Some critically acclaimed movies weren’t esteemed critic Roger Ebert’s favorites, from Blue Velvet to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Read update Regarding film criticism, there has arguably never been any greater master of the craft than the legendary American critic Roger Ebert. He had an understanding of cinema deeper than most of his peers and a charming and eloquent way of writing about movies that never failed to shed new light on aspects that most wouldn't have thought otherwise.
15 'Batman' Roger Ebert's rating: 2/4 stars Tim Burton's Batman marked a before and an after in the superhero genre. Tackling a darker and gloomier take on the Caped Crusader, it was the first film in its genre to show that superheroes could be taken seriously, and that their stories could be vehicles for interesting themes and complex narratives.Ebert, however, was one of the movie's few detractors.
Though most people would call this historical epic one of Ridley Scott's best movies, Ebert wasn't sold on it. Ebert reviewed Gladiator and compared the story to "Rocky on downers," lamenting the drama's morose tone and arguing that it lacked personality, color, and true entertainment value.Although today it's considered a quintessential classic of the psychological thriller genre, Fight Club wasn't that big of a success in 1999.
Ebert's relationship with A Clockwork Orange is nothing short of fascinating. It was his wife Chaz Ebert's favorite movie, and though he tried to give it more chances throughout his life, he never saw what most other critics did, calling A Clockwork Orange in his review "an ideological mess [...] masquerading as an Orwellian warning". Chaz must have surely disagreed.
Almost all across the board, the film was celebrated for its fresh sense of humor and quintessentially '80s-y feel. On the other hand, Ebert found its tone-deaf use of vulgarity utterly tasteless. Ebert's review criticizes Fast Times' tendency of "taking potentially funny situations and turning them into general embarrassment.
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