*PARASITE* blew my mind...

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  • @DelindaArts
    @DelindaArts Před 2 lety +2438

    it still amazes me how the sound of a doorbell literally changed the tone of the whole film

    • @a1001ku
      @a1001ku Před 2 lety +430

      Fun fact: The doorbell happens at the exact half point of the movie, making the movie literally half comedy - half horror.

    • @kaylin9155
      @kaylin9155 Před 2 lety +125

      Right? It's so ominous sounding. And I remember them using the doorbell sound in the trailer to shift the tone of the trailer. So when the doorbell rang in the film, I felt a chill crawl up my spine because I knew things were about to get weird.

    • @P0lkoli
      @P0lkoli Před 2 lety +51

      That is genius-level arrangement of scenes. Just the creativity to plan that ahead

    • @NicolasMorus
      @NicolasMorus Před 2 lety +1

      @@a1001ku down to the second?

    • @cutiepieella4492
      @cutiepieella4492 Před 2 lety +18

      @@NicolasMorus don’t think the second but exactly halfway to the minute

  • @liamgallagher3833
    @liamgallagher3833 Před 2 lety +1691

    Fun fact: this film is broken into two acts instead of the traditional three. The point it switches is when the doorbell rings…which is EXACTLY at the midpoint of the script. Bong is a master.

    • @MOONFALLx.
      @MOONFALLx. Před 2 lety +21

      Midpoint of the film too
      Exactly at 1 hr 3 mins

    • @jsmithers.
      @jsmithers. Před 2 lety +3

      @@MOONFALLx. Cry 🤡

    • @tigerjonn
      @tigerjonn Před 2 lety +14

      I dont think this is right... The movie actually fits the 3 act structure perfectly imo...
      1st act creating the world - Ends with the scene when the housekeeper is leaving the house with her suitcase cause she got pushed out by the new family.
      2nd act - problems arise - starts with the new family taking over and the rich family leaves for the camping trip. It ends when the poor family leave the rich house and find their house flooded and the son is holding onto the rock in the gym...
      3rd act - wrapping everything up - Starts as the rich family invites everyone to the party and the party.

    • @JRHainsworth
      @JRHainsworth Před rokem +3

      For me, the flip was the reveal of the secret passage and the housekeeper calling for her husband. I went cold.

    • @mgms2000
      @mgms2000 Před rokem +7

      ​@@jsmithers. ?

  • @luisenriqueascoyjr.7070
    @luisenriqueascoyjr.7070 Před 2 lety +1181

    The guy survived because the rock of “prosperity” was hollow. Such a great movie!!!

    • @tucci06
      @tucci06 Před 2 lety +250

      Also presumably why it floated during the flood.

    • @brucedoyle4055
      @brucedoyle4055 Před 2 lety +51

      Still sounded heavy as fuck when it fell down the stairs like a legit rock... and the way he carried it doesn't look light. Idk about the Hollow part.

    • @GoCrazyBaby3
      @GoCrazyBaby3 Před 2 lety +5

      Ohhh I didn’t even think of that

    • @focus-nct1279
      @focus-nct1279 Před 2 lety +11

      @@brucedoyle4055 it floated

    • @donkeydarko77
      @donkeydarko77 Před 2 lety +25

      @@brucedoyle4055 It was "heavy" for the poor only.

  • @josefranco9549
    @josefranco9549 Před 2 lety +1340

    the director said that he thought the movie is a "tragedy" and that the son would have to work like 400 or 500 years to be able to buy the house. As for the part where they coach the father to kick out the housekeeper, I read that in Korea that part had an extra layer of comedy because the father is played by a very experienced actor, while the son is a new one, so its not "the son coaching the father on how to act" but also "the new actor coaching the veteran on how to act", this film has double meanings like this all over the place

    • @tomdavoine4707
      @tomdavoine4707 Před 2 lety +104

      Yes, Song-Kang Ho who plays the father is probably in the top 3 korean actors, you can find him in almost all the great movies

    • @ADifferentVibe
      @ADifferentVibe Před 2 lety +82

      @@tomdavoine4707 he's like the Robert De Niro of South Korean movies. To me, he should've been nominated for Best Supporting Oscar in this film. Stole every scene he's in.

    • @KyleS3m3noff
      @KyleS3m3noff Před 2 lety +59

      Song Kang Ho is one of the finest actors of his generation. And I'm speaking internationally, not just in Korea.

    • @WuMyth
      @WuMyth Před 2 lety +13

      lol the ‘new actor training a veteran actor’ is more a fun fact than a ‘double meaning’ lmao

    • @jsmithers.
      @jsmithers. Před 2 lety +1

      @@KyleS3m3noff No.

  • @chiffon788
    @chiffon788 Před 2 lety +701

    9:10 “Loved the lightbulbs coming on one by one, that was cool.”
    Yeah Natalie... Super cool.

  • @rizalfadhlurrahman6622
    @rizalfadhlurrahman6622 Před 2 lety +1856

    one metaphor that i loved from this movie was the "smell". Poverty is not something that people can help. They cannot just get rich instantly like some people think. It stays, sometimes through generations. Sometimes you can't wash away a smell, because that's the smell you were born with. You're family smelled like that, your house smelled like that. You can't escape it.

