Here is Roger Ebert's first paragraph of his review for "The Mummy" and it is why he was the greatest film critic to ever live https://t.co/q4SWOTTGvt
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Here is Roger Ebert's first paragraph of his review for "The Mummy" and it is why he was the greatest film critic to ever live https://t.co/q4SWOTTGvt
The famous Anton Ego speech in Ratatouille:
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.
We risk very little, yet enjoy a position of those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgement.
We thrive on negative criticism.
Which is fun to write and to read.
But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the
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Criticism is not some inscrutable, mysterious process. It’s just a matter of: (1) noticing ourselves responding to a work of art, moment by moment, and (2) getting better at articulating that response.