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The Great Movies III
Roger Ebert has been writing film reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times for over four decades now and his biweekly essays on great movies have been appearing there since 1996. As Ebert noted in the introduction to the first collection of those pieces, “They are not the greatest films of all time, because all lists of great movies are a foolish attempt to codify works which mus...more
Hardcover, 440 pages
Published
October 15th 2010
by University Of Chicago Press
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This book gets high marks from me for not being merely a republishing of old reviews but a collection of completely new thoughts and insights on films Ebert feels has withstood the test of time. In keeping an open mind and revaluting these movies within the context of all that's come after their original release, Ebert even sort of revises and upgrades his opinion of a few works (like discovering the profound implications beneath "Groundhog Day's" bright comedy or the eventual realisation of the...more
I’ve never been super excited about the possibility of reading a Roger Ebert movie critique, but he does have insight and he is capable of putting his insight into words in a way that is not real difficult to understand and, at the same time, he doesn’t appear to be talking down to people, which is probably why he is the most popular and well known movie critic of maybe the last half century (I’m serious, who else is so well known among the general population?). And I do like his “The Great Movi...more
Here are some of the movies Ebert covers here and hence really likes--and I do too!
Blade Runner
Cool Hand Luke
Dark City
Easy Rider
Groundhog Day
Last Picture Show
Rebel Without a Cause
The Shining
About the only movie in here that I did not find at all "great" is Juliet of the Spirits, a 1965 Italian production that I saw for free at my college during my freshman year (1967). I still remember my reaction was "what a terrible waste of time when I could have been viewing something more entertaining, like...more
Blade Runner
Cool Hand Luke
Dark City
Easy Rider
Groundhog Day
Last Picture Show
Rebel Without a Cause
The Shining
About the only movie in here that I did not find at all "great" is Juliet of the Spirits, a 1965 Italian production that I saw for free at my college during my freshman year (1967). I still remember my reaction was "what a terrible waste of time when I could have been viewing something more entertaining, like...more
With the 3rd volume of Ebert’s Great Movie picks I score a 47% of Movies Seen.
Sadly the photos were not included for this volume, which was a nice touch to the first two, as they were rarely seen shots. Bad move by Ebert and/or the publisher.
With what I did see on the list, I’d highly argue with Magnolia being included, one of the few movies I’ve walked out on, and I question Ebert including a Director’s Cut to the list.
Additionally, including 3 cartoons (Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening, What’...more
Sadly the photos were not included for this volume, which was a nice touch to the first two, as they were rarely seen shots. Bad move by Ebert and/or the publisher.
With what I did see on the list, I’d highly argue with Magnolia being included, one of the few movies I’ve walked out on, and I question Ebert including a Director’s Cut to the list.
Additionally, including 3 cartoons (Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening, What’...more
Everybody knows Ebert writes film reviews for the Chicago Tribune of currently released movies or movies he's seen at film festivals (some never getting distribution). But he convinced his editors to allow him to write reviews of films he considers great (e.g., City Lights with Charlie Chaplin).
These reviews appeared in the paper and online and eventually collected into books--so far three volumes. If you use the IMDB web site, you'll find a link to the review as it appears in the books. Along w...more
These reviews appeared in the paper and online and eventually collected into books--so far three volumes. If you use the IMDB web site, you'll find a link to the review as it appears in the books. Along w...more
One of the joys of reading the erudite reviews by the incomparable Ebert is to relish the workings of his reflective and brilliant mind. It is always most interesting to read reviews of films one has already viewed, yet reading the others can impel one to seek out an enriching film. Ebert makes the valid point that his books (this is No. 3 of the Great Movies series) don’t seek to list films according to their worth, but to review those that made an unforgettable impact.
Mr. Ebert's reviews are little gems in their own right. He explains exactly why he thinks each movie is great... both technically and dramatically.
In some cases, Ebert explains why he thinks some of the films aren't that great, even though other reviewers might have told you that they are. Also, some of the films Ebert included in this volume were violent in ways I could have lived without. For those two reasons only, I'm lowering my rating to four stars. (I would have given it five, because it'...more
In some cases, Ebert explains why he thinks some of the films aren't that great, even though other reviewers might have told you that they are. Also, some of the films Ebert included in this volume were violent in ways I could have lived without. For those two reasons only, I'm lowering my rating to four stars. (I would have given it five, because it'...more
Ebert continues to entertain with his insights on what makes a movie great.
I enjoy all of Ebert's books, especially his Great Movies which is now a trilogy. It's an incredibly quick read as each review is only about two or three pages long and the movies all sound great. I trust Ebert completely and my Netflix queue is filled with movies he's recommended. A must-read for any cinephile.
Ebert's essays, as always, show his knowledge and love of film. The only thing I missed was the screencaps that were present in the first two books.
I don't always agree with Ebert's choices of great movies (The Shining, for example), but his enthusiasm for film is contagious. Since his first two volumes covered most of the obvious choices of time-honored greats, many of the films here are ones I'd never heard of or forgotten gems. I recently watched four of these and have many more in my queue. Hey, Roger - get to work on Vol. IV!
I was a little disappointed in this installment of Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" series because Ebert himself seemed to have a lot of complaints about many of these "great" movies. I did appreciate the inclusion of movies such as "My Fair Lady" and "Top Hat".
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Roger Joseph Ebert was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic and screenwriter.
He was known for his weekly review column (appearing in the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and later online) and for the television program Siskel & Ebert at the Movies, which he co-hosted for 23 years with Gene Siskel. After Siskel's death in 1999, he auditioned several potential replacements, ultimately choo...more
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He was known for his weekly review column (appearing in the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and later online) and for the television program Siskel & Ebert at the Movies, which he co-hosted for 23 years with Gene Siskel. After Siskel's death in 1999, he auditioned several potential replacements, ultimately choo...more
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