    • @ADifferentVibe
      @ADifferentVibe Před 2 lety +157

      Also when we see Mr. Park's body in the dirt towards the end, you see a fly landing on it. Nice touch to show that no matter how rich or poor is someone, we all end up in the same place and even nature can't tell the difference. Brilliant.

    • @adambarker9524
      @adambarker9524 Před 2 lety +96

      Also that poverty keeps you poor. Poverty is expensive. If you smell bad because you are poor, you can't get a job if your boss can't stand the smell. The main take away I took from the smell is that Mr. Park can't stand their mere presence around him.

    • @blakestewart5573
      @blakestewart5573 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ADifferentVibe o

    • @karlluigi1987
      @karlluigi1987 Před 2 lety +4

      it's not just a metaphor, the people that leaves in the same place, usually smell the same..

    • @damianl680
      @damianl680 Před 2 lety

      Fuck that we were poor but we never stank or were dirty

  • @franksanchez8111
    @franksanchez8111 Před 2 lety +683

    I love that the families in this movie aren't 100% good, neither 100% evil. They are just people.
    They have flaws, product of their enviroment and way to live. Just like human beings.

    • @rsolsjo
      @rsolsjo Před 2 lety +34

      Korean films are great at having a full emotional range. Watch Squid Game too, amazing spectrum of emotions throughout.

    • @franksanchez8111
      @franksanchez8111 Před 2 lety +32

      @@rsolsjo when you lose the fear to subtitles it opens a universe of great movies 🖤

    • @rsolsjo
      @rsolsjo Před 2 lety +14

      @@franksanchez8111 I'm from Sweden so I've grown up with subtitles. 👍🏻

    • @cassu6
      @cassu6 Před 2 lety +19

      @@franksanchez8111 Weird to see people have a fear of subtitles. I use them when I watch domestic movies or anglosphere movies because it just helps to hear what the characters said better.

    • @realdocloco
      @realdocloco Před 2 lety +2

      This. We are all parasiting each others in a way or another.

  • @xavvi
    @xavvi Před 2 lety +793

    The motif of the stairs, the ascension up to higher class and the descension down to poverty, is so powerful and prevalent in this movie that it becomes almost overwhelming. Especially if you were always a lower class person this movie makes you feel that canyon of difference you'll probably never cross to make it over to higher class, all because of how you were born.

    • @filipbozic4303
      @filipbozic4303 Před 2 lety +76

      And how the rich family never noticed them hiding under the table like cockroaches
      They never looked down

    • @chiffon788
      @chiffon788 Před 2 lety +9

      And in all the scenes of people looking through windows, like the maid waking the mom up, are all divided by lines in the glass - the line that the rich dad says is not to be crossed.

  • @AidoneusPluto
    @AidoneusPluto Před 2 lety +760

    I kind of rationalized the mom being so... "sweet" because she's always been in a position where she never had to worry about what their family goes through. All of her needs and wants have always been met, all of her questions, answered. There are actually a lot of accounts of people, I'm thinking of Reddit stories in particular, where rich, pampered kids didn't have the first idea about what actually being an adult entailed.
    Edit: I'm using "sweet" because Nat replaced "gullible" with it haha.

    • @Erigion
      @Erigion Před 2 lety +89

      Also the wealthy mom, and dad, don't see their help as people. They fired the original housekeeper even though she'd been there before them without even talking to her. Same thing with the driver.
      They're rich enough to be "nice" but not actually kind

    • @StreetHierarchy
      @StreetHierarchy Před 2 lety +1

      And now what's her life gonna be like? Her children's lives?

    • @Carlos-rj5jh
      @Carlos-rj5jh Před 2 lety +87

      It's what the poor mother says "They aren't rich because they're nice, they're nice because they're rich". The rich family has the luxury to be, or at least act, sympathetic. Why the poor family has to be ruthless and "evil" to survive, because it's a dog world for the lower class.

    • @ShortyLongstrokin
      @ShortyLongstrokin Před 2 lety +18

      The portrayal of economic classes in this movie and commentary on them through observations of class behavior takes the already brilliant movie to a whole other level. In Korea, class and status is a huge deal, and this film goes hard into tearing it down from opposite sides of the wealth scale.

    • @krishnaalmeda3125
      @krishnaalmeda3125 Před 2 lety +6

      Also fun fact. Ram dom is like a famous cheap food for people who doesn't have enough money in korea. The fact that the mom knows and likes to eat that food says that she too was poor once and was just leeching off the husband too.

  • @matthewhearn9910
    @matthewhearn9910 Před 2 lety +468

    Bong Joon-Ho, the director, was reportedly surprised by how well the film was received overseas. He had assumed that his depiction of class relations hinged on the peculiarities of those relations within South Korea. As it turns out, it rings true just about everywhere.

    • @jamesmckay9483
      @jamesmckay9483 Před 2 lety +33

      The movie is about capitalism and how it makes parasites of us all, rich and poor. That is a universal system now around the world.

    • @jsmithers.
      @jsmithers. Před 2 lety +5

      @@jamesmckay9483 No.

    • @langletprolet8378
      @langletprolet8378 Před 2 lety +4

      @@jsmithers. Maybe.

