WHAT!!!!! I know he wasn't in the best of health but it really seemed like he was trudging along and just a few days ago I was reading about his plans to start up the new website. :cry: He will be missed.
Not entirely unexpected I suppose but still startling as he seemed, even the worst of health, to be as aggressively alive as ever. Not much of a fan myself, but he could be damn good when he had his objective game face on.Â
Oh my god. I literally read this morning that he had been diagnosed again but he was going to be back to reviewing after a short break. Unfortunate. :(
In retrospect if you read Ebert's last column it sounds like he knew he didn't have long. People have bombarded the site today so it's been crashing but here's the last paragraph:
So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I'll see you at the movies.Roger Ebert
F*cking sucks. My passion for film and film criticism and discussion helped me get through some of the toughest years of my life, and is still a huge part of who I am, and Ebert had one of, if not the biggest, influence in the birth of that passion. I did not always agree with him but he was a fantastic writer with a love for film unlike most critics out there. Impossible not to admire him in some way.
Meh. Didn't like many of his reviews especially on artsy films. Same guy that famously said that video games aren't art or artistic. As an artist and designer and a huge movie collector I disagree with him.
This was really shocking news to come to D: I knew things were getting bad when he did less and less reviews, but I never expected this. May he rest in peace.
And of course some immature tacky moron messed with his wikipedia page. It was removed, but some idiot thought he was being funny by adding a comment about him soiling himself. Loser.
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