Current Events > About to what parasite for yhr first time

(+) Yeah! (+)

Don't know anything about it except it won a million billion awards

Let's see if it's any good

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one of the best movies ive ever seen, and i assumed everyone was exaggerating when they said that prior to watching

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It's real good. Not an all timer, but definitely one of the best from last year. Having no expectations going in is the best way to go about it.

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The sister is cute af.

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About as "7/10" as it gets for me, don't mean that in a bad way.
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SomeLikeItHoth posted...

The sister is cute af.

Pizza girl is too

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It's so metaphorical

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Wait for the Western remake in three years

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HBO announced a western remake, but idk of covid messed it up

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SuperExcitebike posted...

It's so metaphorical

Reading about it after watching and seeing the depth of some of the imagery was mind blowing.

Wish I could have seen it as through the eyes of a Korean the first time

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SuperExcitebike posted...

HBO announced a western remake, but idk of covid messed it up

So far I don't get how it would work since teaching English to Koreans is such a fundamental part of the plot

Teaching German to Texans wouldn't work

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props to the director making drunken dinner tense as fuck

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What's it on?

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Bad_Mojo posted...

What's it on?

Hulu

anyway, I liked how it seamlessly moved between different genres.

and even though it's not the same kinda movie, I recommend Burning, which is on Netflix.

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It's a pretty layered movie.

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pay attention to the camera work etc WRT people's placement in society (ie how the opening shot of the movie shows that one family literally 'below' everyone else). also pay attention to how specific events affect each family (notably the storm).

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Bad_Mojo posted...

What's it on?

Bad_Mojo posted...

What's it on?

Amazon prime

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It's a really good movie. I thought his past movies like The Host and Snow Piercer were okay, but parasite really does some new stuff with its premise I don't see in many other movies. I mean the message it's trying to get across is not anything new, but the way it portrays it makes me laugh but also feel sickening at the same time.

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Damn, yeah, definitely see Burning. I'd also recommend checking out some films from Hong Sangsoo - he's probably the least digestible and most obsessive of the four or five great South Korean directors, but he's also one of the most prolific and obsessive filmmakers of the past quarter century (he made fourteen movies in the 2010s - and that's considering he took a break during 2019 and didn't make anything).

Man, the 2010s was absolutely incredible for international and mid-budget/independent movies. I honestly think it was the best decade for movies since the 70s.

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Hit me up when you finish. Curious what you think

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I never read the reviews before watching movies. Better experience!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6751668
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Cornhuskers posted...

I never read the reviews before watching movies. Better experience!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6751668

I agree, I went into the movie completely blind which probably played a role why I enjoyed it a lot.

It's a pretty crazy and bonkers movie though and if this was my first korean movie I watched, I would've assumed Koreans movies would be weird like this lol.

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These guys are douchebags, didn't even help bicycle man

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Fuck that rock throw looked brutal.

Probably made of foam or something but damn props to the effects department.

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They killed the sister? :(

She was cool man.

Bullshit the son survived the blunt force bludgening

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watch memories of murder next, apparently the only movie from him people don't know about yet it's much better than the host and snow piercer.

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snow piercer was awful

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UnfairRepresent posted...

snow piercer was awful

Yea not a fan.

As you pointed out about the seamless blend of genres, I just loved how Parasite took you from laughing to edge of your seat tension in a split second.

Not sure I've ever experienced that in another film

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oh and if you watch memories of murder, look up the inspiration for the movie since it has a very satisfying outcome with the director himself weighing in on it

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SergeantGander posted...

As you pointed out about the seamless blend of genres, I just loved how Parasite took you from laughing to edge of your seat tension in a split second.

To be fair the Drunk scene was the only time I felt tense.

Rest of the movie felt like a comedy.

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It was entertaining

What a bunch of bull shit. Audio is in Koren, Subtitles are in Spanish



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watch it on prime

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There are a bunch of subtle things that you can only understand if you ever lived in a poorer part of Korea. Like the smell thing is actually referring to a scent of fungus that the family all have a bit of smell to due to living in damp areas. There were a few other bunch of facts that I can't remember anymore but yeah it's supposed to be even more powerful if you were a Korean. As first world and technologically advanced as they are now, that also meant there's a greater divide to how rich the rich truly live and how poor the actually poor will live.

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legendarylemur posted...

There are a bunch of subtle things that you can only understand if you ever lived in a poorer part of Korea. Like the smell thing is actually referring to a scent of fungus that the family all have a bit of smell to due to living in damp areas. There were a few other bunch of facts that I can't remember anymore but yeah it's supposed to be even more powerful if you were a Korean. As first world and technologically advanced as they are now, that also meant there's a greater divide to how rich the rich truly live and how poor the actually poor will live.

Which is why I don't get the point in an American remake

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