview shows today

[@arpyx8707]

who's the guy interviewing ebert?

[@dabbott1502]

@@arpyx8707 The interviewer is Charlie Rose.

[@georgealexander141]

Loved watching Sneak Previews with him and Gene, on PBS. It was more cerebral than their syndicated show.

[@mperry1329]

Roger Ebert was one of the best critics of the 20th Century and part of the 21st century. He was always fair and detailed and I followed his articles before I went to the movies since I was 12 years old. He was always right and helped me not to waste money on stupid movies and he was always right in his reviews. I miss him because I just know how he would feel about the movies that have come out recently. He's never been wrong about the movies he has reviewed. I used to watch his show on PBS with Siskel called " At the Movies" and I very much enjoyed that show since I was 13. He had the best job and that was watching movies and reviewing them.

[@catherinewong7741]

Still miss Roger.

[@ghostface93wu4eva9]

I love Roger Ebert and High Fidelity is fantastic.

[@123rockfan]

Love this interview and I respect Ebert, but i still cant believe he actually liked Nutty Professor 2. Kind of shocking to be honest lol

[@123rockfan]

And I respect*

[@knowthycell]

How old are you? The reason I ask is bc that movie did not age well. Otherwise, I seem to agree with Ebert about 90% of the time.

[@123rockfan]

@@knowthycell 29. Saw the movie in theaters when it first came out and me and my walked out

[@JasonsBasementBand]

I don’t agree with Ebert on a lot of movie opinions, but that’s what’s so great about movies, they have people debate and split their ideas. I love him, even though I don’t agree with everything he says. Doesn’t mean he’s wrong, doesn’t mean he’s right. I give full respect to him.

[@calvingregory4952]

Even when I disagreed with them I always had respect for Siskel and Ebert. But, I hated Roper. I do agree with Siskel about Eddie Murphy.

[@MoeBlackArctander]

"They're making every movie the same:" Roger Ebert, 2000. That's the reality of the nightmare we're currently living through.

[@pleaseenteraname1103]

Roger Ebert is an absolute legend I think he’s easily one of if not the best film critic of all time, even if I don’t agree with him on some of the grades that he’s given movies, like giving to kill a Mockingbird a negative review, and giving fight Club a negative, review, but his points are always valid and I can always see where he’s coming from even if I don’t necessarily agree.

[@mainstreetsaint36]

I think you mean To Kill a Mocking Bird

[@pleaseenteraname1103]

@@mainstreetsaint36 yeah my bad it was terribly auto corrected.

[@emmalancaster2013]

Siskel and Ebert were really special critics - true journalists and specialists in their craft. I tended to agree with Gene more than Roger (probably bcz Gene had several daughters and recognized misogyny immediately) but Roger was plenty special. They made me fall in love with movies more than I already had been and stressed important points for me of which to pay attention and appreciate. They literally made me a better movie fan and as a result, I sought out films I wouldn’t ordinarily have watched. Bravo to both of them!

[@simatbirch]

Scary movie - yes Nutty professor - yes Gladiator - no. A reminder that this stuff is subjective. Make your own mind up.

[@ulrichvonliechtenstein6138]

@Jotaro97 uhm....No it doesn't

[@jac-e6y]

@Jotaro97 I agree.

[@tomb4575]

Gladiator was a great half movie. The 2nd half became like the old Batman show, if you want to kill him, kill him and make sure the job was done.

[@HAL--gb6uf]

@Jotaro97 absolutely not bad but definitely not great

[@blunew467]

@Jotaro97 yeah YOU dislike it but come on, even if you think it sucks it’s still much better than Scary Movie and Nutty Professor, is it not?

[@sclogse1]

(I'm at the beginning, so not sure if he mentions it here) Roger was also a big fan of 2001. Now, in the beginning of 2018, after seeing Blade Runner 2049 in an Imax theater, I talk to people who never saw the film, but planned to . Now they're watch it at home. Folks, there's a reason for these big presentations. Just as seeing 2001 in Cinerama was the only way to experience it, certain films were made for a certain experience. Either you get that, or you don't. But you missed one hell of an experience on 2017.

[@ParkerAllen2]

I miss Roger. I miss Charlie, too. Too bad he had personal issues. An intelligent, interesting conversation.

[@1sepriani]

who had personal issues ?

