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
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
At its best, cultural criticism is love and art that exists to give love to other expressions of art. It's beautiful in its indulgence.
Yancey Strickler • The prestige recession
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
... See moreIn many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. 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 average piece of junk is probably more... See more