I use Netflix for my DVD rentals and, as other heavy users of the service have discovered, the company has a peculiar way of “rewarding” their most loyal customers. When you number of rentals per month begins to exceed the number where it’s profitable to have you as a customer, your account starts to be “throttled.”
Both films [Good Night, and Good Luck and Capote] are about determined journalists defying obstacles in a relentless search of the truth. Needless to say, both are period pieces.
Okay, here’s the short version of my reactions to the Academy Awards. I’m not going to cover every category, just the majors and those that produced the strongest reactions from yours truly.
Firstly, I thought Jon Stewart was funny but his opening monologue was disappointingly tame. You want proof positive? My mother liked him.
Still according to this article, Hollywood just doesn’t get humor aimed at itself. Given the lukewarm reception he received, it appears that the movie business is out of touch with its own humility, not to mention its funnybone.
