Parasite

Watched the movie Parasite the other day in with another confrere.  Cannot really say that I enjoyed it - not my favourite genre.  Not really.  But what I did like about the movie was the cinematography and direction.  There were no lose ends to any of the sub-plots in the movie.  All instances were well tied up and well connected too to the main plot.  Very well thought out and beautifully shot.  

The fact that one had to follow the english subtitles and at the same time keep an eye on the whole frame being screened was difficult.  But I guess one cannot help it if the movie is in another language.  Nonetheless I should say that there was great care to translate the movie well.  

One moral of the movie that came across strongly to me was the great risk of greed amidst poverty.  That poverty itself is no great curse is my firm belief.  Indeed it's a great opportunity.  However, when coupled with greed and ambition, it can lead one to a disastrous life. In contrast to the protagonist family, there is the couple in the rich man's house itself.  There is the woman working as a housekeeper and the husband living incognito in the basement.  They too were poor like the other family but did not seek the thrill of becoming rich.  They were content with what they had, even if it meant one of them living in the basement.  Contentment is indeed a very noble virtue.