Mood: Unrelenting Despair
We move into Day 5 of the New Year, and still not a ray of sunshine. Ye flippin' gods...

Something that does bring me joy is the surprising (to some) success of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE on DVD. A friend who works at Borders commented last night that they were having trouble keeping this film in stock, they keep selling it out. That's not unusual; there have been reports all over the country of NAPOLEON selling out. The reason, as I understand it, is that Fox underpressed this title--they didn't make enough copies, I guess because they didn't expect it to sell as it has. I don't know why, unless Fox has never had a conversation with anybody who has seen it. Although I've run across an occasional dissenting opinion, the vast majority of reviews and--even more importantly for a small film like this one--word of mouth has been positive. People are always looking for a good comedy for their DVD collection--something that's compatible for repeat viewing--and it doesn't surprise me that NAPOLEON DYNAMITE is so successful. I suppose it doesn't even surprise me that Fox is surprised.