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Roger Ebert Answers Star Wars Questions

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nooooooooooooooooooooooo dept.

pamri writes "Roger Ebert, in his weekly answer-man column, answers Star War related questions, chief among them being, why he gave the "Revenge of the Sith" 3.5 stars despite his criticism of the acting and whether George Lucas be faulted for violating his own work?"

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  1. Ebert: My Job is So Easy by mfh · · Score: 5, Funny
    Here is my vivisection of Ebert's replies:
    "I got a lot of messages saying there was a disconnect between my star rating and my review. Perhaps there was."
    Translation: "My job is so easy. You caught me fucking the dog. Heh! Okay, but that doesn't mean I will actually stop fucking the dog."
    "Star ratings are the bane of my existence, because I consider them to be relative and yet by their nature, they seem to be absolute."
    Translation: "Math is subjective. My job is so fucking easy."
    "Star Wars: Episode III" returned to the space opera roots of the original film and succeeded on that level, and for that I wanted to honor it, while regretting that it did not succeed at the levels of intelligence and wit as it did on the levels of craftsmanship and entertainment."
    Translation: "The movie really sucked but it was fun to look at, until you tried to understand it. You just heard me say that Star wars is a space opera of robots. If my job was any fucking easier, I would not have to show up to talk about movies. SO stay tuned for Ebert & Whatshisname -- the animated version with a younger, thinner Ebert & a smaller and uglier Whatshisname, with goofy looking ears. Oh my job is so fucking easy, time to eat a taco."
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    1. Re:Ebert: My Job is So Easy by blonde+rser · · Score: 5, Funny

      Really? I don't know if I'd really qualify Citizen Kane as ass-kicking goodness.

  2. Ebert is a funny liberal by BoldAC · · Score: 5, Funny

    This guy has a great sense of humor. If you scroll to the bottom of his questions/answers section:

    Q. I greatly enjoy your reviews and the thoughtful observations they contain. However, I get a little worried about the strength of your argument in your review of "Unleashed," when you make the case for women being able to stir a man's humanity by using Ann Coulter as your example. That is the same person who claimed women should bear arms but not be able to vote.

    C. Perla, Miami

    A. Wouldn't you sleep more soundly at night knowing Ann Coulter was in the Army and not in a voting booth?

    If you like laughing at Ann Coulter, please don't miss these stories:

    http://ifuckedanncoulterintheasshard.blogspot.com/

    http://backinanncoultersasssaddleagain.blogspot.co m/

    (bye karma...)

  3. My Favorite Question by Poeir · · Score: 4, Funny

    Q. Is George Lucas a knowing Economic Terrorist? Lucas KNEW that by releasing the last "Star Wars" movie what effect it would have on the United States Economy. The movie was released on a working day. Lucas could have well waited to release his movie on Saturday or even Sunday. The effect was a $627 million loss in American Productivity.

    The box-office take was $158.5 million. That leaves a $468.5 cost to the U.S. Economy. But that's not the end of the loss. Each day, Lucas is losing $1.5 million to pirates -- a capital cost to his investors of $6 million in four days and climbing. The loss could and should have been avoided by release on a Saturday or Sunday, and Simultaneous Distribution to Television, Sales and Rentals. The question becomes, would George Lucas really damage the economy to make a point of his hate for the Republican Party and President George Bush?

    D.L. Graham, San Diego

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  4. Re:I can understand by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    . . .compared to the last two star wars films it really shines.

    Oh goody, a polished Lump-O-Coal.

    KFG

  5. PANTS/NO PANTS?! by No+Such+Agency · · Score: 5, Funny

    Natalie Portman was involved in a "no-pants continuity error"? I'm surprised this wasn't on the front page as its own article.

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  6. Re:But by Tim+Browse · · Score: 5, Funny
    Maybe Ep III is fun to look at, but I was bored to death while watching it, going on fast forward ever so often, because I couldn't stand it. Sometimes i wasn't bored, but got angry at the stupidness. Fast forwarding in a StarWars movie!

    You fast-forwarded the movie? Didn't the other people in the cinema get upset?

  7. Re:Excuse Me? by kyouteki · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then maybe you should spend money on a chair.

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  8. Everyone's missing the point of this movie by scolby · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ebert, Roeper, that guy waiting in line in a stormtrooper outfit...they're all missing the true point of this movie. It's not about an innocent man's decent into darkness. That's just a subplot, a minor detail if you will. No, this is George Lucas's attempt at a public service announcement about the importance of contraceptives. Because if Anakin hadn't knocked up Padme, he wouldn't have had visions of her dying in childbirth, he wouldn't have searched for the power to save her, and he wouldn't have sold his soul to Palpatine in a vain attempt to do so. Because even in a world as technologically advanced, like a few inches of impermeable rubber, that make the world go round.

  9. Re:But by YeEntrancemperium · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did that Bit Torrent guy give you a copy too? Wow, I really have to meet this person.