May 5, 2021·1 reply
OSCAR WINNERHow did it lessen it when I said I still love the movie?
There's multiple statements you have in this thread that give a high implication that you think the act centered around them getting the jobs is diminished. That you now consider details from that part "eye rolling". If that doesn't file under "lessened your viewing experience", idk what would
It's fine if it did, but you'd be able to better understand your own dilemna (or at least we'd be able to), if you expressed how realistic you thought the entire movie was supposed to be.
May 5, 2021
- May 5, 2021
SOul AMAZINI don't think the film is meant to be overtly realistic, it's just a necessity to get the plot going.
Nah definitely. But at the same time where do we draw the line? I just know that if the second half of the movie wasn’t as strong then a lot of this stuff would be discussed more
- May 5, 2021·1 replyOSCAR WINNER
You guys do realize you can love/like something while discussing certain parts you disliked or thought could be improved on
I swear yall niggas have this “dick ride” or “hate” mentality
It's mildly ironic, bc I only implied that you liked it less due to the gripe you have. I operated under the same spectrum concept
- May 5, 2021Rigb
There's multiple statements you have in this thread that give a high implication that you think the act centered around them getting the jobs is diminished. That you now consider details from that part "eye rolling". If that doesn't file under "lessened your viewing experience", idk what would
It's fine if it did, but you'd be able to better understand your own dilemna (or at least we'd be able to), if you expressed how realistic you thought the entire movie was supposed to be.
Not realism in the sense that it has to perfectly mimic actual life. Cus even the whole guy living in the basement can be viewed as “unrealistic”
That’s actually a great example of an unrealistic event still coming off perfectly fine.
I’m more so touching on the fact that a few scenes could of been worked a bit better. Best example is the daughter leaving her panties in the car and the rich dad firing the driver, how convenient, just as the daughter magically planned. To me that doesn’t come across as creative storytelling, more so a cheap way to get the poor dad a job and move the story forward.
May 5, 2021·2 repliesI thought the idea was that they perceived the son as such a good tutor that they’d strongly consider his recommendations.
The examples that you listed aren’t exactly left field either. The movie gives reasonings as to why the wife would want to believe the drivers a freak apposed to her husband who treats her distantly. Same with the maid situation.
- May 5, 2021001
the movie is literally listed under black comedy/satire
I’m glad you can read certain things.
May 5, 2021·1 reply
TheWanderingStarsGuess what? A lot of good films rely on unrealistic s***. I mean who the f*** heard Charles Foster Kane whisper “Rosebud”? Nobody was in the room when he died. But “Citizen Kane” is still a masterpiece. Remember “Vertigo”? The plot is actually stupid as f***. But it’s a masterpiece. “Parasite” has an unrealistic plot but it’s a very good film, focus on its critique of American soft power and capitalism.
it doesn't even do a good job at critiquing capitalism, so this doesn't even make sense.
- May 5, 2021·edited·1 replyMUNCH KHING
I thought the idea was that they perceived the son as such a good tutor that they’d strongly consider his recommendations.
The examples that you listed aren’t exactly left field either. The movie gives reasonings as to why the wife would want to believe the drivers a freak apposed to her husband who treats her distantly. Same with the maid situation.
The son didn’t recommend the dad driving or the mom to be housekeeper...
- May 5, 2021MUNCH KHING
I thought the idea was that they perceived the son as such a good tutor that they’d strongly consider his recommendations.
The examples that you listed aren’t exactly left field either. The movie gives reasonings as to why the wife would want to believe the drivers a freak apposed to her husband who treats her distantly. Same with the maid situation.
The movie reasoning was “the mom is simple”
So you firing a maid who’s been there 10 plus years (or however long) just cus some new nigga said “she got TB”......it’s a little ridiculous fam even for a movie
- May 5, 2021Rigb
It's mildly ironic, bc I only implied that you liked it less due to the gripe you have. I operated under the same spectrum concept
If you mean from a technical standpoint that I like the movie a little less, like it’s a 8.5/10 instead of a 10/10....then ok yea sure.
I read your comment as if the movie isn’t enjoyable to me now. My bad.
