I was always a little confused by the hype surrounding this film. Then I found out that it's being remade by HBO as a miniseries.

@The_Foxcatcher said:

Its laughable to see some people hailing it as a great movie going 'Whoa!....its a movie about class difference...OMG....rich and poor stuff.....Wow!' as if movies about rich & poor were never made.

It's about class issues in South Korea which I know nothing about. Also movies about issues rarely if ever do a thing to change or improve them. The films success will make its rich backers richer, entertain film buffs, and do nothing of any substance for anyone. The old traditional American Hollywood film business is long gone. What is there has morphed into a global entertainment complex. Giving the award to Parasite whatever it's merits is an acknowledgement of that.

It looks and "moves" like an Oscar winner, esp. when the Kims' jig comes close to being up. I admire its facility at changing genres. But it also feels like Bong Joon-ho was trying to win an Academy Award.

@MongoLloyd said:

I was always a little confused by the hype surrounding this film. Then I found out that it's being remade by HBO as a miniseries.

Me too. The first time I knew about this movie was at the movie theater when I had some time to kill. Booking my movie ticket online, I saw that Parasite was jam-packed. And it was not a Hollywood flick. Of course I then bought the ticket and saw it. It was good, but also not that good. Somebody explain the hype machine operation for this film?

@The_Foxcatcher said:

It was far from deserving best picture; worth only for Best Foreign Film. Infact, 'Life is Beautiful' was much more deserving foreign film to win best picture & which sadly got defeated by 'Shakespeare in Love'.

It had good cinematography, direction, acting and very good production design. But the film didn't have any level of greatness or any extra-ordinary aspect, rather it was a one-time watch mix of contemporary story lines.

Its laughable to see some people hailing it as a great movie going 'Whoa!....its a movie about class difference...OMG....rich and poor stuff.....Wow!' as if movies about rich & poor were never made.

The first half is a typical con-men movie about a con-family invading a rich family. Influences from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels & The Heartbreakers are evident.

The sudden twist of a new character hiding in basement/bunker is a straight away influence from the Spanish movie 'The Hidden Face' & the Hollywood movie 'Don't Breathe'.

Second half is a self-indulgent psychological horror where it falls into character inconsistencies. A group of smart people capable to think & scheme a contrived plan to employ themselves in a rich family gets suddenly emotional and takes poor decisions. Suddenly falling in love with a rock, entering the basement of enemies all alone, asking a personal question once again after being warned once etc.

Infact a smart person like Kim Ki Taek who knows how to plan, lie & motivate people is a type of person who have seen the world and also know his boundary in master-servant relationship. This person should have easily understood that Park doesn't like to chat personal stuffs and now if he wants to continue to reap the benefits, he has to stay mum & maintain decorum. But no, he farts again!

I mean, he should even know that a simple deodorant could have solved his odour problem. Had his character been the weakest of Kim family i.e. naïve, timid, emotional & not smart enough like rest of the members, his actions would have made sense.

The sheer hatred, antagonism, animosity to kill Mr. Park wasn't established or rather justified. The movie ended up as a self-indulgent drama. I know some simpletons here will grasp at straws to find relevance & symbolisms by saying 'I didn't see any problem to relate the end....it happens to poor people....blahblahblah' But the fact is that the script was poor which brings to the point that even the 'Best Screenplay' was undeserving.

Otherwise a good movie from a great director (Memories of Murder, The Host, The Mother) Overall...6.5/10.

It would've been more interesting if the rich people had been conveyed as being the parasites.

I just saw this on Hulu. I have to agree, I don't get the best picture award it got. It was just ok. The first 2/3rds was promising, but the 3rd act was a mess and felt forced. I wouldn't have even put this movie in my top 10 list of 2019.

what movie did you prefer win best movie, best director or best foriegn movie?

best pic - ford v ferrari

best international - corpus christi (poland) I haven't seen it but why not.

Ford Vs Ferrari was very good... And cinematic as well... I liked Once Upon A Time In America more than I expected I would...

I haven't watched Corpus Christi.... Might check it out...