Roger Ebert: Again with the uppercut, and down goes O'Reilly

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! · Apr 9, 2009

Double J said:

I wouldn't exactly call this a knockout punch of O'Reilly.

O'Reilly is so obtuse that he could still be standing up at the end of a 12-round fight, bleeding profusely from numerous facial cuts, both eyes closed, and be dancing around saying, through swollen lips, "he never touched me - never laid a glove on me!" That is, if he were to acknowledge he had even been in a fight in the first place.
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Spot on.
The man never lets the facts get in the way...

Diabeetus · Apr 9, 2009

What a badass.

Small Town Guy · Dec 15, 2014

Double J said:

I wouldn't exactly call this a knockout punch of O'Reilly.

O'Reilly is so obtuse that he could still be standing up at the end of a 12-round fight, bleeding profusely from numerous facial cuts, both eyes closed, and be dancing around saying, through swollen lips, "he never touched me - never laid a glove on me!" That is, if he were to acknowledge he had even been in a fight in the first place.
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who are you calling obtuse?

dooley_womack1 · Apr 9, 2009

His review of Brown Bunny was awesome too. Ebert is the perfect crossroads of the scholarly and the vernacular.

Birdscribe · Apr 9, 2009

DanOregon said:

Ebert's gift is that he is capable of writing pieces that are air-tight. You may disagree with his premise or point of view, but his arguments (whether in film criticism or other matters) usually don't leave much room for escape.
I read his old reviews of movies I've just seen or new reviews, and while I may differ in opinion, it's hard to argue with what he wrote. And when he takes someone on he does it in a language that hits home, a Pulitzer-winner writing to Schneider to say his film "sucks," comparing O'Reilly to an engorged and very delusional rodent? That's called using the right ammo.
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And in this case, we're talking high-caliber, armor-piercing ammo, Dan.

Love this graf:

Yes, the Sun-Times is liberal, having recently endorsed our first Democrat for President since LBJ. We were founded by Marshall Field one week before Pearl Harbor to provide a liberal voice in Chicago to counter the Tribune, which opposed an American war against Hitler. I'm sure you would have sided with the Trib at the time.

Diabeetus · Apr 9, 2009

Another of my favorite Ebert moments was the complete dismantling of Ben Stein: http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/12/win_ben_steins_mind.html

mpcincal · Apr 9, 2009

I realize now how much I'm going to miss Ebert when the time comes (hopefully in the far-off future) for him to reunite with Gene Siskel.

awriter · Apr 10, 2009

chilidog75 said:

This reminds me of Ebert's "feud" with Rob Schneider and the single best movie review of all time.
Still makes me laugh everytime I read it.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050811/REVIEWS/50725001
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Holy shit, that was hilarious. I had never read that review before.

Tom Petty · Apr 10, 2009

did BO really say he was rush?

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