A Little Bit of Sunshine: The Good Place

The Good Place

USA 2016 - 2020

This is one of the best stories told in recent years about mortality, morality and humanity and it was funny as hell.

The Good Place is a story that frequently pulled the rug from under you and made you think about moral choices and your relationships with other people and it did it with an Arizona dirtbag, a Floridian idiot, a British dilettante and the world's most indecisive philosopher.

The premise: a woman wakes up and is welcomed to The Good Place after her death. She adjusts to life after death and is partnered with her soulmate. Things get weird after that.

That's all you need to know. 

That's all you should know.

It recently ended a 4 season run of 51 episodes and it is one of the strongest series ever from start to finish. It never caught on with a big audience but it's going to be one of those shows that will be remembered fondly.

Like Freaks and Geeks. Like Firefly. 

It found a bigger audience than both of those shows but those who saw it and love it, love it deeply. 

If you're searching for something that takes a little more engagement, demands a little more attention and is hilarious, this is your next option. 

LITTLE WOMEN

Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Little Women contains multitudes.

It is a romance that doesn't focus on the romance so much as the ambitions and desires of the women, beyond finding the right partner.

It is a family film about how messy yet loving family can be.

It contains the perfect cast with not a weak link amongst them.

It features some of the best romanticisation / horrible truth about writing on film.

The actors transform on screen from teenagers to adults that is believable, simple yet astonishing. Especially Amy.

It features authentic conversations about women, their desires and frustrations and realities in that time period that still resonates now.

THE COSTUMES. So gorgeous.

THAT unbuttoning the apron moment. Jeez.

The sets. I want to live in the March house.

The wholesome, empowering and surprising relationships and moments between the adults and the young adults. Laurie's grandfather and Beth. Jo and her mother.

It somehow romanticises and unveils the truth about writing.

Can I say again, the aesthetics of this film is my jam.

Even though they didn't end as a couple, Jo and Laurie or rather Saoirse Ronan and Timothy Chalamet's chemistry on screen is SO GOOD.

The gorgeous shots, making me want to protect nature more.

I can go on and on. I might add more later. If you have anything to add, write it below.