'Parasite' won the Oscar for "Best Picture." I couldn't be more disgusted.

[ZF Lee]

Sounds like a great movie for a film study class... sociologically, it sounds like both parties can be perceived parasitically, both operating out of self-interest (hey, don't we all) and hence, why it makes for a good movie per the reviews. I'm also interested in watching the cultural aspects as Asian culture is very "slowlane" get a job oriented, while America, still has some entrepreneurial bones.

No I haven't seen the movie, but now my curiosity is peaked!

George Gilder covered this movie in his emails.

He also complained about how the rich are made into villains.

He said something like, 'Don't you know how the rich have to worry about managing the employees to be put to good roles, and worrying about how to pay them?

And don't the lesser ones get the opportunity to at least display their ingenuity to make market value out of what they can offer?'

 

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[VentureVoyager]

but it admittedly didn't get my full attention after the first 20 minutes because I was so turned off by the beginning: which seemed to be glorifying (or at least wanting you to sympathize with) their parasitic behavior.

I don't know man, it's a bit like saying that American History X sympathizes with the Nazi....
Not really.

 

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[LightningHelix]

The movie is quite deep .I liked it in parts :
- In most part you will see the rich guy going up using stairs or elevator . While the poor guy/family going down .A good allegory .
- Poor guy live in dark/damp places while rich live in shiny/sunlit places .
- In a way the rich family is the actual parasite in the movie (or that's what I understood ) .
- The saddest scene was the last scene in which the protagonist is trying to figure out the way to buy rich guy's house. And with his current work it will take 460+ years to buy that place. In a way it reinforces the slow-lane thinking that a poor can never even think of buying a great house. (I was beating my head on this scene. I was thinking wish I could give him M J's book and tell him that there is a way to buy that house very fast ha ha)

My thinking is that kid will probably not learn even when presented with an alternative. He says "he'll figure out somehow a way to accumulate the money to buy that house." (Probably through means of another scam, after all I think the theme is people like that will never learn.) But then we cut to him back in the present with nothing. It leaves us to question whether he actually figures out a way to do it or not. He "imagines" how its going to play out, but I think its up to the audience whether or not he makes it.

 

[ChrisV]

The crazy left-turn towards the climax was a bit jarring and out of character. Not great but not terrible of a movie.

Yea, that left turn really screwed me up.

Or The Irishman which was also great. Forget Oscars, that movie should be preserved in the library of congress.

The Irishman was an undeniable classic. But that goes for pretty much anything Scorsese touches.

 

[ChrisV]

Bro...are you joking...? Parasite is one of the most intelligent, nuanced movies ever... it has so many meaningful, deep and thought-provoking messages....just watch this (Spoiler alert) and maybe you will understand....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kx-gSK2C2Q

I don't know... maybe this just isn't a good film for capitalists. Mr Parks is a CEO. CEO work is more important to the market than being a driver, therefore it pays more. You get paid in proportion to the service you provide to people. The poor family are a bunch of con-artists who provide no value to people and feel entitled to wealth and that wealth should just be handed to them.

That this scene for instance:

View: https://youtu.be/ZNFdGfouBh0?t=178


1/4 of the boxes she was supposed to fold were messed up. Her employer docked her 10%. Do the math. Really she should have just taken the good ones, docked 25% and it would have been fair. Instead the employer gave her more than she should have gotten and she was still pissed off.

These people swindle their way through life and steal and provide very little value and it's no wonder they're in that financial situation.

I don't know... maybe I'll watch it again some day, but for me it's really just a socialist circlejerk.

 

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[ChrisV]

Are we really even surprised anymore?

I probably shouldn't be, but the movies that win Academy Awards are usually very good. The only ones I saw this year were Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and The Irishman, which were both amazing. I'm sure Parasite is a great film, it's just that the political message is so disgusting.

It's kind of poetically ironic... extremely talented, wealthy men like Martin Scorsese cheering for a movie implying that wealthy people have no talent.

1917 Should have won all the awards. (My biased opinion since I haven't seen Parasite.) But 1917 was so unique. I was very impressed.

I haven't seen it yet, but I'll add it to my list.

 

[ChrisV]

Plus, wasn't this weeks ago?

Because I just decided to check out the movie last night to see what the buzz was about.

 

[100k]

Have you seen the movie?

It's actually a decent movie. What didn't you like about it? Why do you call it disgusting ?

 

[being.simon]

I wonder if youve even seen the movie because you’ve utterly misread it.