- May 5, 2021·2 repliesOSCAR WINNER· edited
The son didn’t recommend the dad driving or the mom to be housekeeper...
I haven’t seen the movie since it came out but I know for a fact he’s the reason for his sister in, who’s the reason for the father
The mother being afraid of someone with a contagious and deadly disease being their nanny isn’t far fetched. Especially when there’s evidence, planted or otherwise
- May 5, 2021·2 repliesMUNCH KHING
I haven’t seen the movie since it came out but I know for a fact he’s the reason for his sister in, who’s the reason for the father
The mother being afraid of someone with a contagious and deadly disease being their nanny isn’t far fetched. Especially when there’s evidence, planted or otherwise
It’s definitely massively far fetched for a rich family to just blindly listen to one person telling them who to hire and then not even consider anyone else, let alone not even run a background check lol
- May 5, 2021MUNCH KHING
I haven’t seen the movie since it came out but I know for a fact he’s the reason for his sister in, who’s the reason for the father
The mother being afraid of someone with a contagious and deadly disease being their nanny isn’t far fetched. Especially when there’s evidence, planted or otherwise
Yeah he got the sister in. That part was believable enough.
Lol bro the evidence was the nigga saying “she got TB”
and the maid conveniently going to the trash can right as they got home so the poor dad could sneakily put hot sauce on the napkin 
Yeah it looks cute but c’mon
- May 5, 2021Reformed
It’s definitely massively far fetched for a rich family to just blindly listen to one person telling them who to hire and then not even consider anyone else, let alone not even run a background check lol
THANK YOU lmaoooo. But lemme chill cus “iTS a mOViE ItS saTiRe”
- May 5, 2021·2 repliesOSCAR WINNER
I’m watching this movie for like the 100th time, and I still love it and I get it’s a movie but the way the poor family infiltrates the rich family to get jobs seems a little too convenient and eye rolling at times. Anyone else agree? (More so with the mom and dad)
I know the Rich mom is suppose to be “simple” but it seems like a plot device to make the schemes more believable that it would only work on her.
Idk it just seems hard to believe that a family struggling to get jobs all sudden just get good jobs 1 after the other like it’s nothing. Entertaining yes. Especially since it all goes to s*** at the midpoint. But the 1st half of the movie is a little ehh the more I watch it.
Thoughts?
na this post acc made me think about it more.
this movie's deeper meaning is that it's a criticism of capitalism, inspired (i think) by the increase of income inequality in south korea.
the issue i have with the movie and the message is that it's not that i dont disagree with it, but rather when you have such a significant idea that you want the watcher to think about using literary devices like you said in op, it deters them from actually viewing the movie in the specific way the director wanted it to be viewed in.
for example if my message in a movie is that capitalism is evil, and i use really unrealistic plot points to push this agenda it causes the watcher to not really care about the meaning.
idk if this makes sense but you in the right here that the movie does use a lot of literary devices to push the message, which is why you feel this way imo.
- May 5, 2021kusa
na this post acc made me think about it more.
this movie's deeper meaning is that it's a criticism of capitalism, inspired (i think) by the increase of income inequality in south korea.
the issue i have with the movie and the message is that it's not that i dont disagree with it, but rather when you have such a significant idea that you want the watcher to think about using literary devices like you said in op, it deters them from actually viewing the movie in the specific way the director wanted it to be viewed in.
for example if my message in a movie is that capitalism is evil, and i use really unrealistic plot points to push this agenda it causes the watcher to not really care about the meaning.
idk if this makes sense but you in the right here that the movie does use a lot of literary devices to push the message, which is why you feel this way imo.
This is 100% so spot on and it’s actually an issue I have with A LOT of movies nowadays
Liberal filmmakers so often these days have zero creativity or passion in the films they’re making. They just want to preach agendas at us and they just push extremely convenient and heavy handed storytelling to manipulate their audience with their agendas.
Critics destroyed Gods not Dead but honestly the storytelling of Parasite isn’t that far off from that s***.