    • @jsmithers.
      @jsmithers. Před 2 lety +1

      @@langletprolet8378 Nope.

    • @langletprolet8378
      @langletprolet8378 Před 2 lety +4

      @@jsmithers. Okay.

  • @saintgeorge572
    @saintgeorge572 Před 2 lety +315

    the easter eggs in this movie are also insane. like how the rock is fake (since rocks can’t float) meaning that you cannot rely on lucky charms to climb the social ladder. there’s only one way and that’s what kevin imagined at the end except he knows that’ll never happen since he has a bit of a criminal record and no way of climbing that ladder (also means that his dad is stuck down there forever). another metaphor for how the poor is fed with the “work hard and you’ll get rich/successful” dream but can never achieve that dream, no matter how hard they work.

    • @obssesseduo
      @obssesseduo Před 2 lety +13

      im pretty sure he cant climb it bc its just isnt climbable, no one can truly ascend in capitalism

    • @donkeydarko77
      @donkeydarko77 Před 2 lety +5

      No, it means that you can give the poor EVERY opportunity to better their situation, as the family had here, but they will find a way to stay poor. Like the film shows, you can't get that smell out.

    • @MegaAlien999
      @MegaAlien999 Před 2 lety +22

      @@donkeydarko77 unfathomably insane take on parasite lmfao

    • @kildeer
      @kildeer Před 2 lety +6

      @@donkeydarko77 Stupidest shit I've ever heard lol

    • @donkeydarko77
      @donkeydarko77 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kildeer That is literally exactly what happened in the film. Poor family scams their way up the economic ladder, only to piss it all away within a short time by doing what? Acting exactly like they did when they had nothing.

  • @skylaralley2465
    @skylaralley2465 Před 2 lety +223

    The stone representing the false hope of getting fortune (due to it being fake)
    The stairs representing the rise and fall in social class
    The doorbell ringing at exactly half point in the script
    Rich people living in ignorance while poor people are literally fighting one another to survive/ make it to a higher status
    The daughter being the only one being able to climb the latter, hence her sitting on the couch instead of the floor.
    The ending being Min’s plan, but us knowing it’ll never work out bc “plans never work”
    This movie is just ✨chef’s kiss✨

    • @Kayoss13212
      @Kayoss13212 Před 2 lety +7

      Yeah. And let’s not forget the lines between the two families. Some you can see, and some are subtle. And the two families reaction to the storm. What’s funny is that (and I could be wrong.) is that I think the rock floating wasn’t suppose to happen. It just happened to be a happy accident.

    • @skylaralley2465
      @skylaralley2465 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Kayoss13212 it was supposed to float

    • @thatHARVguy
      @thatHARVguy Před 2 lety +2

      Not only did Kevin steal Min's career plan at the end, but his relationship plan for Da-hye too.

    • @msl1689
      @msl1689 Před 2 lety

      Kevin's plan. Not Min's.

    • @skylaralley2465
      @skylaralley2465 Před 2 lety

      @@msl1689 When Min offered the job to him, he told him that he was planning to marry her once he was done with college

  • @DetectiveParzival
    @DetectiveParzival Před 2 lety +405

    "Parasite" has such great storytelling it made me think of its ending for days...

    • @Vipul6190
      @Vipul6190 Před 2 lety +2

      I'm currently watching naruto 😏

    • @DetectiveParzival
      @DetectiveParzival Před 2 lety +2

      damn L, I see... Looks like you're doing some investigation related to Naruto 😂

    • @Vipul6190
      @Vipul6190 Před 2 lety

      @@DetectiveParzival who knows maybe I'm investigation about you or your clan 😏
      Be aware

    • @DetectiveParzival
      @DetectiveParzival Před 2 lety +1

      @@Vipul6190 beware maybe you already are in my genjutsu XD

    • @MVega-wy4bw
      @MVega-wy4bw Před 2 lety +2

      Parasite and Tenet have been my top 2 movies for the past couple of years, I'm hoping the day comes soon when she reacts to the latter.

  • @OscarStinson
    @OscarStinson Před 2 lety +533

    I envy the fact that you get to watch all of these movies for your first time!

    • @PolynesianCohesian
      @PolynesianCohesian Před 2 lety +17

      Same, I went into this moving knowing zero information about it lol. I thought it would be like a “Ring” type horror film judging by the poster.

    • @PolynesianCohesian
      @PolynesianCohesian Před 2 lety +4

      I’m so happy you reacted to this movie. One of my favorites.

    • @ShieldVids
      @ShieldVids Před 2 lety +2

      Hey you make the himym videos

    • @diegosantos1388
      @diegosantos1388 Před 2 lety +5

      It''s true, i don't know if she watched movies like Terminator and etc...

    • @Waggers789
      @Waggers789 Před 2 lety +1

      Parasite was the last film I saw before the pandemic. Such a great film to see in the cinema.

  • @femto6146
    @femto6146 Před 2 lety +75

    Also the end credit song is named "564 years" which is how many years it would take him to buy the house as a normal worker. Means it's almost impossible for him to buy that house.

