that's terrible, I only just discovered the old Siskel and Ebert reviews only a couple weeks ago. RIP, you will be greatly missed

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/04/showbiz/roger-ebert-obituary/index.html



Vaya con Dios and Thumbs up,old fella!

Sad. And to think that he died of cancer just like Gene Siskel.

Very sad. I used to watch Siskel and Ebert all the time back in the 80s and 90s. I stopped watching after Gene Siskel died in 1999.

Sad. And to think that he died of cancer just like Gene Siskel.

Cancer is one of the most horrific and evil things in this world. I had to watch it personally when my mom was diagnosed with it, but thankfully she is still with us.


But I was very sadden to hear of the death of one of, if not the greatest, film critic of all time in Roger Ebert. As I stated on my Facebook, I'm going to watch the episode of the animated TV show the Critic that featured both Siskel and Ebert voicing themselves. That's sort of my tribute to them, RIP Roger
Ebert.

Gene Siskel died back in 1999 and now we've lost Roger Ebert.

This is not an overstatement - Roger Ebert changed the way I view television and movies. When I started watching "Sneak Previews" back in 1978 I learned a new way to talk about entertainment.

Like Gene Siskel used to say, "tell me you like something and I'll ask you why, tell me you don't like something and I'll ask you why - unless you can explain your feelings your opinion has no merit".

I'm not alone, Roger Ebert taught a lot of people how to explain their feelings about movies. Thanks to "Sneak Previews" conversations about media got much more interesting. My thanks to Roger for showing me that media really does matter, well done my friend!

Rest In Peace Roger Ebert

Thank you.

Roger Ebert's love for films really came through with his analysis of movies that he liked as well as hated. His bad reviews were sometimes his best.

One of the most fun episodes of "Siskel & Ebert" I ever saw was a tutorial on Film Plot Types.

I've been trying to find that clip on YouTube, but the show went something like this:

The Idiot Plot: A plot that requires all the characters to be idiots. If they weren't, they'd immediately figure out everything and the movie would be over.

The Buddy Cop Plot: two people, usually opposites of each other with conflicting personalities, are forced to work together.


Those are the two I can remember. Maybe other members can find the rest of the list because according to Roger Ebert every movie ever made falls into one of these universal movie plot types.

LOL, yeah Rush Hour fits that bill. I've forgiven Jackie Chan over that one.

Here's another from the Plot Types:

The Rags to Riches Plot: the main character starts out a loser and ends up a winner.