About Ebert's review, he has said he's not paying attention. I think it was on the DH1 review, he said he only watches the movies once and doesn't really remember details from one to the the next.
Which makes me said, you're doing it wrong, don't complain if you don't get it.
Bless him for trying, Ebert is a great essayist and a fine wordsmith but he has always, always been fact- and memory-challenged. I think the all-time classic would be his ham-handed muttering about the first X-Men movie, and whether or not the comic book medium was suitable for dealing with something as awful as the Holocaust. This after a certain world-famous comic book about mice won a Pulitzer Prize for doing just that.
I generally like him as a reviewer, but there are some movies that are clearly not for him. Like Scott Pilgrim.
And if he likes to see movies just once, well, that's his way of enjoying them and it's OK, but then the Harry Potter movies are not for him either, because they require multiple viewings or a great memory for details.
I don't mind when reviewers say "I didn't like it", but I do when they say "it was bad/confusing/etc" when no, you just weren't paying attention.
Which makes me said, you're doing it wrong, don't complain if you don't get it.
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And if he likes to see movies just once, well, that's his way of enjoying them and it's OK, but then the Harry Potter movies are not for him either, because they require multiple viewings or a great memory for details.
I don't mind when reviewers say "I didn't like it", but I do when they say "it was bad/confusing/etc" when no, you just weren't paying attention.
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