Originally Posted by
Volband
Parasite is awesome. I am seriously impressed with Boong Joon-ho, because I can't even say anything bad about it. It's easily a 10/10, but not necessarily because it would have been impossible to do better, but rather because what it wanted to do, it did perfectly, without any bullshit, and it felt like every fucking shot, every fucking sentence mattered.
Also, it struck an amazing mixture of being accessible and artistic. It doesn't feel cheap, nor pretentious. I've read some reviews, and I am not even sure if I 100% agree with who this movie criticizes, because in a way, every single character (bar the children, as they are just that) can be liked or hated. I mean, if you tell me before the movie that one of the main characters will be a dirty rich, gullible and simple lady, I would have been so annoyed, but the superb writing, acting and cinematography made me like her the most.
I've been already in awe from Boong Joon-ho's previous work, The Host, one of my favorite movies, but Parasite just strengthened my belief that he is amazing, so I am going to have to go through his entire film catalogue, which is sadly not too big, so I'm going to have to savior it. Then I can pretend for 1 month that I am a movie expert.
Anyway, definitely recommended for everyone. The biggest drawback of the movie are probably the flattering reviews like mine (it has 100% on RT after 100+ reviews), because once again, a 10/10 can mean different things for everyone, so don't go in with an "I'm gonna show them!!" attitude, it's fine if you just enjoyed it, and not really fucking enjoyed it.