Nothing could be more boring than an absolutely accurate movie about the law. Roger Ebert More Quotes by Roger Ebert More Quotes From Roger Ebert I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear. I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path. I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. Roger Ebert painbelievethinking It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius. Roger Ebert succeedcertaingenius Not everyone needs to be slammed into a category and locked there. Roger Ebert lockedcategoriesneeds It is not enough for a movie to be righteous. It must also be watchable. Roger Ebert righteousenough Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women. Roger Ebert regionsnotionmiddle-east People read the papers not in the hopes of learning something new, but in the expectation of being told what they already know. This is a form of living death. Its apotheosis is the daily poll in USA Today, which informs us what percentage of a small number of unscientifically selected people called a toll number to vote on questions that cannot possibly be responded to with a yes or no. Roger Ebert small-numberslearning-something-newmedia All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very good way to get to reviews and involve yourself in discussions. Roger Ebert reviewspeopleway Because we can engineer genetics, because we can telecast real lives-of course we must, right? But are these good things to do? The irony is, the people who will finally answer that question will be the very ones produced by the process. Roger Ebert realsciencepeople It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.' Roger Ebert brokehellfilm One of the most sublime and hazardous moments in human experience comes when two people lock eyes and realize that they are sexually attracted to one another. They may not act on the knowledge.They may file it away for future reference. They may deny it. They may never see each other again. But the moment has happened, and for an instant all other considerations are insignificant. Roger Ebert eyetwopeople Since any reasonable person would choose a Mac over a PC, Apple's market share provides us with an accurate reading of the percentage of reasonable people in our society. Roger Ebert applesreadingpeople There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works of Shakespeare and Yeats and a portable chess set. I will pass an old tree under which once on a summer night I lay on the grass with a fragrant young woman and we quoted e.e. cummings back and forth. Roger Ebert autumnsummernight In thinking about 'depressing movies,' many people don't realize that all bad movies are depressing, and no good movies are. Roger Ebert depressingpeoplethinking Troy is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer , according to the credits. Homer's estate should sue. Roger Ebert iliadcreditepic Pearl Harbor is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours, about how on December 7, 1941, the Japanese staged a surprise attack on an American love triangle. Its centerpiece is 40 minutes of redundant special effects, surrounded by a love story of stunning banality. The film has been directed without grace, vision, or originality, and although you may walk out quoting lines of dialog, it will not be because you admire them. Roger Ebert visiongracetwo What you see is so much less than what you get. Roger Ebert I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason. Roger Ebert prejudicepeoplethinking When we go to the movies, we identify with the characters we see. That's why we go to the movies; we have a voyeuristic experience; we have an out of the body experience. The screen is more real than our thoughts are at the moment we are looking at the film and we place ourselves in the place of the people on the screen, and when they behave nobly, it makes us feel noble, when they are sad and when they have lost love, we feel sad; we can identify with that. Roger Ebert lost-loverealcharacter One of the gifts one movie lover can give another is the title of a wonderful film they have not yet discovered Roger Ebert titlesloversgiving A corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room. Roger Ebert anchorsimportantrooms
