Hey, Ebert stole Mora and Magus' spiel!

[Funk]

LET US FORCE HIM TO GIVE THE GRUMP BACK!

http://www.amazon.com/Your-Movie-Suc.../dp/0740763660

P.S.: The Grump Factory should publish a book.

[Nixon]

Re: Hey, Ebert stole Mora and Magus' spiel!

Ebert ripped off Beavis and Butthead.

[Kefka Jr.]

Re: Hey, Ebert stole Mora and Magus' spiel!

From Roger's review of Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (0 stars): "The movie created a spot of controversy in February 2005. According to a story by Larry Carroll of MTV News, Rob Schneider took offense when Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times listed this year's Best Picture nominees and wrote that they were 'ignored, unloved, and turned down flat by most of the same studios that . . . bankroll hundreds of sequels, including a follow-up to Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, a film that was sadly overlooked at Oscar time because apparently nobody had the foresight to invent a category for Best Running Penis Joke Delivered by a Third-Rate Comic.'

"Schneider retaliated by attacking Goldstein in full-page ads in Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. In an open letter to Goldstein, Schneider wrote: 'Well, Mr. Goldstein, I decided to do some research to find out what awards you have won. I went online and found that you have won nothing. Absolutely nothing. No journalistic awards of any kind. . . . Maybe you didn't win a Pulitzer Prize because they haven't invented a category for Best Third-Rate, Unfunny Pompous Reporter Who's Never Been Acknowledged by His Peers. . . .'

"Schneider was nominated for a 2000 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor, but lost to Jar-Jar Binks. But Schneider is correct, and Patrick Goldstein has not yet won a Pulitzer Prize. Therefore, Goldstein is not qualified to complain that Columbia financed Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo while passing on the opportunity to participate in Million Dollar Baby, Ray, The Aviator, Sideways, and Finding Neverland. As chance would have it, I have won the Pulitzer Prize, and so I am qualified. Speaking in my official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks."

Ha ha, oh wow.

[Misty]

Re: Hey, Ebert stole Mora and Magus' spiel!

I prefer him just using his opposable thumbs to rate movies.

[Funk]

Re: Hey, Ebert stole Mora and Magus' spiel!

Man had to evolve opposable thumbs just so, one day, Siskel and Ebert would have jobs.

P.S.: I hate Rob Schneider.

[Magus]

Re: Hey, Ebert stole Mora and Magus' spiel!

P.S.: The Grump Factory should publish a book.

Agreed. I want to sell out ASAP.

[Funk]

Re: Hey, Ebert stole Mora and Magus' spiel!

You're American. It's your patriotic duty to sell out as much as possible in one lifetime.

[RPGD]

Re: Hey, Ebert stole Mora and Magus' spiel!

You can start by having a book published consisting only of over 3,000 different penis doodles.

[Garr123]

Re: Hey, Ebert stole Mora and Magus' spiel!

I dunno if it's in the book, but his review of The Village was pretty much spot on:

"The Village

To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes. It's a crummy secret, about one step up the ladder of narrative originality from It Was All a Dream. It's so witless, in fact, that when we do discover the secret, we want to rewind the film so we don't know the secret anymore."

[Funk]

Re: Hey, Ebert stole Mora and Magus' spiel!

I might buy that if there was enough variety.