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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn honor of Roger Ebert: The 10 Worst Movies He's Ever Reviewed
3. The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
"Here is a film with all of the wit of the road kill that supplies not one but two of the lesser jokes."
5. Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles (2001)
"I've seen audits that were more thrilling."
6. Little Indian, Big City (1996)
"If you, under any circumstances, ever see "Little Indian, Big City", I'll never let you read another one of my reviews again."
8. The Brown Bunny (2003)
"I had a colonoscopy. They let me watch it on TV. It was more entertaining than The Brown Bunny." <----
The rest: http://now.msn.com/roger-ebert-quotes-10-films-he-hated
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UnrepentantLiberal
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UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)zappaman
(20,605 posts)And it made the top 100 list of "Movies on Siskel and Ebert's Worst Films Ever"
http://www.imdb.com/list/CVWW-K_G05Q/
Loved him.
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jonthebru
(1,034 posts)He didn't like Neil Young's "Year Of The Horse" concert documentary. I on the other hand like that film... A lot. Go figure.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)what Dorothy Parker was to books. Scathing wits with no tolerance for mediocrity and hair-trigger bullshit detectors.
Politicub
(12,163 posts)I have read his reviews of the same movie multiple times. He's that good.
One of the obits said his prose was like poetry. I have to agree.
And his views on life and death were transcendent.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)"Katherine Hepburn ran the gamut of emotions from A to B."
though checking at wikipedia apparently this was something she said rather than something that appeared in a review...
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)to go with that one.
"Tonstant Weader fwowed up" in a review of an A.A. Milne book, and "this is not a book that should be tossed aside lightly. It should be flung with great force."
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)as well as the pointless American remake Jungle To Jungle (that Ebert also hated). I'd have to agree that it's one of the ten worst films I've ever seen.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,011 posts)<snip>
"I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it."
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http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19940722/REVIEWS/407220302/1023
LTR
(13,227 posts)While it was exhilarating reading Ebert's reviews of films he really liked (even ones that were overlooked like "Dark City" , his reviews of movies he hated were also brilliant. Like Bob Guccione's "Caligula", in which he quoted a fellow moviegoer as saying "this is the worst piece of shit I've ever seen".
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)the only thing that was more fun to write than a deserved rave was a well-earned hammering. Mr. Ebert was masterful at both.
secondvariety
(1,245 posts)like The Village. Maybe it's the soundtrack.
AmyDeLune
(1,846 posts)that said, The Village was visually brilliant to look at.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)"human centipede".....
LTR
(13,227 posts)madrchsod
(58,162 posts)Stardust
(3,894 posts)I truly hope Mr. Ebert didn't watch it. I'm afraid to read the link in the next post...
Initech
(99,915 posts)Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)nvme
(860 posts)One of Anthony Michael Hall's finest roles as rogue hero cop. Jerry Orbach was in it too. It was truly the movie that made me want those 120 minutes back!
jonthebru
(1,034 posts)edbermac
(15,919 posts)"This movie doesn't scrape the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't the bottom of the barrel. This movie isn't below the bottom of the barrel. This movie doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with barrels."
Initech
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liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)them how to think for themselves. Actually pretty relevent these days when you think about it. We need more people willing to think for themselves and not just think whatever they are told to think. And especially relevent considering what our kids are being taught in school these days. Kids today certainly are not taught to think for themselves. They are taught to pass a state standardized test and that is it. That's all they are taught.
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Whisp
(24,096 posts)As a comic I think he is close to genius, but when he tries to get all serious and pretend he's an actor...
OMG. it just doesn't pull off with me no matter how good a script can be, if it's Williams, I just can't hack it.
Crepuscular
(1,057 posts)I think some of Robin Williams best work has been in serious roles, Good Will Hunting, Awakenings, The Fisher King and What Dreams may come, come to mind.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Politicub
(12,163 posts)His reviews of bad movies are some of the best.
Dash87
(3,220 posts)100X worse than anything Uwe Boll has ever done. I would rather watch "The O'Reilly Factor" and "Hannity" back to back than be tortured by that 'thing' again.
kudzu22
(1,273 posts)is one of the few films I've ever walked out on. Just so stupid I couldn't take it any more.
lastlib
(22,981 posts)Worst.Movie.Ever.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)I give it 3 and a half out of four and genuinely prefer it to Kubrick's 2001.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19740101/REVIEWS/401010325/1023
I don't argue movies with people but if you think Zardoz is the worst movie ever you just have not seen enough movies.
lastlib
(22,981 posts)and NO POINT to it, either. Total waste of film. Out of ten stars, I'd give it maybe a speck of asteroid dust--grudgingly.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)pstokely
(10,511 posts)And Cop and a 1/2?