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Summary: Like Cecil Adams' "Straight Dope", only about films
Review: This book expanded my knowledge of movies. I know alot more now, than I knew before I picked up the book. Roger was sensational as usual! I recommended this book to one of my friends that is also a movie buff, and now it's in his collection too!
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Summary: This book was very knowledgable!
Review: This book expanded my knowledge of movies. I know alot more now, than I knew before I picked up the book. Roger was sensational as usual! I recommended this book to one of my friends that is also a movie buff, and now it's in his collection too!
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Summary: An essential book for anyone, movie fan or not.
Review: This is an exceptional book. Whether giving a straight answer to a good question or a witty answer to a ridiculous one, Ebert displays why he is the best movie critic in America. This book should be on anyone's reference shelf, but also makes for very enjoyable recreational reading.
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Summary: Ebert at his inimitable best
Review: This is not a general book about movies, but a reprint of selected "Answer Man" columns. As such, though there is some useful information about film and production techniques and quite a lot on the furor over letterboxing, the most interesting parts of the book allow us to relieve specific moments in recent movie history, for instance, getting glimpses into the thought patterns of fans before, during, and after "Water World." I would have liked a little more context to some of the columns; after all, some of the hot topics of 1996 are all but forgotten today. Also, I always thought of Ebert as an extreme political conservative, in opposition to his late partner, the liberal Gene Siskel. So how come he reprints hate letters from political conservatives?
Rating:
Summary: Ebert at his inimitable best
Review: This is not a general book about movies, but a reprint of selected "Answer Man" columns. As such, though there is some useful information about film and production techniques and quite a lot on the furor over letterboxing, the most interesting parts of the book allow us to relieve specific moments in recent movie history, for instance, getting glimpses into the thought patterns of fans before, during, and after "Water World." I would have liked a little more context to some of the columns; after all, some of the hot topics of 1996 are all but forgotten today. Also, I always thought of Ebert as an extreme political conservative, in opposition to his late partner, the liberal Gene Siskel. So how come he reprints hate letters from political conservatives?
Rating:
Summary: Ebert at his inimitable best
Review: This is not a general book about movies, but a reprint of selected "Answer Man" columns. As such, though there is some useful information about film and production techniques and quite a lot on the furor over letterboxing, the most interesting parts of the book allow us to relieve specific moments in recent movie history, for instance, getting glimpses into the thought patterns of fans before, during, and after "Water World." I would have liked a little more context to some of the columns; after all, some of the hot topics of 1996 are all but forgotten today. Also, I always thought of Ebert as an extreme political conservative, in opposition to his late partner, the liberal Gene Siskel. So how come he reprints hate letters from political conservatives?
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