  • @ivyparker5617
    @ivyparker5617 Před 2 lety +61

    I love how the house itself is treated almost like a character, a living thing that is host to all these different kinds of parasites.

  • @valentinruiz3828
    @valentinruiz3828 Před 2 lety +244

    this movie is incredible, its message about social class is very good. deserved the Oscar

    • @rohanalias9053
      @rohanalias9053 Před 2 lety +7

      Oscars are weird but I'll allow this

    • @SuperWhofan1
      @SuperWhofan1 Před 2 lety

      Very good movie but the messaging is a bit over the top

    • @aaronshouting588
      @aaronshouting588 Před 2 lety +2

      @@SuperWhofan1 and is that a problem? It’s a MOVIE. It’s meant to be cinematic and over the top

  • @winmetawin6950
    @winmetawin6950 Před 2 lety +160

    "That rain was such a blessing."
    This was the thing that struck me most. Made me check my privilege so hard.

  • @edwardtoal
    @edwardtoal Před 2 lety +81

    I’m surprised you didn’t mention the name of the film. Every character is their own type of “parasite”. That alone is a masterstroke of character creation. It’s also a rebuttal of judging other people before you have a chance to walk in their shoes. The entire film is genius.

  • @tohnokun
    @tohnokun Před 2 lety +235

    It took me until another watching a second time but the point where he finds the rock floating in the water had me thinking. The rock that so symbolised wealth and prosperity for him just floated to the top. It can’t be a real rock of that size, it has to be fake too which means all that it symbolises is fake too. I need to watch this movie so many more times I think

    • @mitchhamilton64
      @mitchhamilton64 Před 2 lety +16

      ooooooooooooooh! thats why the rock floats! it always bugged me the rock floated! it makes perfect sense now! thats a really good interpretation.

    • @andrew5500
      @andrew5500 Před 2 lety +62

      Yes that’s also why he survives two blows to the skull, because it’s a hollow fake rock.
      And the first scene in his “dream sequence” at the end of the movie is him placing the rock into a river and it doesn’t float… it sinks. Only in his dreams is the rock, and what it signifies, actually “real”...

    • @EmilyDickmesome
      @EmilyDickmesome Před 2 lety +4

      That rock was fake af. I mean it was hollow.

    • @bryanflores7838
      @bryanflores7838 Před 2 lety

      But when he puts the rock in the river at the end does it float is stuck at the bottom

    • @bryanflores7838
      @bryanflores7838 Před 2 lety

      Or is it stuck at the bottom**

  • @isaacmhdz
    @isaacmhdz Před 2 lety +125

    I won’t lie when I say that I automatically put this film in my all-time favorite films. It is that good!

  • @ma-ri-ko
    @ma-ri-ko Před 2 lety +79

    This movie can be something of a litmus test for people’s experience with class struggle too. I don’t necessarily think that people who sympathize with the Parks to the exclusion of the Kim family are bad people, but it definitely tells me that they’ve never been anywhere close to the financial position of the Kims.
    It’s crazy how many class struggle, “eat the rich” movies came out in 2019 only for the wealth disparity to amplify throughout the pandemic. All these people who had it hard in lockdown got kinda myopic toward all the people who are forced to serve them doing essential labor or die due to poverty. I did health checks and resource coordination for unhoused folks in my area at the beginning of the pandemic and people would be doing their daily walks right through the middle of encampments that are trying to obey shelter-in-place directives. Parasite gets more and more relevant as the pandemic continues.

  • @lost.274
    @lost.274 Před 2 lety +39

    25:38 interesting parallel, when the rock was given to them at the beginning the mother said; "food is better", here we have kevin bringing them rock instead of his mother giving them food.

  • @JoeLovesYou2
    @JoeLovesYou2 Před 2 lety +72

    What makes Parasite so amazing, quite apart from its brilliant cinematography and acting, is that though about money, this film does not trace differences between the rich and poor only through the prism of money. Instead, the director presents to us the everyday realities of inequalities through bodily senses, particularly of smell and sight.
    Even on that ram-don scene, The combination of the words “ramen” and “udon” was used to represent the hard-to-translate Korean dish, jjapaguri. Jjapaguri, also known as chapaguri, is the combination of two instant noodle packs by the brands Chapagetti and Neoguri.
    As the Chapagetti noodles are ramen-type and the Neoguri are udon-type noodles, the name ram-don was an easy combination of the two.
    However, Jjapaguri, a common comfort food in South Korea is not normally topped with steak, let alone an expensive sirloin cut - further demonstrating the class divide shown throughout Parasite.

    • @1dudecrush
      @1dudecrush Před 2 lety +3

      I, too, watch Binging with Babish. lol

    • @JoeLovesYou2
      @JoeLovesYou2 Před 2 lety +1

      @@1dudecrush I didn't get it from binging with babish but yeah it's a great video too lol

    • @jsmithers.
      @jsmithers. Před 2 lety +2

      No. Stfu

  • @furreos4811
    @furreos4811 Před 2 lety +290

    "Snowpiercer" is also a masterpiece, Nat. Main character played by Chris Evans. Same director

    • @rohanalias9053
      @rohanalias9053 Před 2 lety +7

      Tbh I prefer that over parasite
      And Chris evans gave a wonderful performance.imo even outshone Tilda Swinton

    • @DP-nl4uq
      @DP-nl4uq Před 2 lety +3

      Great movie

    • @davidian12
      @davidian12 Před 2 lety +5

      And the dad in this one is in that

    • @BDRmongoose
      @BDRmongoose Před 2 lety +17

      I love that Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory sequel! =)

    • @wokzrap20
      @wokzrap20 Před 2 lety

      YES!

