Parasite (2019, D: Bong Joon Ho)
 

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Reviews out of Cannes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/parasite_2019

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His take on Shoplifters?

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It's gonna be great.

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Palme D'or winner.

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I am not sure that is high praise anymore.

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It's never really been a mainstream appeal festival, the movies are usually pretty high quality but they won't appeal to everybody.

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I disagree. They've all been pretty great the last 15-20 years or so. With Fahrenheit 9/11 being the only truly awful Palme D'or winner this century.

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Would love this to go VoD soon...

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You never know...

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The trailer looks fantastic. I've been a Bong Joon Ho fan since Memories of Murder. He's yet to make a bad film.

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Snowpiercer is one of his worst, and obviously one of his least "Korean" films (although I personally don't find it to be a bad film overall). You owe it to yourself to watch Memories of Murder at the very least.

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Thanks. I'm gonna look up to see if MEMORIES is streaming anywhere. I have Netflix, Prime Video & Hulu. Hoping one of the 3 has it.

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I know it was on Hulu at one point, but it looks like Prime has it now.

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Here are the last ten films to win it:

2010 - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
2011 - The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
2012 - Amour (Michael Haneke)
2013 - Blue Is the Warmest Colour (Abdellatif Kechiche and Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux)
2014 - Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
2015 - Dheepan (Jacques Audiard)
2016 - I, Daniel Blake (Ken Loach)
2017 - The Square (Ruben Östlund)
2018 - Shoplifters (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
2019 - Parasite (Bong Joon-ho)

Aside from Blue Is the Warmest Colour (which I think has held up quite poorly) I would say all these movies are excellent and would each probably be in my top ten of that respective year's releases.

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I saw this awhile back. I'm looking forward to seeing it again.

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Hoping you were able to track down Memories--printerati is so right about it: easily one of the best Korean films made this century.

Don't blame you one bit for your reaction to Snowpiercer, though. I haven't faintest idea why it gets as much love from critics as it does. I watched it twice just to make sure 'I got it' and actually disliked it even more during the second viewing.

As for Parasite, it's fully deserving of the accolades it's receiving. The way the movie sets up your expectations is clever...you don't even realize it's setting you up. Then you get blindsided in the best way possible. The turn is not something you'd guess in a million years, but it doesn't feel like a cheat.

Bong is totally back on form in this movie. Definitely check it out if you get the chance.

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I saw this one a few months ago and it's still the best movie I think I've seen in 2019. Masterful satire and drama all twisted together into an unforgettable whole.

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They showed the trailer during Joker at my Alamo Drafthouse. Can't wait for it to show up.

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They're selling tickets for this at all ArcLight Theaters. At the Hollywood one they're doing a special two-night 3-course Korean dinner event. Tickets are $100 for that one.

https://www.arclightcinemas.com/en/n...nd-food-series

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Shit, man. Just go get some Kogi and call it a day.

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But is it in 3-D, and are Cherie Currie (of the Runaways) and Demi Moore in it??

(I kid, I'll see this)

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Kogi is garbage. I wouldn't pay the $100 either.

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Good article:Parasite: how Bong Joon-ho returned home to make his masterpiece


https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...is-masterpiece

I've seen all of his (feature length) films since "Barking Dogs Never Bite" (2000). At that time, there was a big "New Korean Cinema" craze and I was buying Korean films like crazy. Oddly enough I saw "Parasite" in the small town of Marennes, France (I was there for a wedding last May). That's way up there with "Memories of Murder" and "Mother" in terms of his best films. But even his lesser films are good (The Host, Barking Dogs...), and I probably like Snowpiercer more than most.

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Can't wait to see this. Still has 100% on rottentomatoes. Does rottentomatoes no longer average top critic ratings?

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Some critic gave this movie its lone negative review to bring its RT Score down to 99%.

I forget the critic's name. I think it was Armond...something.

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Bought my ticket for a screening on Saturday night.

Going to be a packed house!

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Looks like I'll have to wait until early November at my Alamo Drafthouse but looks like they created a great special menu for it.

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My local Alamo is doing an Oct 29 "early" showing, so you might want to check yours again to see if they've added the same. Includes a pre-recorded Q&A (from Fantastic Fest). I got my ticket.

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They're​ do have that but I have to work, unfortunately.

This podcast/YouTube channel I follow has three reviewers. All gave it 10/10 for the first time this year.

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I'm seeing this Saturday morning.

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I just got back from this and holy fucking shit, what a masterpiece! Sorry Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, you have some competition for my top film of year.

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I want this to stream now!

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Saw this last night. I think the screening was sold out.

Absolutely loved this film. Definitely want to see it again.

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i'm seeing this tonight.

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Yeah, this one is getting high per-screen averages, so it's making money. My screening was about half full and I was in a big auditorium. Some of the smaller screens did sell out at my theater, too.

I may watch some more Bong Joon-ho today -- I have the BD of Memories of Murder -- may fire that up.

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It's nice to see the filmmaking community throwing their support behind this movie.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I wrote about PARASITE in the current issue of <a href="https://twitter.com/FilmComment?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FilmComment</a>, but it can't be overstated: this film is astounding. Bong Joon-Ho is peerless right now in genre storytelling. Dizzyingly efficient, funnier than anything, totally bananas, and deeply deeply sad.</p>&mdash; Ari Aster (@AriAster) <a href="https://twitter.com/AriAster/status/1182517136545275904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bong Joon-ho has made great cinema in many genres for nearly 20 years now. It's hugely gratifying seeing him cross over in a big way (and on home turf too) with 'Parasite'; a savagely entertaining thriller, that hits the funny bone &amp; slashes your nerves. Can't wait to see again. <a href="https://t.co/VzCJeChSqe">pic.twitter.com/VzCJeChSqe</a></p>&mdash; edgarwright (@edgarwright) <a href="https://twitter.com/edgarwright/status/1184019466532937728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If Hitchcock could see Parasite he’d off himself. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BongJoonho?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BongJoonho</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParasiteMovie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ParasiteMovie</a></p>&mdash; natasha lyonne (@nlyonne) <a href="https://twitter.com/nlyonne/status/1183641705024606209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I second this <a href="https://t.co/eZ9JqonxXv">https://t.co/eZ9JqonxXv</a></p>&mdash; Sam Esmail (@samesmail) <a href="https://twitter.com/samesmail/status/1183054329277583360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Saw <a href="https://twitter.com/ParasiteMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ParasiteMovie</a> last night. Director Bong is a master.</p>&mdash; Jason Blum (@jason_blum) <a href="https://twitter.com/jason_blum/status/1182683612967079936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I won’t be able to see Parasite until the 25th. So please stop with the “you must see Parasite now!” tweets. These tweets are mean and hurtful.</p>&mdash; sean baker (@Lilfilm) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lilfilm/status/1182792393923420161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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