Sadly, we have entered an age in which the traditional style of film critic has been diminished for the most part, considering that anyone with internet access and a word processor is now a "critic" in some regard.
My lack of understanding made me want to seek out more and more movies, to the point where I've now seen well over 5,000 films. This was especially true whenever I'd encounter Gene Siskel, who took more of an analytical approach to his film dissections. 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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