[@ParkerAllen2]

@@1sepriani Charlie Rose. He certainly should have apologized for what he did and made a commitment to not doing anything like that again, but I don't think he should have lost his career over it. In the early days of the me-to movement, everyone was treated as if they were equal to what the worst of them did. Over-the-top punishment is also abusive behavior.

[@HoldenNY22]

Since Roger Ebert seemed like an Intellectual- I would be interested to see what Roger Ebert's Favorite Books and Authors were.

[@HaleysComet81]

High Fidelity and Wonder Boys are both classics.

[@thenextrung]

For the real🙂

[@Suremane]

And he hated Gladiator. This is why he the GOAT

[@maxdcruz87]

I'm glad Roger talked about Bowfinger, Wonder Boys and Bringing Out the Dead. These three movies deserved more attention and praise.

[@samuelstephens6163]

Don't always agree with Ebert (Baby's Day Out), but he had a great faculty for balancing his reviews between themes and filmmaking and integrating them beautifully.

[@willmccormick947]

Would love to hear Roger talking about the great movies in his book rather than meh 2000 summer movies.

[@halwarner3326]

A Chicago Legend, terribly missed. Suffered in a manner I wouldn't wish on anyone. I do not believe George Clooney is a good actor, he plays George Clooney.

[@ZarahLean]

Who? Its dead

[@dinastiachowfan1401]

The Descendants proved me different. Also the guy has a wide range in his filmography. Yes, it is very Harrison Ford, but with a wider range. People always compared him to Cary Grant.

[@jasonhurd4379]

hal warner It's the same with the other two actors Ebert mentioned in the beginning, Harrison Ford and Gary Cooper. They just played themselves.

[@waynej2608]

Clooney is a good actor, Ebert is right. He would go on to prove this with The American, The Descendants, Up in the Air, Brother Where Art Thou, also that one where he plays a politician, with Marisa Tomei and P.H. Hoffman. He does have range, after all.

[@BackboneAgZ]

I think Clooney is believable and reliable. Not much of a character actor but I think he gets the job done.

[@187mrsmith]

Lake placid is such a underrated movie lol it could have used a stronger script for sure but it's still an awesome underrated horror movie

[@olitomar]

Ebert complementing Eddie Murphy 🤯

[@donaldsmith3926]

The absolute wildest part of "The Perfect Storm" is that a fella had agreed to go on that trip and got to the boat with his bag, felt a bad 'vibe', and turned-around and went home.

[@stephenmccollum1391]

Crazy prophetic on how incredibly different they both handled their last days.

[@sriharsha5036]

He opened with perfect storm...BIG LIKE

[@johngaudet7363]

Same here

[@stephenmccollum1391]

I was hoping to hear about his favorite movies of all time

[@Orangeflava]

Bowfinger is a stone cold CLASSIC!

[@JontyMaster]

Today would've been Roger's 82nd birthday. Bless him.

[@fortynights1513]

What a career he had

[@upstandingcitizen3877]

It’s cool to bash Charlie Rose because he is a creep, but in all sincerity, he is stunningly unintelligent. Just listen to his comments, he’s a complete airhead.

[@milart12]

Totally agree, particularly with pop culture figures and ,even more so, with comedians. He has no sense of humor among other things.

[@jamesanthony5681]

I disagree. He was intelligent, but he forgot who he was. He fell in love with the fact that he was a celebrity and everything that celebrity gave him. There were some early shows (mid '90's) that were quite good. Was he a creep? Yes. And his female producer who sat by and enabled him was a creep as well.

[@piranha5506]

James Anthony yay let’s find a woman to blame for the man’s wrongdoing.

[@JoeBilello1969]

I going to give the best, most accurate and the absolute truth regarding what REALLY happened between Ilsa and Rick: it's pretty simple, Ilsa obviously loved her husband more, she showed that by her immediate betrayal of Rick the moment she found out her husband was still alive. Rick, however, as much as he loved her, realized that the feeling wasn't mutual. Her love for her husband was so strong that she was willing to sacrifice herself to Rick so her husband could escape Casablanca with his life. Rick finally realized that if he allowed such a phoney arrangement to take place based on HIS feelings alone, she would only betray him again and would leave him again to reunite with her husband in America sooner or later. It didn't take a big man to do what he did, it took a mature, level-headed man to just let her go and NOT hold onto something that didn't want to be held on too........at least not by HIM. He never did what he did because of how much he loved HER, he just faced the truth and simply let her go where she really wanted to be. Ilsa and Victor were the ones really in love, Rick had no place between them whatsoever, just like the couple from Bulgaria who initially planted the seed of what true love really was in his head earlier in the film. "Nobody ever loved me that much".......and neither did Ilsa. He did the best thing possible for HIS OWN mental and emotional health moving forward, the fact that it was the best thing to happen to a happily married couple was incidental. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH, NOT ANY OF THE TEARY-EYED HOPELESSLY ROMANTIC NONSENSE THAT WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE CONCOCT IN THEIR MINDS!!!! RICK WAS 1940'S MGTOW!!!

