[Buckmulligan]

I have always really liked Roger Ebert because I think he's a good writer and more importantly, he understands his job as a critic. He avoids pretension by evaluating films for moviegoers, not by ripping them apart.

I think anyone who has seen a ton of movies eventually starts only liking one in ten, and I'm sure the same is true with Ebert, but who wants to read about that?

Too many critics are just way too hard to please, and with Ebert, I have actually agreed with several of his darkhorse "suck picks" like gladiator.

*I actually have an autrograph of Gene siskel and another of Ebert and Roeper hanging in my room.