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Roger Ebert Is Not A Gay Retard
Videogum —
Roger Ebert addresses the haters (of his Transformers 2 review). And as the old saying goes: when you wrestle with the devil, you're gonna get wet with fire. ...
Roger Ebert: I'm a proud Brainiac
Notes from Underdog. —
... Roger Ebert, in a new journal entry, defends himself against people attacking him for attacking Transformers. I won't say any more except it's a must read. ...
I Lost It 4 or 5 Times At The Movies
The Hot Blog —
... Roger Ebert wrote a piece about reader pushback on big, dumb movies that suggests many of the ideas that I have espoused in here over and over again over the years. I do think that a lot of the anger is about ego and not really about the points being argued. ...
Michael Bay Presents
The Projection Booth —
... Thank you, Roger, for bringing this clip to my attention. As I'm mounting a review of The Rock (proof that Michael Bay can be talented when he wants to), it's a much-needed bit of hilarity in the wake of Transformers 2. ...
Roger Ebert Rebukes Transformers 2 Fans
Transformers Live Action Movie Blog —
... His review apparently led to outrage from Transfan that loved the movie and they let him know what they thought of his write-up. His response to that is a blog post entitled "I'm a proud Brainiac" (found via ...
Rogert Ebert responds to fans bashing him for trashing Transformers 2
Cele|bitchy —
... league Hollywood seems completely dominated by the belief that money can buy anything and justify anything. When a reader wrote to inform me that Michel Bay paid $8 million to the writers of the screenplay, I very much doubted it. Turns out that figure is correct. With numbers like that representative of big time Hollywood, I observe with Yeats that the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. No wonder. It pays better.
[From Roger Ebert's blog]
Given the huge box office success of this film, we can be sure that ...
8/7 Web Round-up
In Contention —
... to the board: Tom Hanks, James L. Brooks and eternal Oscar bridesmaid Kevin O’Connell. [Variety]
• Nat Rogers reflects on his favorite thesps of the decade’s first half… and how they’ve fared since. [The Film Experience]
• Martin Scorsese looks back on Woodstock. A good read, this. [Times of London]
• Ebert has some choice words for the “Transformers” defenders. [Roger Ebert's Journal]
• Noah Forrest boards the “Hurt ...
Roger Ebert Schools The Transformers 2 Fans
Cinema Blend News —
... review, they responded in full-force. And Ebert, never one to keep his opinion to himself, responded right back. His piece, entitled "I'm a proud Brainiac" , is absolutely worth reading in its entirety. In sticking up for brainiacs, intellectuals, the college-educated and, yes, critics, Ebert pretty much sums up the cry of frustration from every critic who sat back helplessly watching Transformers 2 earn untold amounts of money. He's especially hard on the readers who told him he just "didn't get" Michael Bay, summer movies, or the feeling of being a kid. "What disturbs ...
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/Film —
... Read as pulitzer-prise winning film critic Roger Ebert responds the “haters” of his Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen review on his Sun-Times blog. ...
Defending Transformers From Roger Ebert… Again… Sort Of
Are You Screening? —
... Roger Ebert put out a blog post on July 5th titled I’m a Proud Brainiac in response to response to his review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and it’s been making the rounds at movie sites everywhere. Before I start responding to that response, I want to list several links and get a few things out of the way.
Roger Ebert’s I’m a Proud Brainiac article
Roger Ebert’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen review
My Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen review ...
Bookmarks for July 10th
Row Three —
... Not exactly high-brow but loads of fun. Ron Henriques was reviewing the Renny Harlin directed John Cena starring "12 Rounds" and noticed a likeness to "Speed" (yes, THAT Keanu Reeves movie). Henriques even went as far as to take and compare screenshots and the resulting review makes for a fun read. Roger Ebert’s Journal - I Am a Braniac Ebert takes on commenters who took issue with his negative Transformers2 review. He's gracious but firm in his defense of criticism and the role of criticism. ...
Movies as 60’s Book Cover
Row Three —
... 8 hours ago Not exactly high-brow but loads of fun. Ron Henriques was reviewing the Renny Harlin directed John Cena starring "12 Rounds" and noticed a likeness to "Speed" (yes, THAT Keanu Reeves movie). Henriques even went as far as to take and compare screenshots and the resulting review makes for a fun read. Roger Ebert's Journal - I Am a Braniac 13 hours ago Ebert takes on commenters who took issue with his negative Transformers2 review. He's gracious but firm in his defense of criticism and the role of criticism. ...
Bay of Blurgh
my new plaid pants —
... I'm just now getting around to reading this terrific piece Ebert wrote up last week in response to all the dunderheaded responses he got for daring to criticize Michael Bay's brilliant piece of cinematic history Transformers 2; I really appreciated this comparison he allowed while talking of how often he gets knocked for acting above the general audience by daring to let us know that he (gasp!) knows things about cinema and its history: ...
Stupid reviewers think big fun summer action movies are stupid!
Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources —
... I don’t want to go all Roger Ebert in this post, I just wanted to point out that if this works, there’s no reason for movie studios ever to screen movies for critics anymore. Screw them all! The stupid thing about this, really, is that if a studio throws money behind a project and advertises the shit out of it, of course it will do well, at least in its first weekend. Transformers seems to have bucked that trend (although I wonder how much Megan Fox has to do with that; I guess Paramount is hoping Sienna Miller provides the same thing), but there are ...
How Far is Too Far When Characterizing a Film's Intended or Actual Audience?
RopeofSilicon.com —
... the video you see just to the right, which is described on YouTube as a depiction of "how the next Transformers film will look." It's a comical mash-up of noise, explosions and CGI followed by a quote from Roger Ebert's blog post titled "I'm a proud Brainiac" which caused a bit of a stir in the comments before I removed the video and halted comments considering it was neither the time nor the place. The quote, as depicted in the video, goes as such: ...
