Man, I just really hate him. He's the only critic that has the following effect on me: both him and I can agree on whether or otr not a particular film is good, but listening to him talking about it makes me want to hate the film whether or not I hated or liked it to begin with. He sounds so condescending or cloying whenever he speaks about a film. If there is something notable about a film, he makes sure you know it, in a way that's more unnerving than just simply knowing it. In other words, take the new film Observe and Report. Mostcritics are bound to mention the surface similarities in its premise with Paul Blart Mall Cop, while some critics will try to avoiid it. You know that Lyon's will not only mention it, but go out of his way to say it, or anything else that's cliche that you'd expect him to say in a review. He is really annoying and almsot makes me hate movies more when watching him, where as Ebert or Siskel would really fascinate me with the art of filmmaking with their generous bits of expertise and passion that they'd bring to the table. This guy is all about sound bytes and marketing slogans.
