Reichspräsident Friedrich Ebert: ( 1923 ), as Provisional President of the Weimar Republic in 1919, he contributed to the myth, in telling home-coming veterans that “ no enemy has vanquished you ”.

Even provisional President Friedrich Ebert contributed to the myth when he saluted returning veterans with the oration that " no enemy has vanquished you " ( kein Feind hat euch überwunden!

One of the few critics to praise the film was Roger Ebert, and in fact, the film's reputation has grown in recent years, with many noting its uncompromising vision as well as its anticipation of the violent black comedy which became famous in the works of such directors as David Lynch and Quentin Tarantino.

Roger Ebert has written of the film's ending:

Roger Ebert has said " his world is always hallucinatory in its richness of detail.

Critic Roger Ebert has included the film in his series of " Great Movies " reviews.

French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog " the most important film director alive " and American film critic Roger Ebert stated that Herzog " has never created a single film that is compromised, shameful, made for pragmatic reasons or uninteresting.

Roger Ebert awarded the film two-and-a-half stars out of four, writing: " It is a well-directed film, because Besson has a natural gift for plunging into drama with a charged-up visual style.

The film met with generally positive reviews ; Roger Ebert gave it three and a half stars and described it as a " very good film ... with moments evoking great emotion ", while Variety Todd McCarthy wrote, " Inspirational on the face of it, Clint Eastwood's film has a predictable trajectory, but every scene brims with surprising details that accumulate into a rich fabric of history, cultural impressions and emotion.

Each giving it thumbs up, Siskel remarked, " The Abyss has been improved ," and Ebert added, " it makes the film seem more well rounded.

Roger Joseph Ebert (; born June 18, 1942 ) is an American journalist, film critic and screenwriter, who has been described by Forbes as " the most powerful pundit in America ".

Since the 1970s, Ebert has worked for the University of Chicago as a guest lecturer, teaching a night class on film.

Ebert has described his critical approach to films as " relative, not absolute "; he reviews a film for what he feels will be its prospective audience, yet always with at least some consideration as to its value as a whole.

Ebert has emphasized that his star ratings have little meaning if not considered in the context of the review itself.

Ebert has reprinted his starred reviews in movie guides.

Ebert later added The Godfather Part II to his " Great Movies " list in October 2008 stating that his original review has often been cited as proof of his " worthlessness " but he still hasn't changed his mind and wouldn't change a word of his original review.

Ebert has occasionally accused some films of having an unwholesome political agenda, and the word " fascist " accompanied more than one of Ebert's reviews of the law-and-order films of the 1970s such as Dirty Harry.

Ebert has leveled this charge against such films as The Night Porter.

Ebert has been known to comment on films using his own Roman Catholic upbringing as a point of reference, and has been critical of films he believes are grossly ignorant of or insulting to Catholicism, such as Stigmata and Priest, though he has given favorable reviews of controversial films with themes or references to Jesus and Catholicism, including The Passion of the Christ, The Last Temptation of Christ, and to Kevin Smith's religious satire Dogma.

Ebert has been accused by some horror movie fans of bourgeois elitism in his dismissal of what he calls " Dead Teenager Movies ".

Ebert has clarified that he does not disparage horror movies as a whole, but that he draws a distinction between films like Nosferatu and The Silence of the Lambs, which he regards as " masterpieces ", and films which he feels consist of nothing more than groups of teenagers being killed off with the exception of one survivor to populate a sequel.

Ebert has indicated that his favorite film is Citizen Kane, joking, " That's the official answer ," although he prefers to emphasize it as " the most important " film.

" Although he acknowledged that the film was not without its charms — Paris and Cannes being " two of the most photogenic cities on earth "— Ebert wrote, " Kline's Frenchman is somehow not worldly enough, and Ryan's heroine never convinces us she ever loved her fiance in the first place.

