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As chance would have it, he was a Pulitzer Prize winner
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The Group29 web site started with a bit of hubris, the premise that anyone could offer an opinion on movies and be a film critic. But the fact is that a true film critic has to be an accomplished writer, art lover, academic, and immerse oneself in the field.
Roger Ebert loved movies more than anyone else I know. He truly loved
his job. Even watching bad movies was all part of a work day for him.
When a truly great, four-star movie came along, it made for a great day
for Roger, and we all could enjoy it along with him.
Some of his best reviews, in my opinion, are reserved for the worst
movies. His books, I Hated, Hated, Hated, Hated this Movie, and Your
Movie Sucks are two of my favorite works.
His review of Deuce Bigalow : European Gigolo is among my favorite.
Schneider retaliated [to a bad review from Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times] by attacking Goldstein in full-page ads in Daily
Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. In an open letter to Goldstein,
Schneider wrote: "Well, Mr. Goldstein, I decided to do some research to
find out what awards you have won. I went online and found that you have
won nothing. Absolutely nothing. No journalistic awards of any kind ...
Maybe you didn't win a Pulitzer Prize because they haven't invented a
category for Best Third-Rate, Unfunny Pompous Reporter Who's Never Been
Acknowledged by His Peers."
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Schneider is correct, and Patrick Goldstein has not yet won a Pulitzer
Prize. Therefore, Goldstein is not qualified to complain that Columbia
financed "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" while passing on the
opportunity to participate in "Million Dollar Baby," "Ray," "The
Aviator," "Sideways" and "Finding Neverland." As chance would have it, I
have won the Pulitzer Prize, and so I am qualified. Speaking in my
official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie
sucks.
Perhaps the most scathing comment to ever appear in one of Ebert's
reviews is attributed to a third party: "This movie", said the lady in
front of me at the drinking fountain, "is the worst piece of shit I have
ever seen."
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Posted on Saturday, April 06, 2013 @ 07:52:32 UTC by BB
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