[@movieman82us]

Interesting that he says High Fidelity is his favorite movie of the year so far followed by Wonder Boys. But when he did his top 10 of that year later on, Wonder Boys is actually ranked higher on his list at #2, while High Fidelity is #7 on his list.

[@driziiD]

this guy was just an amazing person honestly

[@mistabook]

I knew he was gonna say Scorsese as the best director working today. It's certainly who I'd say, maybe even now, and certainly in 2000. Weird that Ebert would say he's not an ironist, though. That's certainly true of Paul Schrader, but if you look at Scorsese's best movies that didn't involve Schrader - GoodFellas and After Hours spring to mind immediately - they're FULL of irony. The way he uses music, the editing, the way he juxtaposes what people think they're doing with how their actions actually appear from the outside, it's all about irony. Bringing Out the Dead, the movie with Nic Cage that they're talking about here, is so steeped in irony it could be a Coen Brothers movie. Scorsese was really the first American filmmaker to usher in the Irony Age, him and Kubrick together I'd say. I don't know if Tarantino's films could even exist without Scorsese. Great interview.

[@BelatedCommiseration]

You are on the money with that comment and I totally know what you mean...especially about Scorsese and Kubrick...although I think after Goodfellas Scorsese moved away from his more 'ironic' style into more of a 'pure film' sort of attitude, with also more focus on the characters and narrative rather than the more 'meta' and satirical elements he subtly explored with De Niro in the likes of Taxi driver, Raging Bull and the King of Comedy. I always feel the Age of Innocence, whilst its not an especially remarked upon Scorsese film, was his first transition away from his more ironic style and into a more 'cinematic' style. I have often thought, maybe because its kind of the same period and has Daniel Day Lewis in it also, that Gangs of New York wouldn't have been the film it was if Scorsese hadn't done the Age of Innocence...in fact...I think one is the dark twin of the other...although the age of Innocence, like the original Wharton novel, is dark in its own way.

[@joonaslehtonen5372]

MrBook Kubrick was still alive in 2000.

[@MarkSeibold]

@@joonaslehtonen5372 Kubrick died in early March 1999. I remember the day because I had flown to Los Angeles from my hometown of Portland to see a large Van Gogh exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum in Hollywood. I stayed until the next day because there were other things I wanted to see and do, and I was driving north to Santa Barbara that morning when they began talking about Kubrick on the radio. I was shocked when I learned that he had passed away. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick

[@oscarwiklander7688]

It's so eerily how on point Roger is in the end of the clip "we're living in an age of irony" and draws the parallel between waiting to see a real horror movie or Scary Movie. Little did we know that the age of irony would come to an abrupt halt in the early fall of 2001.... Also the fact that in 2020 Martin Scorsese is still one of the best directors working.

[@CatBxtchNami]

Then you see his review of The Thing and simply stop caring for his opinion, that is what happened to me.

[@isaacmarwell5435]

I like the implication by these comments that there are people out there who take movie reviews seriously only when presented by objectively handsome movie reviewers.

[@mistertagomago7974]

Isaac Marwell Theyre all related trolls.

[@babsyboone4482]

Says Mister Magoo

[@logancox6548]

This is a guy I deeply respect, even if I vehemently disagreed with him on many films; for instance, I loved Lake Placid and did not care for Nutty Professor 2 much at all. Him, Siskel, Roeper, Peter Travers, these guys are the reason there is such a monopoly in reviewing and discussing movies these days.

[@pendorran]

'Croupier' is a darn good movie and Clive Owen is a scandalously underrated actor. Should have been Bond 007 I always thought. Too late now.

