Film Critic Roger Ebert Dies

[MuppetsRule]

Although maybe better known for his movie reviews on television he was also a great writer. One of my favorites:

The movie created a spot of controversy last February. According to a story by Larry Carroll of MTV News, Rob Schneider took offense when Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times listed this year's Best Picture Nominees and wrote that they were "ignored, unloved and turned down flat by most of the same studios that ... bankroll hundreds of sequels, including a follow-up to 'Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo,' a film that was sadly overlooked at Oscar time because apparently nobody had the foresight to invent a category for Best Running ***** Joke Delivered by a Third-Rate Comic."

Schneider retaliated by attacking Goldstein in full-page ads in Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. In an open letter to Goldstein, Schneider wrote: "Well, Mr. Goldstein, I decided to do some research to find out what awards you have won. I went online and found that you have won nothing. Absolutely nothing. No journalistic awards of any kind ... Maybe you didn't win a Pulitzer Prize because they haven't invented a category for Best Third-Rate, Unfunny Pompous Reporter Who's Never Been Acknowledged by His Peers."

Reading this, I was about to observe that Schneider can dish it out but he can't take it. Then I found he's not so good at dishing it out, either. I went online and found that Patrick Goldstein has won a National Headliner Award, a Los Angeles Press Club Award, a RockCritics.com award, and the Publicists' Guild award for lifetime achievement.

Schneider was nominated for a 2000 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor, but lost to Jar-Jar Binks.

But Schneider is correct, and Patrick Goldstein has not yet won a Pulitzer Prize. Therefore, Goldstein is not qualified to complain that Columbia financed "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" while passing on the opportunity to participate in "Million Dollar Baby," "Ray," "The Aviator," "Sideways" and "Finding Neverland." As chance would have it, I have won the Pulitzer Prize, and so I am qualified. Speaking in my official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks.

 

[D'Snowth]

I agree: Rob Schneider's movies DO suck.

 

[BuddyBoy600alt]

I will miss him so much.

 

[Mo Frackle]

RIP one of our greatest film critics.

 

[Scooterforever]

I always liked Siskel and Ebert. I loved the episode of "The Critic" (one of my all time fav tv shows) where Siskel and Ebert broke up. They both did their own voices and were very funny. I know he was suffering very much toward the end, so at last his suffering is over.

 

[mr3urious]

Like his buddy Siskel Ebert, he sure was a trooper, continuing to review movies even when he was suffering from cancer. He will be greatly missed.

 

[FrackleFan2012]

Like his buddy Siskel Ebert, he sure was a trooper, continuing to review movies even when he was suffering from cancer. He will be greatly missed.

Amen.