But sometimes these critics would talk over my head - on account of my lack of film knowledge at that time. I believed somewhere buried under all their words laid the answer, scientifically and spiritually, to how to construct a perfect movie. Scott, Michael Phillips, and our own Philip Martin. Once Buena Vista Television released all of the episodes of "At The Movies" online, I devoured every one of them.īut that didn't quench my quest for all things film criticism I began reading reviews from A.O. I sat inches away from the screen, enthralled, looking beyond the directions of Ebert and Roeper's thumbs, and paying more attention to how they described what works and doesn't work in a movie. On the weekends, while my fellow classmates were sneaking out to partake in parties, bonfires, and underage indulgences, I stayed at home most Saturday nights so I could catch the latest episode of "At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper." I remember that it aired around 11 o'clock at night on the local ABC affiliate. When I was in high school, I became obsessed with film criticism.
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