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“If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination.”

Quote by Roger Ebert

Book:A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length: More Movies That Suck

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A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length: More Movies That Suck

This book delves into the realm of cinema, examining films that have garnered negative reviews and a reputation for being subpar. It provides an in-depth look at the elements that contribute to a film's downfall, including poor storytelling, weak direction, and lackluster performances. The author offers a critical perspective on these movies, exploring the reasons behind their failure and their impact on the film industry. more

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Roger Ebert was a renowned American film critic, born on June 18, 1942, and passed away on April 4, 2013. Known for his unique style of film criticism and profound insights into the art of cinema, he served as a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and founded the influential film review website RogerEbert.com. more

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“The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented.”

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Book:A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length: More Movies That Suck

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“We are born into a box of time and space. We use words and communication to break out of it and to reach out to others.”

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“Here it is at last, the first 150-minute trailer. Armageddon is cut together like its own highlights. Take almost any 30 seconds at random, and you'd have a TV ad. The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense, and the human desire to be entertained. No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out.”

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“I am informed that 5,000 cockroaches were used in the filming of Joe's Apartment. That depresses me, but not as much as the news that none of them were harmed during the production.”

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Book:I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie

Source: I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie

“Dice Rules is one of the most appalling movies I have ever seen. It could not be more damaging to the career of Andrew Dice Clay if it had been made as a documentary by someone who hated him. The fact that Clay apparently thinks this movie is worth seeing is revealing and sad, indicating that he not only lacks a sense of humor, but also ordinary human decency.”

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Book:I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie

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“"Dirty Love" wasn't written and directed, it was committed. Here is a film so pitiful, it doesn't rise to the level of badness. It is hopelessly incompetent... I am not certain that anyone involved has ever seen a movie, or knows what one is.”

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Author:Roger Ebert

“Last year, I reviewed a nine-hour documentary about the lives of Mongolian yak herdsmen, and I would rather see it again than sit through The Frighteners.”

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Book:Roger Ebert's Video Companion

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“The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented. The laws of chance suggest that something should have gone right. Not here. It puts a nail in the coffin of low-rent 3D, but it will need a lot more coffins than that.”

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“To call "A Lot like Love" dead in the water is an insult to water.”

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“Gene [Siskel] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down to the front, turn around, and look at the light from the screen reflected on the upturned faces of the members of the audience.”

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