Life Musings

I generally agree with Roger Ebert's reviews; however, I read the following recently and it made me think.

I respect Roger Ebert and hope he recovers and returns to reviewing films on TV. But I never pay any attention when he says that a plot is confusing. Mostly because, in nine of his reviews out of ten, he mentions some element of the film and makes an error. It happens so frequently that I wondered if he was doing it deliberately, as some sort of signature. I'd make a crappy film critic because I don't watch them dispassionately from the rear of the theater trying to maintain objectivity. Nope, I'm right up front totally engrossed in the film. Which makes it even stranger that I'd spot the errors.

But a friend saw Ebert years ago at Chicago's Music Box theater. And apparently he waited until the film had started to get his drink and popcorn.

I am glad that he was a fan of Disney's The Little Mermaid, though.