After giving it a three-star rating in his original review, Ebert acknowledged in his " Great Movies " essay that, like many viewers, he had initially underestimated the film's many virtues and only came to truly appreciate it through repeated viewings.

" While Ebert did not find the plot to be particularly innovative, he acknowledged that Wexler purposely left it up to his audience to fill in the gaps of the romance, and at the same time presented images of great political significance.

Russell Ebert ( born 22 June 1949 ) is acknowledged as one of the greatest players in the long history of Australian rules football.

Despite personal reservations towards the Social Democrats ( SPD ), he developed a cordial relationship with President Friedrich Ebert and willingly acknowledged the SPD's accomplishments after 1918.

In a review in the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert states: " Barrymore is the right actress for this role precisely because she approaches it with such grave calm.

Roger Ebert approves of the use of the label in unsuccessful films that had been tampered with by studio executives, such as Sergio Leone's original cut of Once Upon a Time in America, and the moderately successful theatrical version of Daredevil, which were altered by studio interference for their theatrical release.

However, Ebert considers adding such material to a successful film a waste.

In 2005, Ebert opined that video games are not art, and are inferior to media created through authorial control, such as film and literature, stating, " video games can be elegant, subtle, sophisticated, challenging and visually wonderful ", but " the nature of the medium prevents it from moving beyond craftsmanship to the stature of art ".

Cracked. com writer Robert Brockway responded by opining that this made Ebert unqualified to judge video games, and that debating Ebert on such a topic was comparable to " a structured philosophical debate on the importance of pacifism and restraint with a rabid badger: Your opponent is not only unqualified from the start, but it's obviously just out to attack you.

" Roger Ebert, considering the trajectory of her career, wrote that " in a year that has seen her in varied assignments such as Married to the Mob and Tequila Sunrise, the movie is more evidence of her versatility.

However, the film was not without its naysayers, including Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert ; though the latter still gave it a positive vote, both criticized the picture for being too long and having too many superfluous characters ( such as Harris's English Bob, who enters and leaves without ever meeting the protagonists ).

It has nurtured writers and artists such as Ray Bradbury, Roger Ebert, Lenny Kaye, Michael Moorcock and Trina Robbins ; and has generated such spin-offs as comic book fandom, media fandom, the Society for Creative Anachronism, gaming fandom, and furry fandom, sometimes collectively referred to as " fringe fandoms ".

Some high profile figures such as actor Aziz Ansari and film critic Roger Ebert have also actively voiced their concerns.

" Roger Ebert said it made audiences " squirm out of enjoyment, not terror ," and listed details in the film that he felt were typical of such films, including " the bright young doctor, whose warnings are ignored " and " the loyal wife and kids ," as well as " the usual cats and dogs, necessary for the obligatory scene in which they can sense something even when the humans can't.

Some, such as Emmanuelle and Alice in Wonderland, received positive reviews from noted critics such as Roger Ebert.

Critics such as Roger Ebert, however, found the film's message to be deeper than Scott's Gladiator.

" However, other critics praised the film, such as Roger Ebert, who gave the film three out of four stars, remarking " The movie does contain a love story, but it's the kind of guarded passion that grows between two people who spend a lot of time keeping their priorities straight.

Roger Ebert, in his audio commentary for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ( 1970 ) gives the film credit for inspiring all-female rock bands, with the fictional band Carrie Nations created for the film, stating that such bands were quite rare at the time, but started to spring up in the film's wake.

During the first two days there were rumours that in order to avoid civil war Ebert and Bauer were willing to compromise with the conspirators ; but it soon became obvious that any such course would be unnecessary.

Although it received mostly negative reviews by critics, including aggressively critical reviews by American film critics such as Roger Ebert, Michael Phillips and David Denby ( who referred to Bay as " stunningly, almost viciously, untalented "), the film was well received by its intended audience and was one of the highest-grossing films of 2009.

Prominent alumni, such as film critic Roger Ebert, urged alumni to donate to the corporation.