Parasite

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it have subtitles?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Watched with my 18 yr. old daughter. End of the movie she looked at me and said “I am having a really hard time grasping the message of this movie”. Any insight? The stench of poverty is something one can never be rid of? There is a difference in moral quality between the haves and have nots? Attaining success when you start from a basement dwelling family can never be more than fantasy? When desperate and you look to the leadership (patriarch) to have a plan to transcend there is no such plan from the patriarch? Impoverished are parasites of the well to do? What messages did you come away with after watching this film?

[Anonymous]

It's kind of like the Korean version of The Talented Mr Ripley but funnier. I mean except for the end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watched with my 18 yr. old daughter. End of the movie she looked at me and said “I am having a really hard time grasping the message of this movie”. Any insight? The stench of poverty is something one can never be rid of? There is a difference in moral quality between the haves and have nots? Attaining success when you start from a basement dwelling family can never be more than fantasy? When desperate and you look to the leadership (patriarch) to have a plan to transcend there is no such plan from the patriarch? Impoverished are parasites of the well to do? What messages did you come away with after watching this film?

Some people are merely survivors - by any means necessary, and if it means lashing out at those they perceive to have more, so be it.

Classic good v. evil, regardless of caste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watched with my 18 yr. old daughter. End of the movie she looked at me and said “I am having a really hard time grasping the message of this movie”. Any insight? The stench of poverty is something one can never be rid of? There is a difference in moral quality between the haves and have nots? Attaining success when you start from a basement dwelling family can never be more than fantasy? When desperate and you look to the leadership (patriarch) to have a plan to transcend there is no such plan from the patriarch? Impoverished are parasites of the well to do? What messages did you come away with after watching this film?

"A fool and his money are soon parted" (Meaning me and the $13 cost of ticket)

[Anonymous]

We really liked it. It was a strange trippy movie for sure. To go from laughing at the beginning, to being totally horrified at the end....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Watched with my 18 yr. old daughter. End of the movie she looked at me and said “I am having a really hard time grasping the message of this movie”. Any insight? The stench of poverty is something one can never be rid of? There is a difference in moral quality between the haves and have nots? Attaining success when you start from a basement dwelling family can never be more than fantasy? When desperate and you look to the leadership (patriarch) to have a plan to transcend there is no such plan from the patriarch? Impoverished are parasites of the well to do? What messages did you come away with after watching this film?

Some people are merely survivors - by any means necessary, and if it means lashing out at those they perceive to have more, so be it.

Classic good v. evil, regardless of caste.

Well it also raises the question of who is the parasite. The obvious answer is the poor family/families, but the rich family is also parasitic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Watched with my 18 yr. old daughter. End of the movie she looked at me and said “I am having a really hard time grasping the message of this movie”. Any insight? The stench of poverty is something one can never be rid of? There is a difference in moral quality between the haves and have nots? Attaining success when you start from a basement dwelling family can never be more than fantasy? When desperate and you look to the leadership (patriarch) to have a plan to transcend there is no such plan from the patriarch? Impoverished are parasites of the well to do? What messages did you come away with after watching this film?

Some people are merely survivors - by any means necessary, and if it means lashing out at those they perceive to have more, so be it.

Classic good v. evil, regardless of caste.

Well it also raises the question of who is the parasite. The obvious answer is the poor family/families, but the rich family is also parasitic.

I disagree. The wealthy family did absolutely nothing to warrant that description. They employed that whole family, even if they didn't know they were all one family. They compensated them well, and treated them with the utmost respect. Let's not forget they also had another parasite living in their basement.

[Anonymous]

I’ve heard great things but can’t find it. Where is it streaming?

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Anonymous wrote:Watched with my 18 yr. old daughter. End of the movie she looked at me and said “I am having a really hard time grasping the message of this movie”. Any insight? The stench of poverty is something one can never be rid of? There is a difference in moral quality between the haves and have nots? Attaining success when you start from a basement dwelling family can never be more than fantasy? When desperate and you look to the leadership (patriarch) to have a plan to transcend there is no such plan from the patriarch? Impoverished are parasites of the well to do? What messages did you come away with after watching this film?

Some people are merely survivors - by any means necessary, and if it means lashing out at those they perceive to have more, so be it.

Classic good v. evil, regardless of caste.

Well it also raises the question of who is the parasite. The obvious answer is the poor family/families, but the rich family is also parasitic.

I disagree. The wealthy family did absolutely nothing to warrant that description. They employed that whole family, even if they didn't know they were all one family. They compensated them well, and treated them with the utmost respect. Let's not forget they also had another parasite living in their basement.

Did they? I mean on the driver and maid salaries, would the parents have been able to send their kids to college to attain a life similar to what the rich family had? And didn’t it disturb you just a bit how they didn’t want to get to know any of them as people? They ignored what was right in front of their eyes (that they all smelled the same because they lived together, or that their old maid had a husband living in their basement). If they had asked these people a little bit about themselves and spoken to them as people rather than just the help, they probably would have figured it out. And don’t forget, the Sister was dying in their lawn but instead they only wanted to take the little boy with a pretty minor episode to the hospital. And the rich family treated their son like a prince and their daughter like garbage, worse than their dogs.

I liked that the movie doesn’t have a clear villain and hero. Yes true poor family was definitely worse but as they said... “if I was rich I’d be nice too.” The more you think about it, the more you realize it’s not clear cut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard great things but can’t find it. Where is it streaming?

