criticism

Roger Ebert gives one star to a movie that he walked out of after eight minutes, and then justifies his actions in a separate blog post. He hasn't been this cruel since his reaction to Vincent Gallo's first version of The Brown Bunny. (1) #
10/16/2008

Jeffrey Bernstein also has an 84 page shot-by-shot analysis of the first half of Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut. I agree with Bernstein that EWS is underrated, but this verges on scholarly logorrhea. He saw the film seven times within the first three weeks release, and more than a hundred times since. Perhaps he should publish a 15-20 page summary of his most salient points? (4) #
8/10/2006

The dangers of "rockism" and the perils of "poptimism". Is it strange that I find these music critics' self-inspection more interesting than the criticism itself? (2) #
5/9/2006

Ebert gives high marks to the new Wallace & Gromit film. "Remarkably, given the current realities of animation, 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit' is the second stop-motion animated film in two weeks, after 'Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.' Both of these films are wonderful, but Wallace and Gromit have the additional quality of being lovable beyond all measure..." I remember being obsessed with the evil penguin in The Wrong Trousers as a teenager. (0) #
10/7/2005

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