3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood's current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience. For some, it is an annoying distraction. For others, it creates nausea and headaches. Roger Ebert More Quotes by Roger Ebert More Quotes From Roger Ebert If you pay attention to the movies they will tell you what people desire and fear. Movies are hardly ever about what they seem to be about. Look at a movie that a lot of people love, and you will find something profound, no matter how silly the film may be. Roger Ebert silly profound people I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No pushover, me. Roger Ebert cynical wise heart There's nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom. Roger Ebert impending-death boredom existential We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. Roger Ebert wall space window If you have to ask what it symbolizes, it didn't. Roger Ebert asks ifs 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject - unless there is a sequel, which is unlikely, because at the end, the Lincolns are on their way to the theater. Roger Ebert vampire hunters doubt I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. Roger Ebert done littles believe Clouds do not really look like camels or sailing ships or castles in the sky. They are simply a natural process at work. So too, perhaps, are our lives. Roger Ebert sailing sky clouds If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen. Roger Ebert numbers two people How quickly do we grow accustomed to wonders. I am reminded of the Isaac Asimov story Nightfall, about the planet where the stars were visible only once in a thousand years. So awesome was the sight that it drove men mad. We who can see the stars every night glance up casually at the cosmos and then quickly down again, searching for a Dairy Queen. Roger Ebert queens stars night To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out. Roger Ebert mind joy long I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. Roger Ebert born states thinking There is a movie called “Fargo” playing right now. It is a masterpiece. Go see it. If you, under any circumstances, see “Little Indian, Big City,” I will never let you read one of my reviews again. Roger Ebert fargo cities littles We are born into a box of time and space. We use words and communication to break out of it and to reach out to others. Roger Ebert communication motivation inspiration A truly strong woman will choose a stong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along. Roger Ebert strong-women wisdom weak Gene [Siskel] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down to the front, turn around, and look at the light from the screen reflected on the upturned faces of the members of the audience. Roger Ebert light sight beautiful Never marry anyone you could not sit next to during a three-day bus trip. Roger Ebert marriage inspirational men Because we are human, because we are bound by gravity and the limitations of our bodies, because we live in a world where the news is often bad and the prospects disturbing, there is a need for another world somewhere, a world where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers live. Roger Ebert news world needs The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented. Roger Ebert agonizing waiting thinking I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take the risks of performance. Roger Ebert risk boys people