  • @AL-fl4jk
    @AL-fl4jk Před 2 lety +37

    I watched this with family over the Xmas break. Nobody in my fam ever shuts up, and we all sat quietly during the credits because of how shook we were lol

  • @rukh03
    @rukh03 Před 2 lety +48

    Expectations are so interesting: Natalie read this was a comedy-drama and found the 1st half to be really funny. I heard that it was a suspense-drama & found the 1st half to be serious & suspenseful.

  • @thewhatness
    @thewhatness Před 2 lety +51

    The couch scene into the bunker sequence is the most skillful, harrowing heel turn pivot in tone I think I've witnessed.

  • @lemartin93
    @lemartin93 Před 2 lety +18

    From the editing to the storytelling to the acting, the production, the message & social critique...Parasite is just such a perfect film.

  • @ADifferentVibe
    @ADifferentVibe Před 2 lety +49

    This movie is a masterpiece top to bottom. You have to watch it multiple times to catch all the metaphors, including how the camera frames/moves, the use of lines to separate the rich and poor, and the dialogue interweave with all the above. Every element and the timing of each presented in the movie is intentional. Don't forget the fact this film also switches genres while still telling an engaging story with very well-written characters that also serves as a social commentary on capitalism. That's a 💩 ton of hoops writer-director-producer Bong Joon-Ho had to go through and he didn't make any mistakes doing it. This isn't an adaptation or a remake either.
    It's simply way better than most Best Picture Oscar winners in the last two decades. Easily.

    • @doro626
      @doro626 Před 2 lety +3

      The HILARIOUS part is, you just KNOW if it wasnt nominated for best picture, Hollywood would have made a remake in four years with all American actors.

    • @kabeermalhotra1
      @kabeermalhotra1 Před 2 lety +2

      @@doro626 HBO is doing an American version and Bong Joon-Ho is producing it. I agree remakes of international films can be frustrating it's not always inherently bad. The Departed is acclaimed but is a remake of Infernal Affairs, a Hong Kong film.

  • @Centane
    @Centane Před 2 lety +69

    I'm so happy you decided to watch this one Natalie! Both this and Train to Busan are incredibly well made ♥

    • @jefffiore7869
      @jefffiore7869 Před 2 lety +2

      I usually don't like movies like Train to Busan but yea, it was great and so well made!

    • @KelpyG.
      @KelpyG. Před 2 lety

      reaction for you too!

    • @kevinstone2416
      @kevinstone2416 Před 2 lety +1

      So cool to see you support fellow reactors. You're awesome lol

    • @mmattson8947
      @mmattson8947 Před 2 lety +2

      Train to Busan would be a good reaction with Halloween coming up.

  • @Marta-uv4id
    @Marta-uv4id Před 2 lety +31

    Every time I watch this movie, I notice something new about it, it's absolutely *brilliant*

  • @commiebastard3633
    @commiebastard3633 Před 2 lety +31

    I taught English in Seoul. This is a somewhat accurate depiction of the competitiveness and occasional skullduggery. I lost work because I refused to say I was American, their preferred accent. My friends also not American lived that lie. Although we all made good travelling money. This is an anti Capitalism film emphasising the massive wealth divide in the country.

  • @TheStorytellerWolf
    @TheStorytellerWolf Před 2 lety +62

    One of Bong Joon Ho’s best. I recommend looking into the socioeconomic analyses of the film, it’s really an interrogation of the systems of wealth inequality that position the few at the top of the pyramid while those at bottom fight one another in a vain pursuit to get to the top. Their ignorance of the oppressed is symbolized by the reoccurring motifs of native american aesthetics bought from the US.
    An important note for the ending, the son buying the house was a complete fantasy. Bong Joon Ho stated that even with the highest of middle class salaries it would take over a hundred years to earn the money to buy that house.

  • @Drforrester31
    @Drforrester31 Před 2 lety +9

    So glad you watched this! I've seen it like four times now and every time that doorbell rings the dread sets in all over again. Incredible performances from everyone, amazing cinematography and direction, absolutely deserved every award it got. Even my dad stayed up til 2 am watching it with me one time, which is impressive for a fully subtitled movie

  • @Khomuna
    @Khomuna Před 2 lety +26

    9:06 Nat: "I like the lightbulbs turning on one by one"
    Me: "Oh, man. The twist, THE TWIST"
    Edit: About the wide shots, one subtle thing that this movie did is that poor people and rich people are always seen in opposite sides of the screen or at different perspectives, this was done to further accentuate the disparity between them.

  • @grahamjones4366
    @grahamjones4366 Před 2 lety +16

    Parasite is Bong Joon-Ho's masterpiece but my personal favorite of his work is Memories of Murder from 2003. The Host and Snowpiercer are also great.

