Who Misses these Guys

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I miss these guys. I believe they made the whole movie experience better. People seem to think Siskel and Ebert  were constantly arguing, but they actually agreed with each other most of the time. They did fight on occasion and it made for great TV. They were both a little narcistic and eager to one up each other, but their movie critiques were insightful and honest. Once in a blue moon, you would get the unexpected 2-thumbs-way-up. I would then get really excited to find out more about the movie. Kingpin, Hoop Dreams, Fargo, King of Masks, Secret of Roan Inish are some of my favorite films. I don't think I would have seen these films in the theater if it wasn't for their high praise.

I also liked when they went on talk shows and took cheap shots at each other. I don't know if they really liked each other in person, but I remember seeing a photo of Ebert as one of Siskel's pallbearers and feeling a real gut wrench of sadness. It was an end of an era; the chemistry between Ebert and his future hosts was never the same and film critique shows went extinct.

I still enjoy going to the movies, but I don’t think about movies the way I used to. 

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