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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. Re:Ebert: My Job is So Easy by Ubergrendle · · Score: 5, Informative

    Given your low slashdot number I'll assume you were making an attempt at humour, and not trolling.

    Anyone who has followed Ebert knows that for decades he has hated the star rating system, but subjects himself to it since its whats expected by newspapers. His 'thumbs up, thumbs down' was an attempt to abstract this a bit, saying "its worth watching on its merits" or not. You can't compare Citizen Kane to Die Hard...both are 'good' movies, but one clearly transcends its medium whereas the other is just good ass-kicking goodness.

    Kiss kiss, bang bang.

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