    • @rwilsonpaladin
      @rwilsonpaladin Před 2 lety

      The Host hooked it for me...

    • @novarunner34
      @novarunner34 Před 2 lety +4

      Same Memories of Murder was my favorite of his films, also loved Mother!

    • @doro626
      @doro626 Před 2 lety +4

      @@novarunner34 Mother is a gem. That and the vengeance trilogy. Park Chan Wook lead me to Bong joon ho's work.

    • @GiorgiNemsitsveridze
      @GiorgiNemsitsveridze Před 2 lety

      Memories of Murder is a bomb

  • @Bunke09
    @Bunke09 Před 2 lety +16

    My favorite bit of this reaction is the use of the rock of prosperity to bleep out Natalie's curses 😀!

  • @miguelalvarado1440
    @miguelalvarado1440 Před 2 lety +7

    This movie... it's so good in so many levels, it got a powerful message, the cinematography is amazing, the acting really good.
    An Oscar Award very well deserved though!
    Great Reaction Nat.

  • @thomaschristopherwhite9043

    This movie can be summed up in one word. "Craftsmanship". This movie is like a fine, handmade, swiss watch wound tight! It's beautiful, perfectly written, no gaps or holes in the story telling, all the story pieces just fall into place. Absolutely perfection.

  • @0axel078
    @0axel078 Před 2 lety +7

    watching you react to the various reveals and twists in this film was so rewarding

  • @thewhiskeypriest1933
    @thewhiskeypriest1933 Před 2 lety +37

    I watch this channel BECAUSE of how expressive you are as a “reactor” so don’t change that. Keep talking.

  • @DanThomp
    @DanThomp Před 2 lety +7

    I did a university essay on this film and I have to say it's one of my favourites. The comparison of the architecture of the house, and the topology of the city they live in is so interesting! That the "lower" you get physically, the poorer you are within the little microcosm of the house.

  • @artizek
    @artizek Před 2 lety +1

    I loved your reaction to this. So many other CZcamsrs just talk about how crazy certain scenes are but you immediately picked up on a lot of the symbolism. Keep up the good work!

  • @tonyalexander4954
    @tonyalexander4954 Před 2 lety +12

    I am so glad Natalie reacted to this !

  • @annlyeljames6358
    @annlyeljames6358 Před 2 lety +4

    This is an utterly fantastic film. I've seen it four times now and every viewing provides new insight, making the film even more of a masterpiece. I was so excited to see you watch this. The Best Picture winners lately haven't really felt like they should be Best Picture winners but this felt unlike any other film I've ever seen, and that's very rare these days. I'm glad you liked it!

  • @28starwarsfan
    @28starwarsfan Před 2 lety +1

    Your post watch commentary and reaction is really getting so good. I've always enjoyed your reactions and getting your thoughts, but you're really doing a great job at the breakdowns. Good work.

  • @djlow9915
    @djlow9915 Před 2 lety +1

    We have a sense of what things are about on a lot of the movies we watch on your channel Nat, but Parasite really did have you on edge and guessing where it was going.
    Really enjoyed your reaction for this movie Nat, and thanks for getting us all caught up in something truly special 💛

  • @amouda1
    @amouda1 Před 2 lety +3

    I currently binge Natalie reactions, she's so well spoken, emotionally mature and so pure, please keep doing it

  • @audreerossignol4316
    @audreerossignol4316 Před 2 lety +3

    I always have a good time when I watch your videos. You are a positive person and so in touch with your emotions. ❤️

  • @sijovi6749
    @sijovi6749 Před 2 lety +1

    OH MY LORD! Here I am, coming home from a loooong day at work and the first thing I see is this video! Nat, you made my day! Thank you soooo much for your great and consistent content! Lots of love from germany

  • @danholmesfilm
    @danholmesfilm Před 2 lety +1

    This is your best video yet. The reaction perfect and subtle, the lighting is killer, and you look happy. Top notch, keep it up :)

  • @ilFanEditore
    @ilFanEditore Před 2 lety +4

    The song during the fight between the family and the housekeeper is an Italian song which was extremely popular during the 60s. The director met the singer (who is still a popular person in Italy) at the last Venice Film Festival.

  • @hilarywilliams1909
    @hilarywilliams1909 Před 2 lety +11

    Also directed and written by Bong Joon Ho are The Host (also staaring Kang-ho Song) and Snowpeircer, either one is worth a look (warning though the first is a monster movie).

  • @reyathua
    @reyathua Před 2 lety +2

    This movie was one that left my head full upon living the cinema, like I was processing everything that had happened, all the emotions, no wasted moments, and mixing genres. The cinematography was definitely one of the highlights of the film. An extraordinary film, one that merits rewatching but you don't feel like you ever finish digesting what it's showing you.

  • @san_dsouza7
    @san_dsouza7 Před 2 lety +30

    Check out Snowpiercer, it's by the same director, it's like Parasite but lot of action. And Chris Evans in it.

    • @beetlebob4675
      @beetlebob4675 Před 2 lety

      Yeah they definitely leaned into allegory and lots of gore with that one lol. Was it a graphic novel??

    • @szeddezs
      @szeddezs Před 2 lety

      @@beetlebob4675 Yup, French graphic novel from 1982.

