![]() Nevertheless, I will admit that naming a volume "Roger Ebert's The Great Movies" sounds better than "Roger Ebert's Favorite Movies."Įbert's style, as always, is comfortable and friendly - more than conversational but less than formal. under the umbrella of greatness? No, and there might be arguments about other titles, as well. Would everyone agree to the inclusion of Bride of Frankenstein, Todd Browning's Dracula, and E.T. In reality, these are movies that Ebert believes to be great. ![]() The word "great" (something I carefully avoided for my own recent Top 100) has an objective connotation which implies that all 100 titles in this book have been agreed to as masterpieces by some sort of critical consensus. ![]() In fact, my only real quibble with the book is the title. ![]() ![]() Originally released in hardback during 2002, the volume (which is a compilation of retrospective reviews previously published in The Chicago Sun-Times) is now available as a trade paperback, which makes it a little less bulky (although, at over 500 pages, it still has heft). There's something daring - almost pompous - about calling a book The Great Movies, but that's precisely what Roger Ebert has done. ![]()
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