We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds, not simply in the sense of identifying with the characters, although that is an important part of it, but by seeing the world as another person sees it.
Roger EbertI am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting.
Roger EbertA truly strong woman will choose a stong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along.
Roger EbertTo say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion.
Roger EbertWhile I am usually in despair when a movie abandons its plot for a third act given over entirely to action, I have no problem with the way Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ends, because it has been pointing toward this ending, hinting about it, preparing us for it, all the way through. What a glorious movie.
Roger Ebert