Spotlight

Date: January 2, 2016
Who: JL, KC
Movie Count: 1
Non-Member Ticket Price: $8.00
Snacks: 2 popcorn bowls with butter and salt (included) and a large Diet Coke ($4.00)
Movie: Spotlight

Reaction: Some wowsa investigative reporting is on display in this movie. I saw this midway through “Making a Murderer”. Both demonstrate how critical journalism is in the justice system, at least when skilled people do it and there’s some funding behind it. Is it too strong to call for journalism to be included as a new branch of government? Just graft it right on there, no biggie. Trees are meant to grow.

“Spotlight” did a good job of portraying the work that goes into a story and knowing when to publish. Along the way, we see the characters discover the scope of the story and wrestle with having information that puts them inside the Catholic church’s systematic abuse of children. Have they become part of that system by waiting for the “right time” to publish? Everyday they didn’t run a story must have felt like they were enabling the enemy. I appreciated the way the story was told. Not overly sensationalized but not void of the sensational.

Recommendation: Let’s Go! | Let it come to you | Let it pass

Next Up: Orion: The Man Who Would Be King and trying some other popcorn seasonings available at the Roxy.