I often disagreed with Roger Ebert, and more usually agreed with Gene Siskel. However, I much prefered listening to Ebert's reviews, because he seemed so down-to-earth, and less pretentious. He seemed like a regular guy who loved movies, and communicated in an entertaining style. He also never hesitated to say when he liked a movie even if it was getting panned by other critics. He and Siskel had an incredible chemistry on screen, even if they weren't really friends.

Hard to believe that Ebert out-lived the much more fit-looking Siskel, by 15 years even. Great quote by Siskel just before his untimely death: "I'm in a hurry to get well because I don't want Roger to get more screen time than I."