- May 5, 2021kusa
na this post acc made me think about it more.
this movie's deeper meaning is that it's a criticism of capitalism, inspired (i think) by the increase of income inequality in south korea.
the issue i have with the movie and the message is that it's not that i dont disagree with it, but rather when you have such a significant idea that you want the watcher to think about using literary devices like you said in op, it deters them from actually viewing the movie in the specific way the director wanted it to be viewed in.
for example if my message in a movie is that capitalism is evil, and i use really unrealistic plot points to push this agenda it causes the watcher to not really care about the meaning.
idk if this makes sense but you in the right here that the movie does use a lot of literary devices to push the message, which is why you feel this way imo.
Yeah bro I agree 100%. When I first watched I definitely wasn’t thinking about the “deeper meaning” behind the movie. My first reaction was “oh this is entertaining, damn the mom that dumb?, damn these folks are cons, OH S*** There’s a nigga in the basement!, oh s*** this kid bout to die from his own rock”
- May 5, 2021·1 replyReformed
It’s definitely massively far fetched for a rich family to just blindly listen to one person telling them who to hire and then not even consider anyone else, let alone not even run a background check lol
I direct you to my first post about this.
There are simple enough people in the world, there are very trusting people in the world.
The situation really not wild enough to nitpick it that heavily
May 5, 2021·1 replyOSCAR WINNERBecause of what I mentioned or other reasons?
Went in blind when i first watched it just knowing it was being hyped to the skies and was left confused after it was finished. Thought it was just a decent comedy.
Felt like too much emphasis was being put on the underlying theme of the film, something no one is going to catch while actually watching it lets be real. Film has to be really that good while you're watching it to deserve all that hype imo, not just after you've watched a rapgenius tier explanation on youtube.
May 5, 2021·1 replyReformedone of the most contrived films I have seen in recent memory
Its ridiculousness would've maybe sat better with me if they didn't try to make me sympathize with these main characters and make me feel sorry for them at the end. Its themes on capitalism and the wealth gap also just kind of ring hollow when they essentially make the main family some f***in world class spies and the rich family a bunch of simpletons who embody 1940s esque sexist stereotypes (the mom is a ditsy housewife and the daughter is just a stupid h**** schoolgirl). Its very regressive and Bong falls for typical Hollywood tactics (honestly makes me feel he made this movie to get into favor with them, the HBO partnership is telling also) in how he tries to turn poverty into entertainment.
highly doubt they wanted you to feel sorry for the main characters lol
- May 5, 2021·1 replyMUNCH KHING
I direct you to my first post about this.
There are simple enough people in the world, there are very trusting people in the world.
The situation really not wild enough to nitpick it that heavily
I hope you realize your statement contradicts itself.
So there’s trusting people in the world yet she wouldn’t trust her maid she’s known wayyyyyy longer than this random new guy?
- May 5, 2021·1 replySlingshot
highly doubt they wanted you to feel sorry for the main characters lol
You don’t think so? I think it’s pretty apparent when the perspective is on them and they’re portrayed as the smartest people in the world with zero flaws and then we see them constantly put in positions where they’re suffering or even near death.
Even the ending tries to position the son as noble in his mission to dedicate his life to eventually saving his father
- May 5, 2021Reformed
You don’t think so? I think it’s pretty apparent when the perspective is on them and they’re portrayed as the smartest people in the world with zero flaws and then we see them constantly put in positions where they’re suffering or even near death.
Even the ending tries to position the son as noble in his mission to dedicate his life to eventually saving his father
to me the script paints everyone as a victim
Im not in the type headspace rn to dive into why I disagree tho so bleh
- May 5, 2021·1 replyAight
Went in blind when i first watched it just knowing it was being hyped to the skies and was left confused after it was finished. Thought it was just a decent comedy.
Felt like too much emphasis was being put on the underlying theme of the film, something no one is going to catch while actually watching it lets be real. Film has to be really that good while you're watching it to deserve all that hype imo, not just after you've watched a rapgenius tier explanation on youtube.
Honestly that’s when the theme kicked in for me, after getting into discussions with others about it.
I have no problem with that, watching something so layered that it takes a few views to get it. But sometimes I question “is that the theme cus it actually is, or are people just saying it is so I believe them”