  • @BrianHSC
    @BrianHSC Před rokem +4

    14:29 She compared the dad to a cockroach. And then they hide like cockroaches when Park family comes home. Like how cockroaches scurry under furniture when you turn on the light. The movie hits you completely differently when you watch it second time.

  • @kaladinstormblessed8470
    @kaladinstormblessed8470 Před 2 lety +24

    Parasite is a masterpiece!

  • @juandavidrodriguezvalencia950

    Keep your format! Keep talking and reacting as you always do, that's what makes your videos so special and unique.

  • @EzoYOKAI
    @EzoYOKAI Před 2 lety

    I love watching these reactions. Seriously a great way for me to relax and have fun, while getting negative stuff out of sight and out of mind for a while. Thank you.

  • @kingboom56
    @kingboom56 Před 2 lety +5

    This makes me feel like we've opened the Bong Joon-ho Wormhole and I'm personally so excited for Snowpiercer

  • @TheDaringPastry1313
    @TheDaringPastry1313 Před 2 lety +11

    Also, don't always wait for movies that YOU want to watch to win in a poll. Watch what you want to watch sometimes .... Especially if it is something that is critically acclaimed! lol

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo Před 2 lety +1

    This was actually the last film I watched before the lockdown. Thanks, Nathalie!

  • @stovesofa
    @stovesofa Před 2 lety +5

    Great pick and reaction! Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar speech for winning Best Director brings a tear to my eye every time I listen to it.

  • @brianscli9567
    @brianscli9567 Před 2 lety +4

    I saw this in the theater, it was such an amazing experience!!! So glad it won best picture!

  • @dusterrant9332
    @dusterrant9332 Před 2 lety +6

    What I love about Boon Joon Ho's movies are he seamlessly weaves political commentary and entertainment into his films. On one hand you can simply enjoy his films as simple entertainment, but if you want to dig deep and find meaning, its there.

  • @tinyjunes
    @tinyjunes Před 2 lety +2

    ive been waiting for this one for far too long, one of the greatest films made in the modern day

  • @spankyhi
    @spankyhi Před 2 lety +2

    I like how they're so much symbolism. Like how you never see the rich family walk down the stairs always going up. Or the poor family starts with a place that's half underground and at the end the dad is totally underground.

  • @tia3509
    @tia3509 Před 2 lety +10

    "What about your dad? He'd run and hide like a cockroach"

  • @kenwahler3277
    @kenwahler3277 Před 2 lety +13

    there are endless metaphors in this movie! I however would like to mention how you think that the family memebers are moochers. They are servants who dont get paid much for their work. And yet people in general are brainwashed to think like you.

  • @CharlieSoze
    @CharlieSoze Před 2 lety +2

    I love love love that you reviewed this one, Natalie. This and Manchester By The Sea were maybe my two favorite films of the last ten years. Such great scripts, acting, directing, all of it. Still thinking about Parasite a year later and hey, isn't that what "great movie" means?

  • @JoeyMannino
    @JoeyMannino Před 2 lety

    I clicked so fast when I saw this was uploaded. I loooove this film, and I'm happy you enjoyed it! Also very impressed you picked up on a lot of the deeper metaphors, like the wealthy living literally higher up in the city, and the Park family getting washed back down during the storm. Such a smart and clever decision from Bong. Really enjoyed your reaction, great video and great editing (love the rock used for bleeps lol)

    • @JoeyMannino
      @JoeyMannino Před 2 lety

      Now you need to watch Portrait of a Lady on Fire!

  • @iole15
    @iole15 Před 2 lety +4

    Really glad you've watched it! I wrote my master's thesis on it 😬

  • @Kharazim
    @Kharazim Před 2 lety +3

    The movie was almost called 564, because that is how many years Ki-Woo would have needed to work in his position as a tutor for a rich family without spending a dime to afford that house.

  • @Wolfen443
    @Wolfen443 Před 2 lety

    Oh Natalie, you are in for a treat this is one is so much fun to watch.

  • @matthewschneider3391
    @matthewschneider3391 Před 2 lety

    Love how you just smiled ear to ear. I don't know what it is about this movie...even when it seems nothing is happening, its riveting.

  • @kh884488
    @kh884488 Před 2 lety +2

    The film is so well made on so many levels. At 10:50, Mr Kim is literally leading Mrs. Park just as he is with their scheming plan. Also, at 11:19, he's literally taking her on a ride as he's figuratively taking her on a ride.

  • @imansolms6609
    @imansolms6609 Před 2 lety +4

    This movie is insanely good and insane. A masterpiece!

  • @owbln82
    @owbln82 Před 2 lety

    that was such a good one!! thanks nata! x

  • @HilzabeeVoices
    @HilzabeeVoices Před 2 lety +2

    Wow gotta say I've really loved watching your reactions ever since Lord of the Rings. This was a really special one because you really picked up on all the really cool metaphors whilst enjoying the movie. Thanks as always for the awesome content !

  • @matthewmckibben
    @matthewmckibben Před 2 lety +3

    That was a GREAT Best Picture race that year. Highly recommend all of the movies that were nominated.