[@saymynameice-zen-berg511]

Here High Fidelity is his favourite of 2000. That’s because Almost Famous hadn’t come out yet. When it did his praise for it was beautiful. I was a kid when I saw it. I saw it with a friend and we had no idea what it was about and weren’t sure if we really wanted to watch it but gave it a shot. We certainly didn’t regret it. It an incredible experience and beautiful thing knowing next to nothing going in a finding a real gem. If you haven’t seen it. It’s comes highly recommended.

[@Kaizoku-o_PirateKing]

I'm not the biggest Ebert fan (especially when it comes to Horror) but I don't get these comments. Could someone enlighten me?

[@dynamo1675]

Charles G. They're assholes. Thats why.

[@Blodia1990]

Charles G. An lot of people are bitch made and Roger did make incredibly senseless comments about Ryan Dunn's death but that doesn't justify the vitriolic hate these pussies have been spewing

[@Levitaz4236]

I made a good comment about how it's probably either one 8 year old kid with multiple accounts, a mentally handicapped person with the mind of a child, or a group of mentally handicapped people of course too. Because only someone with the mind of a child use such disgusting language. Opinions aside, it's their way of delivering their opinion. The only way I can understand it is thinking back to when I was a child and didn't have remorse or understanding of the negative things I said and did online. Also it could be some dude having a tantrum so he made a post, troll this site on his favorite forum board, inciting fellow trolls to go on here. Also another thing is that I've noticed on the internet, when reading comments on politics, you always see right wing idiots as the main commenters, and I think it's because if you have 10 000 people that watch a video or read an article, 99% of them will read it and go on with their day, while 1% will make a comment, and the people that make a comment are more likely to be the idiots. so on the internet only 1% (totally made up figure to get a point across) of viewers are making comments, but that means that 80% of comments are done by those 1%who are idiots. so when the 99% of average people scroll down to read comments, all the comments are insane. Idk it's a strange phenomenon why internet comments are filled with hate filled idiots, and especially on this specific video.

[@carlosbarbosa9062]

Horror fans should read horror magazines and sites for reviews. It is a particular audience that dont care about cinematic aesthetic. Mainstream film reviewers want at least a correct movie and sometimes even the technical aspect is not enough, theyre gonna use to underrate the movie.

[@estebansteverincon7117]

Because Ebert is a social justice warrior, and no rational person takes them seriously.

[@jasonbowman9669]

A shame how funny the first "Scary Movie" was and then they got lazy.

[@beflygelt]

The third is the best tbh. I like all of them

[@bobthebear1246]

jason bowman I agree that *SCARY MOVIE* was the best of the series, although I do put *SCARY MOVIE 2* in a close second. The 3rd was stupid. Haven't bothered wasting my time on 4 nor 5...

[@Dottiecurran]

Who cares?

[@starwarsroo2448]

1 was a classic, 2 was brilliant

[@kellygreen5556]

If Bob Scheiider (BS) or Ebeast is in it- it is really scary

[@GojiHorrorFan1980]

What A Legend!!! R.I.P Roger Ebert GO ROGER EBERT!!!

[@lincolnmaceachern2410]

He mentions about the false assertion that USA captured the Enigma machine. I remember how "Argo" inflated what America did and ignored what Canadians did in rescuing US diplomats from Iran.

[@thatcanadian6698]

I miss both of these men.

[@dustygozangas8191]

Even though he sometimes came off as incredibly pretentious bordering on being an asshole and I didnt always agree with him, he really did have a lot of intelligent points about film and how we view it. His enthusiasm always managed to shine through and had a certain humility about it all.

[@lampad4549]

What intelligent point?

[@jackbradleywilson]

Love what he says about The Patriot & Spike Lee! Spot on

[@philbhojwanay6267]

I had always agreed with all the films he critiqued - we were similar on most of them in terms of review as movie fans but when he gave Gladiator 2 stars, I began to shift away from his opinions and started following none and just went to see a movie no matter what and judged it for myself.

[@jeanvaljean1475]

He didn’t get that one

[@AA-BB]

It was a 1 star movie

[@lampad4549]

You are not much of an independent thinker huh?

[@philiphalpenny3783]

Missing Ebert's wise musings nine years on. R.I.P.

[@L0r3n2]

Miss this guy

[@ktmtxt]

Only American movies? Is this a prestigious critic of cinema? I don't think this list is very interesting, but I appreciate your sharing this content :)