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 acknowledged such cases, stating, " I cannot recommend the movie, but ... why the hell can't I?

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.

Ebert later defended his position in April 2010, saying, " No video gamer now living will survive long enough to experience the medium as an art form.

He tried long takes, with some shots, unabridged, lasting an entire scene, which, for Ebert, add to the dramatic power of the film: " Few viewers probably notice how much of Annie Hall consists of people talking, simply talking.

On its release, Roger Ebert called the film one of the year's best, gave it four stars out of four, and described it as an " exciting, sweet-tempered, heart-warming story with one of the most interesting friendships in a long time.

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 ).

Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, " The movie is smart and entertaining, then, as long as you don't take the computer stuff very seriously.

Roger Ebert criticized Medved, saying he " has for a long time been a political commentator, not a movie critic.

" Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a half stars out of four and said in his print review " I forgot something about toys a long time ago, and Toy Story 2 reminded me.

The chief of these complaints were that Ebert had remained in power too long, since according to the constitution the president ought to be elected by the whole nation, and not merely ( as Ebert had been ) by the National Assembly ; that the ministry itself had likewise retained power too long, since it and the parliament which supported it were elected and established only for the purpose of concluding peace ; that the government's administration had been inefficient and had failed to restore the economic position in the country, which had remained deplorable since the conclusion of the armistice.

Ebert additionally criticized two commentators, Rush Limbaugh and Michael Medved ( the latter of whom " for a long time been a political commentator, not a movie critic "), for deliberately revealing the ending of the movie due to a moral disagreement with the lead character's life decision.

Roger Ebert was much more positive, calling it a film of " new faces and inspired insights and genuine laughs " and " one of the smartest, funniest, most perceptive satires in a long time " that " not only invites comparison with The Graduate, it earns it ".

Only once during his long association with Roger Ebert did Gene Siskel ever change his vote on a movie.

Her performance met with significant acclaim and Roger Ebert later wrote in 1999 that she " dominate the early scenes, playing Miss Havisham as a beak-nosed, shabby figure, bedecked in crumbling lace and linen, not undernourished despite her long exile.

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

Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars and wrote, " There is a rough balance between how long a movie is, how deep it goes and how much it can achieve.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times observed, " The movie is 95 minutes long, and neither character says a single memorable thing.

The pair gave minor criticisms, with Ebert describing " the way she ( Catherine Keener as ' Trish ') empathizes with Andy " as " almost too sweet to be funny " and Richard Roeper saying that the film was too long, and at times extremely frustrating.

Critic Roger Ebert said, on At the Movies, that Pauly Shore was the " cinematic equivalent of long fingernails, drawn very slowly and quite loudly over a gigantic blackboard " and noted that although his co-host, Gene Siskel, extremely disliked Chris Farley, he would " rather attend a dusk-to-dawn Chris Farley film festival than sit through any 5 minutes of Jury Duty.

Variety mentioned the overly long complaint in its review, as did the review by Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun Times, ( stating that " either you will fall into its rhythm, or you will grow restless ").