  • @pinoydoiboi1
    @pinoydoiboi1 Před 2 lety +3

    Been waiting for you to react to this!! 👌🏽Also since it is almost Halloween and you’ve seen a South Korean film, I recommend watching Train to Busan.

  • @TheSuperNats
    @TheSuperNats Před 2 lety +1

    I don’t see the sewage thing as “karma” but the exact type of situation that the family is fighting so hard to escape

  • @veryvarley6706
    @veryvarley6706 Před 2 lety

    So many elements become visible when you re-watch this ( when you know the three tier structure ). The three levels of light and colour saturation depict the above ground ( Mansion ) the half and half ( the family apartment ) and the below ground ( basement ). It is incredible how you could watch without any subtitles/translation and still understand so much of the film just by the visuals and sound.

  • @QuickstrikeTRU
    @QuickstrikeTRU Před 2 lety +4

    I saw this in theaters 3 times. Such an amazing, on the pulse film. I feel it perfectly summarizes the dichotomy of classes as well as the juxtapositions between families as well. You could deep dive this for hours.
    Everything was done on a master level and this film deserves every single award and accolade it got.

  • @Book553
    @Book553 Před 2 lety +5

    You should do more foreign films! I think you’d really enjoy Pan’s Labyrinth

  • @lauraasikainen9529
    @lauraasikainen9529 Před 2 lety

    i love the cinematography and the amount of stairs this movie that symbolizes the ups and downs of the main family's lives, and like when they run out of the house to their own they go so down with the many stairs to the flooded apartment of theirs its so amazingly symbolized, and when the main character goes to the house for the first time it's filmed how he goes up and up and up yeaa :D

  • @emmadamae
    @emmadamae Před 2 lety

    lmao i didnt know nat posted a new video, this was on my recommendation and when i saw the title i was like "OH SHIT THIS CANT WAIT!"

  • @owend33344
    @owend33344 Před 2 lety +4

    This movie is so good so glad you checked it out

  • @ajclements4627
    @ajclements4627 Před 2 lety +12

    I’d love if Nat reacted to Squid Game on Netflix, that series was intense! And Kingdom was as well.

    • @methdxman
      @methdxman Před 2 lety +2

      Squid game is no where near parasite in terms of artistry, writing and execution. Just because squid game is Korean too doesn’t mean she should necessarily watch it.

    • @ajclements4627
      @ajclements4627 Před 2 lety +2

      @@methdxman No read to read anything deep into my comment, I thought she might enjoy SG that’s all.

  • @johnwolfe7596
    @johnwolfe7596 Před 2 lety +1

    Re-watching this was a great experience! This was a fantastic choice for a watch!

  • @lusciousluie
    @lusciousluie Před 2 lety

    This movie holds a special place in my heart. Opening day, just as I was about to sit down in the theater, I received a call that I got hired at my first job out of college.

  • @DanityKanelvr25
    @DanityKanelvr25 Před 2 lety +14

    now you need to watch Squid Game 😏
    it’s #1 in the World on Netflix right now and it quite possibly might have more deaths than GOT. (actually prob not… but it’s close!)

    • @rampake-1575
      @rampake-1575 Před 2 lety +1

      Had to binge it yesterday after i watched the 1st episode 🤘
      Koreans know how to make "Battle Royale" flicks 😈

    • @rwilsonpaladin
      @rwilsonpaladin Před 2 lety +2

      More deaths in the first episode...lol

  • @PinkyStyleHS
    @PinkyStyleHS Před 2 lety +4

    Pretty much everything Bong Joon Ho has done is amazing, so definitely check any of his movies out. Oldboy by Park Chan Wook too, if you have the stomach.

  • @Joshu_Y
    @Joshu_Y Před 2 lety +1

    For some reason, I could not remember the plot of this film at all until watching your reaction. I'm so impressed with the Academy for considering such a dark film for best picture, and then voting for it. It was definitely full of unexpected twists, but not empty ones.

  • @louisyoung2448
    @louisyoung2448 Před 2 lety +2

    Such a good film! cant wait to see the reaction :)

  • @nolanrussell6326
    @nolanrussell6326 Před 2 lety +8

    Bong Joon-Ho is an incredible director. I highly recommend checking out some of his other movies, especially Memories of Murder and Mother. Snowpiercer and The Host are worth a watch too

  • @andresbarriga5305
    @andresbarriga5305 Před 2 lety +6

    When is Natalie going to Watch COCO. That's a reaction I'd pay good money to see.

  • @raviamodernepic
    @raviamodernepic Před 2 lety

    Korean cinematography in busy conversations and scenes is so nice. Very dynamic to fit the story. 👌🏾

  • @lelmdrWHO
    @lelmdrWHO Před 2 lety +1

    Even more than all the metaphors or the topic of “parasites” and who were the parasites I just love the cinematics. The lighting, the wide shots, the slow pans. I love everything Bong Joon Ho does but I think this movie is a true master piece. And it just lingers in your mind. I just remember watching and thinking about it for weeks and then rewatching it multiple times because it’s so weird and beautiful and yeah, kind of fucked up, but just that right amount of humor.
    I’m so glad you went into it pretty blind! That’s the best way and the most fun to see reactions to. Because you get to see people’s reactions when the genre suddenly seems to shift