Know that you are not alone! This is a movie that started out quite promising and interesting, but only got worse as the story and movie went on. I found it to be a rather mediocre (6/10) movie in the end and found no signs of the so called brilliant and lauded story telling and critique on social issues etc. Not a bad movie per se, but don't believe it is nearly worth the praise it is getting.
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Contestado por znexyish
el 12 de febrero de 2020 a las 19:09
Yes thanks for bringing this up. Not horrible but far from the masterpiece it's being called. Must be a good year for South Korea, what with Parasite now. Add to that BTS getting on the Grammys and New Year's Eve Show. The message of the film I assume is better understood in SK. Just another freaky Asian film to me. One psycho family that is poor and one that is rich. Of course it all goes wrong.
Contestado por OddRob
el 12 de febrero de 2020 a las 23:19
People need to check out The Vengeance Trilogy, a series of three films, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003), and Lady Vengeance (2005), directed by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook. Now thats top notch SK cinema.
Contestado por tmdb53400018
el 15 de febrero de 2020 a las 07:28
Kim Jee-woon's I Saw the Devil (2010) doesn't have a very high rating here, but I find it to be outstanding. The dynamic between the cop and the villain is powerful. The ending choked me up, although I won't give anything away.
Contestado por OddRob
el 17 de febrero de 2020 a las 23:22
Traumatized my wife with that one. If you liked I Saw the Devil give The Chaser 2008 a try.
Contestado por tmdb53400018
el 18 de febrero de 2020 a las 08:09
Thanks, man. I'll look into it.
Contestado por movie_nazi
el 21 de febrero de 2020 a las 20:03
Well, at least I don't need to start this thread. I came here to start one very similar. I have been watching Korean cinema for years and there is FAR better out there. Kim Jee-woon's A Bittersweet Life comes to mind or any of Park Chan-wook's revenge trilogy. Hell, even Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring is a better film. Parasite was an OK film. There were some good shots in it for sure so in the cinematography department, no complaints from me. The story started off strong and was quite entertaining however it did peter out at the end. Everything just happened so fast that it wasn't believable. I think the film winning the Oscar says more about the state of Hollywood more than anything and that it is and has been for a long time creatively bankrupt. You rarely see original screenplays as good as this (as mediocre as it was) in Hollywood anymore. It's based on books and comic books and books about comic books. I just hope that if this is someone's first foray into Korean cinema that they do not get turned off and think it is all crap. The Koreans have been making great films for a long time. I highly recommend A Bittersweet Life if you can stomach gangster flicks.
Parasite (2019) - 7 outta 10 stars
Contestado por OddRob
el 21 de febrero de 2020 a las 23:20
And some more recommendations for those looking to get into Korean cinema: The Wailing (2016) The Man from Nowhere (2010) The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019) Thirst (2009) The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) Train to Busan (2016) Memoir of a Murderer (2017)
Contestado por Fergoose
el 17 de septiembre de 2022 a las 17:15
Not a hater, it was a good laugh for the first 90mins. Last 30mins did nothing for me really (a blunt exit from an intricately set up scenario) and it still had that whiff of style over substance that, in my opinion, modern South Korean film is steeped in (slightly more elevated than K-Pop, but similarly aching for mainstream appeal over all else). So it gets what I think is my joint highest score for a film from that country.
7/10