I've been gone a while. Soon after the film festival in April I started a second job, and that has taken up a lot of my time and energy. My workload should diminish later this month, when my posting should become a little more frequent.
The new video archive of the Siskel & Ebert reviews has just gone online, and it is quite addictive. Type in your favorite movies, and there is a good chance one of them did not like it! That might not be too surprising. But I am somewhat perplexed and bewildered. Is it possible that Siskel's views on movies are this far afield from my own? I remember Ebert more often would match my thoughts about movies, but I don't remember finding Siskel's opinions so objectionable. If you want examples of this, go watch the reviews of Unforgiven and Boogie Nights. Siskel really seemed clueless about these two movies. I am sure there are many more examples, but I have to get some sleep!
