The Great Movies Continued
When I was 13, I broke my elbow by falling over a baby gate. The point that my elbow fractured was a crucial spot where it had its mobility; 3 surgeries and months upon months of physical therapy subsequently followed. For my emotional therapy, Roger Ebert practically rescued me from killing myself during those dark times thanks to his immense sense of humanity whilst reviewing films. Things were further brightened when I discovered his personal canon, known as The Great Movies, where he listed some of his favorite movies in the hope that they'll receive a following. To thank the great man for bringing me hope in a time of great distress, I'll give out some suggestions for inclusion, just in case beloved Chaz ever decides to revive The Great Movies series with a spinoff to separate it from Roger Ebert's own accomplishment. The spinoff could have multiple critics pick their own favorites to enshrine; that way, Roger's vision for pointing the way towards great classics will never die with him at all, but will be given new meaning and new life instead!
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- Roger Ebert loved this movie so much that he reportedly would have retrospectively rated it four golden stars.AddedMay 30, 2017
- Despite Ebert's 3-and-a-half star review of it way back in 1989, he must have reassessed its values as the film had the special honor of being revived at his film festival back in 2000.AddedMay 30, 2017
- This is Chaz Ebert's favorite movie of all time, according to her introduction to Great Movies IV. Roger never got why the film maintains its classic status as he found it amoral all these years later; to each their own, I guess.AddedMay 30, 2017
- Roger actually did do a "Great Movies" review of it for his sadly short-lived TV revival, Ebert Presents At The Movies. It's truly a shame that he never got around to publishing the transcript as an official reminiscence.AddedMay 30, 2017
- Again, this is another one that Roger actually did revisit for his wonderful show, Ebert Presents At The Movies. (Why in God's name did that lovely show only last one season whilst mind-numbing abominations like TMZ still prosper to this very day!?!?) Anyways, it's a tragedy that the transcript has never been published as an official "Great Movies" review.AddedMay 30, 2017
- This should be the inaugural review to kick off The Great Movies' successor as it would help cement Roger's legacy as an amazing writer by memorializing one of his greatest achievements. Plus, it will help the successor become its own little thing, via distancing it far away from tainting its legendary predecessor.AddedMay 30, 2017
- Now that we have established Ebert's pedestal as a great critic, let's take it down a few notches by memorializing some of his least favorites as cinematic masterpieces. Hey everybody has to be horrifically wrong at some point in their life- even I'm not perfect as I despise John Ford's The Searchers. (ducks down for cover) Ebert's crime here is hypocrisy- look at Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls again and you'll see Blue Velvet's genesis in the climatic scene where Z-Man brutally terrorizes his party guests. I know that Ebert had a problem with Lynch's accepting tone behind the movie but in reality Lynch was exposing cultural shifts with his tone-shifting masterpiece.AddedMay 30, 2017
- Again, another movie where Ebert got totally wrong on- no, I'm not apologizing for pointing out other's hypocrisies. This time, Ebert was reacting to the movie's fourth-wall iconoclasm, especially to its critiques on American society and thus all of human society. You have to remember that when Dogville first came out, 9/11 was still fresh on everyone's mind and disagreeing with American principles wasn't seen as favorably as it is now in the artistic community- looking at you, Iraq War supporters. I'll chalk up Ebert's depressing comments on how this movie is miserable to watch as a gut reaction to Von Trier's unapologetic misanthropy being thrown on the screen with such stylish yet righteous panache that the movie can be uncomfortable to watch yet still has the power to fully envelop the audience members within the story's universe. That's an accomplishment that no other movie has ever come close to succeeding.AddedMay 30, 2017
- The Godzilla community pounced on Ebert's review for its factual inaccuracies, but I'll pounce on Ebert's review for its emotional inaccuracies. Again, this film was a way for Japanese audiences to fully cope with the horrific nuclear atrocities that happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the monster symbolized nature's wrath in response to humanity's disregard towards the environment with all their nuclear weapons. One can sense a political corrective agenda whilst reading Ebert's review as the man was clearly thinking back to 9/11's trauma whilst Godzilla pranced around Tokyo, thus making him greatly uncomfortable. What Ebert forgot was that Godzilla was meant to help the audience members realize that all atrocities need to be stopped before it's too late.AddedMay 30, 2017
- Now that I've done criticizing Ebert for relying upon personal hypocrisy, let's return to honoring the great man instead of further spitting on his grave. (No, I Spit On Your Grave thankfully isn't gonna be on this list despite its improved reputation amongst feminists and exploitation lovers. If Ebert still hates a movie due to its dodgy morals, that movie will be banned from ever making the list.) Anyways, Paperhouse was honored by Ebert as it was revived at his 2002 Ebertfest. Putting it on the canon will help improve its reputation immensely as it still is sadly overlooked to this very day.AddedMay 30, 2017
- Another overlooked gem that needs to be remembered as an emotional masterpiece- it also doesn't hurt that Ebert revived the film at his 2008 film festival.AddedMay 30, 2017
- Ebert loved this movie so much that he named it the best movie of 1997 and it received a special posthumous revival screening at his film festival in 2016.AddedMay 30, 2017
- For his 2012 Sight & Sound ballot, Ebert named this beautiful film as one of the ten greatest films of all time. Quite an accomplishment considering that Roger rightfully despised lists and whenever you got a list from him, you know that you had to pay special attention to it.AddedMay 30, 2017
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