Actually the rich are shown as quite nice people and the poor as quite scummy. And then there’s a third party you didn’t even mention that is shown to be the actual parasite, although the whole point of the movie is that’s it’s unclear who’s actually parasitic, if anyone. The director didn’t take any sides and there’s many ways to read it.

Infact I saw a socialist hating the movie just as much as you because he saw the movie and thought the movie was sympathizing with the rich!!! Just goes to show how much you’re projecting.

It’s a pity your nonsense here has turned off a lot of people from seeing an otherwise fantastic and immensely enjoyable movie. And shame on those other people for being influenced so easily.

Suit yourselves, I guess.

 

[Tubs]

The only thing I knew of Parasite until this thread was its title. I thought it was some epic Korean horror flick involving human feasting parasites.

Well I can cross that one off the list to watch. So sad.

I was thinking the same thing for some reason

 

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[gryfny]

Waves is the movie of 2019

I'll check it out. My current pick would be The Joker for sure.

 

[being.simon]

Too bad it is now impossible for enlightened people to find other sources of information, either confirming or contradicting Chris' opinion. Yes, nobody will ever watch it now, alas. All over for that movie, and the director and the actors will obviously starve. Chris, how dare you share an opinion? Good heavens.

@Rabby

Too bad aforementioned people don’t seem very enlightened

Too bad it wasn’t even his own opinion but a misinformed article stated as fact ‍:/

 

[Ved Vardhan]

The movie is quite deep .I liked it in parts :
- In most part you will see the rich guy going up using stairs or elevator . While the poor guy/family going down .A good allegory .
- Poor guy live in dark/damp places while rich live in shiny/sunlit places .
- In a way the rich family is the actual parasite in the movie (or that's what I understood ) .
- The saddest scene was the last scene in which the protagonist is trying to figure out the way to buy rich guy's house. And with his current work it will take 460+ years to buy that place. In a way it reinforces the slow-lane thinking that a poor can never even think of buying a great house. (I was beating my head on this scene. I was thinking wish I could give him M J's book and tell him that there is a way to buy that house very fast ha ha)

 

[Departed]

Bro...are you joking...? Parasite is one of the most intelligent, nuanced movies ever... it has so many meaningful, deep and thought-provoking messages....just watch this (Spoiler alert) and maybe you will understand....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kx-gSK2C2Q

 

[Rabby]

Bro...are you joking...? Parasite is one of the most intelligent, nuanced movies ever... it has so many meaningful, deep and thought-provoking messages....just watch this (Spoiler alert) and maybe you will understand....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kx-gSK2C2Q

"...the labor that capitalists must exploit to maintain their lavish lifestyle..." Oh boy, let's quote Mussolini next.

 

[Departed]

I don't know... maybe this just isn't a good film for capitalists. Mr Parks is a CEO. CEO work is more important to the market than being a driver, therefore it pays more. You get paid in proportion to the service you provide to people. The poor family are a bunch of con-artists who provide no value to people and feel entitled to wealth and that wealth should just be handed to them.

That this scene for instance:

View: https://youtu.be/ZNFdGfouBh0?t=178


1/4 of the boxes she was supposed to fold were messed up. Her employer docked her 10%. Do the math. Really she should have just taken the good ones, docked 25% and it would have been fair. Instead the employer gave her more than she should have gotten and she was still pissed off.

These people swindle their way through life and steal and provide very little value and it's no wonder they're in that financial situation.

I don't know... maybe I'll watch it again some day, but for me it's really just a socialist circlejerk.

My perception was that they movie is actually not just "selling" one side of the story (socialist vs. capitalist). In contrast to 90% of hollywood movies (the brave american soldier that is saving the world vs. the evil terrorist). The scene you have described is a perfect example for that. I mean...the movie is called "Parasite"....look how the poor family is portrayed during the first half of the movie....they are lazy, they lie etc. but they are the bottom of the barrel...how much can they improve their lives in that kind of society by e.g. just working hard...? Of course, the hollywood version of that would be: they would just continue to fold boxes and build a box-folding billion-dollar company... Anyways, at the end of the day...all protagonists in the movie are "Parasites" in one way or another...we all can only afford to live the way we live because everyone plays their part. And catastrophes (climate change, covid etc..) will sooner or later have a disruptive impact on the way our societies function...(what will happen if 1,5 billion Africans will be forced to migrate due to droughts etc.)

 

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