Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!Bradshaw.es@XEROX.ARPA From: Bradshaw.es@XEROX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Critics Message-ID: <12690@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 18:40:05 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12690 Posted: Tue Aug 21 18:40:05 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Aug-84 02:07:40 EDT Lines: 19 Speaking of violence, Buckaroo Banzai, and Conan, I am wondering who peoples' favorite critics are out there. I like Roger Ebert, not because I agree with his taste, though I do much of the time, but because he gives gut reactions, not analyses, to the movies he likes. I like Siskel, though not as much. I dislike Jeffrey Lyons and the other (what's his name?) on Sneak Previews. In the papers, I particularly dislike Sheila Benson, mostly because she liked "The Man from Snowy River" and "Never Cry Wolf". She is a bleeding heart, urbane, talkative fool. She thought "Never Cry Wolf" was authentic. Too much time spent in LA, I guess, although anyone can pick up a book on Alaska and learn enough to see shades of "That Darn Cat" all over that "authentic" pile of trash. Richard Shickel (spelling?) in Time annoys me. He takes things too seriously. I hate to admit it, but I find Gary Franklin entertaining.