Current Events > Parasite was fucking intense, could barely get through it. *Spoilers*

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Holy fuck this movie. This movie.

I'm upset that he killed the dad and essentially got away with it. What must that poor woman be going through, her husband dead her kids traumatized... the feelings of betrayal. And all because she was nice and a little simple.

The face the dad had when he picked up the bloody/ketchup napkin makes me lol every time I see it.

GOAT movie.

I also recommend Burning, which came out a year before.

It's a great movie. My only complaint was sometimes the tone would be all over the place. There were times when I'm not sure if I'm suppose to be laughing or not

I wasn't even gonna see this movie, had no interest in South Korean film at the time, but on a whim I decided to watch it to see what all the fuss was about, and by god.

Every other Bong Joon-ho movie is just as amazing as Parasite. Mother and Memories of Murder might even be better but you definitely have to be in a certain mindset for those as they're bleak as hell.

Prestoff posted...

It's a great movie. My only complaint was sometimes the tone would be all over the place. There were times when I'm not sure if I'm suppose to be laughing or not

I thought it was pretty clearly dark comedy up until it becomes borderline horror after it turns out the former maid was also involved in her own scheme with her husband living in the basement, which was so absurd that it couldn't have worked if it wasn't presented the way it was.

The movie ends with trying to make us feel sympathy for the dude because he'll never be rich... but they're damn villains, I want to know how the rich folk fared. The movie didn't even attempt to make the rich folk the villains, they were nice (and unfortunately gullible, almost weirdly so in the case of the successful businessman husband) the whole time.

Plus not only did they have good relationship as a couple, but he was going to dress up in costume for his son's birthday party? If this were an American movie it would be all about how the husband is never home and cheats on his wife and she stays at home drinking the whole time. Yet their relationship is wholesome. And at the beginning of the movie that's how it seems like it was presented with the young pretty wife randomly napping like she had narcolepsy or something

saspa posted...

The movie ends with trying to make us feel sympathy for the dude because he'll never be rich... but they're damn villains, I want to know how the rich folk fared. The movie didn't even attempt to make the rich folk the villains, they were nice (and unfortunately gullible, almost weirdly so in the case of the successful businessman husband) the whole time.

Plus not only did they have good relationship as a couple, but he was going to dress up in costume for his son's birthday party? If this were an American movie it would be all about how the husband is never home and cheats on his wife and she stays at home drinking the whole time. Yet their relationship is wholesome. And at the beginning of the movie that's how it seems like it was presented with the young pretty wife randomly napping like she had narcolepsy or something

Yeah the rich people arent made out to be the villains of the movie because they arent, in fact, the villains of the movie. The house is.

The message of the movie isnt that rich people are bad, its that the structure of society (like the architecture of the house where the maids husband lives a wretched life in the secret basement chamber, and the layout of the neighborhood with the rich people living at the top of the hill and the poor people living in a semi-basement apartment) stratifies people into classes and dehumanizes those in the lower classes. But this dehumanization, if left unchecked, eventually reflects back onto the upper class in the form of violence. And in this way the architecture of the house that we are all forced to live in harms everyone, not just those in the basement.

saspa posted...

I wasn't even gonna see this movie, had no interest in South Korean film at the time, but on a whim I decided to watch it to see what all the fuss was about, and by god.

South Korean and Japanese movies tend to be pretty good.

Should watch The Revenge trilogy.

Prestoff posted...

It's a great movie. My only complaint was sometimes the tone would be all over the place. There were times when I'm not sure if I'm suppose to be laughing or not

absurdist elements are pretty heavy in the movie and is a trademark of the director

Fuck, the evil rich dude gets away with it, doesn't he

On the one hand, I consider the protagonists to be borderline villain protagonists, but at the same time some of the family did show remorse and concern, the mother and daughter even wanted to give food to the old maid and her husband. They actually did show the slightest concern even for the people they got fired, they're not completely heartless. Even the son probably only went down to kill the maid and her husband because he thought that was what a man was "supposed" to do and wanted to make his own dad/family proud and protect them.

I wonder how accurate a portrayal the movie is of current South Korea