A list of thank-you movies

From Scott Collette, Los Angeles, CA:

The summer of 94 took my family from video junkies watching everything at home, to seeing "Speed," "True Lies," "Clear and Present Danger," and "Forrest Gump" in theaters. We went to the movies every week after that, but the movies we went to see depended on what Roger said about the films. I was 12. I liked action and adventure and explosions and so quickly Roger became my enemy. I couldn't go see films I wanted to see because he said they were bad. The next year, when I saw "Pulp Fiction" and "Natural Born Killers," I loved them. I thought to myself, 'See, I bet that jerk Ebert doesn't even know how good these are.' I picked up my parents' copy of the movie yearbook. Not only were both four star films, but both were listed on the year's top ten list. I couldn't understand how I was so in line with Roger on these, but so far off before. I decided the only way to understand was to read the full reviews in the book. Not only did I understand why he disliked the films I liked ("Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," which I still like, and "Dumb and Dumber" which I've grown out of) but he allowed me to appreciate new things in his four star films like "Pulp Fiction" and "Natural Born Killers."