We happened to watch “Good Fortune” this weekend. It’s a blast of a movie! I had so much fun watching it. I didn’t realise it was written and directed by Aziz Ansari (his movie debut). If you like his stuff you’ll definitely enjoy this one! Very satirical and funny.
The movie also ties with a lot of the books and podcasts I consume nowadays. It’s very in with the times. All about the gig economy and working conditions and life being hard and pointless. You got to be a certain kind of mind to see and hear all what’s happening around you and then make a movie out of it that conveys the message but isn’t preachy or doom and gloom. And Aziz Ansari definitely has that sort of a creative mind! And that goes for most writers and directors of course – I am always impressed at how the good ones have a vision and can “show us” the world through their eyes.
A TV show I watched recently was “The Bombing of Pan Am 103”. Again, very impressive and touching. The creators managed to convey all the emotions associated with the incident – the kindness of the townspeople of Lockerbie, the investigation efforts across US and UK, the frustrations experienced by the relatives of the victims – so many things! I had no idea of this incident until I saw the TV show but it had me hooked and I really felt like I was there. Again, that’s an amazing thing to be able to do as a creator.
Another brilliant TV show we saw recently is “All Her Fault”. The show wasn’t at all what I was expecting it to be. It touched upon a lot of themes, but was never preachy or focusing too much on any one issue. Nor did it feel all over the place. Instead it did an amazing tightrope across everything and I loved it! A child is kidnapped by his nanny, and from there the show touches upon a lot of current issues – rich people, the struggles of working couples, childrearing, domestic abuse (of a different sort), and so on. I won’t go into the details but I definitely recommend the show. Looks like the creator and directors are all women too, and that really shows in the way the show treats its matter. (So is the author of the book the show is based on actually. I haven’t read the book).