The latest and greatest from Amazon.com is called "plog", which is sort of a personalised recommendation service based on one's previous ratings of merchandise.
So far I have received 3 recommendations, which I found largely silly and even ridiculous.
"City of God was released today; We thought you'd be interested because you rated Three Colors Trilogy (Blue / White / Red)". Fair enough, if you treat both as art films.
But what about "Whale Rider was released today; We thought you'd be interested because you rated The Goldberg Variations - Glenn Gould Plays Bach"? According to Amazon.com, Whale Rider is "one of the most charming and critically acclaimed films of 2003" which "effectively combines Maori tribal tradition with the timely "girl power" of a vibrant new millennium". What has this got to do with Gould's Goldberg Variations?
But wait until you read this: "My Life was released today; We thought you'd be interested because you rated One Hundred Years of Solitude (Oprah's Book Club)". As you probably know, My Life is the memoir of former US President Bill Clinton. I am sure that millions of readers are eagerly awaiting this book. But then, what has this got to do with One hundred Years of Solitude? Just because Oprah likes both? Ridiculous!
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