You can pay for it on Amazon Prime. It’s not streaming for free anywhere yet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Watched with my 18 yr. old daughter. End of the movie she looked at me and said “I am having a really hard time grasping the message of this movie”. Any insight? The stench of poverty is something one can never be rid of? There is a difference in moral quality between the haves and have nots? Attaining success when you start from a basement dwelling family can never be more than fantasy? When desperate and you look to the leadership (patriarch) to have a plan to transcend there is no such plan from the patriarch? Impoverished are parasites of the well to do? What messages did you come away with after watching this film?

Some people are merely survivors - by any means necessary, and if it means lashing out at those they perceive to have more, so be it.

Classic good v. evil, regardless of caste.

. No the house is the parasite feeding off those who come in it and get stuck in the basement

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Anonymous wrote:Watched with my 18 yr. old daughter. End of the movie she looked at me and said “I am having a really hard time grasping the message of this movie”. Any insight? The stench of poverty is something one can never be rid of? There is a difference in moral quality between the haves and have nots? Attaining success when you start from a basement dwelling family can never be more than fantasy? When desperate and you look to the leadership (patriarch) to have a plan to transcend there is no such plan from the patriarch? Impoverished are parasites of the well to do? What messages did you come away with after watching this film?

Some people are merely survivors - by any means necessary, and if it means lashing out at those they perceive to have more, so be it.

Classic good v. evil, regardless of caste.

Well it also raises the question of who is the parasite. The obvious answer is the poor family/families, but the rich family is also parasitic.

I disagree. The wealthy family did absolutely nothing to warrant that description. They employed that whole family, even if they didn't know they were all one family. They compensated them well, and treated them with the utmost respect. Let's not forget they also had another parasite living in their basement.

Did they? I mean on the driver and maid salaries, would the parents have been able to send their kids to college to attain a life similar to what the rich family had? And didn’t it disturb you just a bit how they didn’t want to get to know any of them as people? They ignored what was right in front of their eyes (that they all smelled the same because they lived together, or that their old maid had a husband living in their basement). If they had asked these people a little bit about themselves and spoken to them as people rather than just the help, they probably would have figured it out. And don’t forget, the Sister was dying in their lawn but instead they only wanted to take the little boy with a pretty minor episode to the hospital. And the rich family treated their son like a prince and their daughter like garbage, worse than their dogs.

I liked that the movie doesn’t have a clear villain and hero. Yes true poor family was definitely worse but as they said... “if I was rich I’d be nice too.” The more you think about it, the more you realize it’s not clear cut.

ah yes, all good points PP.

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Anonymous wrote:Watched with my 18 yr. old daughter. End of the movie she looked at me and said “I am having a really hard time grasping the message of this movie”. Any insight? The stench of poverty is something one can never be rid of? There is a difference in moral quality between the haves and have nots? Attaining success when you start from a basement dwelling family can never be more than fantasy? When desperate and you look to the leadership (patriarch) to have a plan to transcend there is no such plan from the patriarch? Impoverished are parasites of the well to do? What messages did you come away with after watching this film?

Some people are merely survivors - by any means necessary, and if it means lashing out at those they perceive to have more, so be it.

Classic good v. evil, regardless of caste.

Well it also raises the question of who is the parasite. The obvious answer is the poor family/families, but the rich family is also parasitic.

I disagree. The wealthy family did absolutely nothing to warrant that description. They employed that whole family, even if they didn't know they were all one family. They compensated them well, and treated them with the utmost respect. Let's not forget they also had another parasite living in their basement.

Did they? I mean on the driver and maid salaries, would the parents have been able to send their kids to college to attain a life similar to what the rich family had? And didn’t it disturb you just a bit how they didn’t want to get to know any of them as people? They ignored what was right in front of their eyes (that they all smelled the same because they lived together, or that their old maid had a husband living in their basement). If they had asked these people a little bit about themselves and spoken to them as people rather than just the help, they probably would have figured it out. And don’t forget, the Sister was dying in their lawn but instead they only wanted to take the little boy with a pretty minor episode to the hospital. And the rich family treated their son like a prince and their daughter like garbage, worse than their dogs.

I liked that the movie doesn’t have a clear villain and hero. Yes true poor family was definitely worse but as they said... “if I was rich I’d be nice too.” The more you think about it, the more you realize it’s not clear cut.

I'm the one who said the rich family is also parasitic. Don't forget how they called the poor family and demanded they come to the house for this extravagant birthday party, while they were in the evacuation shelter. They were feeding off those who needed them.

A quick google search tells me the director shares this perspective:

https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/palme-d-or-winner-bong-joon-ho-rich-people-are-parasites-too-1.875141

Through a series of mishaps and surprising twists (that the director has pleaded with journalists not to reveal) more members of the poor family get to walk up the stairs – and as they do so, Bong questions who is leeching off of whom in contemporary society. Parasite shows that for a capitalist society to work and not fall into anarchy, the relationship between the rich and poor is interdependent.

“The rich family are the ones who pull the poor families into their homes. They can’t do anything on their own, they have to rely on others to wash their dishes, to drive, all these menial tasks, so in terms of labour, you could say the rich family are parasites as well,” Bong argues.

[Anonymous]

So disappointed. Most of plot was absurd. There was nothing deep or impactful about it. More pseudo intellectualism from Hollywood.

Synopsis: rich people are stupid and shallow, poor people are cruel and deceitful, everyone is self-absorbed, yawn

For a movie celebrated over its class issues, it was full of trite stereotypes and not at all provocative