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🟡 The mood looks mixed
Praise and complaints are both present 😅
👍 Positive
67
22.3%
😐 Negative
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34.7%
🌤 Neutral
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43.0%
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Top Positive Comment
@jaymeeashley
“ she’s rich and nice” “ she’s nice because she’s rich” , this movie deserves all the attention and awards, the metaphors, the real deep dark meanings and the outlook of different class is amazing.
Top Negative Comment
That shot of the basement dude peeking over the stairs is easily the creepiest shot I've seen in a film in years lmao
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😐 Negative
That shot of the basement dude peeking over the stairs is easily the creepiest shot I've seen in a film in years lmao
😐 Negative
When their house is flooded, the wealth stone floats because it's fake, making it a symbol of false hope - a fundamental theme of the movie.
🌤 Neutral
I just realized that in the beginning of the movie, the mom comically said “you should’ve brought food” when they received the stone from the son’s friend. This draws a parallel to when Jessica could have brought food to the man in the basement but instead the son brought the stone, causing the following murders.
🌤 Neutral
just noticed that in the Kims' house, you have to try to get in the highest place possible to connect to the internet while on the Parks', the internet is working even on the lowest point of their house.
🌤 Neutral
That shot of Jessica lighting a cigarette on her exploding toilet is mindblowing.
🌤 Neutral
I love how they foreshadowed that the old housekeeper keeps her husband in the basement when Mr. Park said that the old housekeeper's only downside is that she eats enough food for 2 people.
🌤 Neutral
Remember when the mother said the dad would go hiding like a cockroach if he was caught
😐 Negative
'No art teacher lasts longer than a month' A foreshadowing to Jessica's inevitable death
👍 Positive
“ she’s rich and nice” “ she’s nice because she’s rich” , this movie deserves all the attention and awards, the metaphors, the real deep dark meanings and the outlook of different class is amazing.
🌤 Neutral
I can only imagine how Min would react after he comes back from his abroad trip and learns about the whole incident
🌤 Neutral
“She always ate for two”
😐 Negative
I’m Korean and a lot of people in Korea talked about how unpleasant and uncomfortable they felt after watching this movie and that’s why they didn’t like it so much. I think it’s because this movie brought up the fact and the reality that no one actually wants to face. Sometimes the reality can be very harsh but that doesn’t mean we can always put it aside. I’m glad Mr.bong made this movie and gave us food for thought while everyone just watches just fun/exciting stories that most of people can’t relate.
🌤 Neutral
Fun fact: the rich guy explain that the old maid eat two meals. Because the meal will be given to the guys in the basemant
😐 Negative
In this movie, everyone is the villain at some point.
👍 Positive
if this was a book, it would be every english teacher’s dream
the symbolism, the climax, the ending, this screams socratic seminar
the symbolism, the climax, the ending, this screams socratic seminar
🌤 Neutral
Fun fact: that painting in the house is actually that creepy guy from underground
😐 Negative
Also, I don’t know it’s obvious, but they tried to get inside and replace everyone to the point that even the man that was in the basement was also replaced by the father.
😐 Negative
The saddest part is the happy ending is fake and the son still living in the poor and doesnt even have way to send the letter to the dad
😐 Negative
BY FAR the scariest scene to me is when the old housekeeper is running down the stairs and calling out "Honey!" and we have no idea what's down there. While the Kim's are following we're thinking about someone who is dead or nearly dead down there. That scene breaks all the trust that we had, along with the Kim's, that they were in control.
🌤 Neutral
Notice how the dad said plans never go out the way you want them. At the end we can see that the son is relying on his plan to get his dad out which means...
🌤 Neutral
Through out the film, you only see the rich walking "up" the stairs.
While you only see the poor walking "down" the stairs.
Very subtle but profound symbolism.
While you only see the poor walking "down" the stairs.
Very subtle but profound symbolism.
😐 Negative
You know what's the scariest genre of all : reality
🌤 Neutral
The picture the boy draw is of the man who lives in the basement.
🌤 Neutral
The rock sinking into the pond in the "end goal" scene where he buys the house proves it's just a fantasy since the rock floated when their house flooded
👍 Positive
U know a movie is brilliant when u have to search for this kind of youtube videos to feed on your inner curiosity after watching it
Thanks for the likes😘
Thanks for the likes😘
🌤 Neutral
DaHye was fitted to be in a poor family. She didn’t mind the smell and when she found his boyfriend on the ground she carried him to the entrance (and possibly took him to the hospital) even if he weighted more than her, even if it was a burden, she lifted him up.
Jessica was fit to be in a rich family. She faked like DaSung being smart and artsy, and was the only one who could control and understand him.
Jessica was fit to be in a rich family. She faked like DaSung being smart and artsy, and was the only one who could control and understand him.
👍 Positive
Epic movie, the tone of the movie changed totally once the maid came back..
😐 Negative
to me mr park replacing the husbands place in the basement shows that poverty/the wealth gap is a never ending cycle that is impossible to break no matter how hard you work
🌤 Neutral
Prior to the kid's party, Mrs. Park was seen trying to select a glamorous outfit from her huge closets then it cuts to the scene where a lot of poor people in the evacuation camp were scrambling to get something from the pile of used, donated clothes.
🌤 Neutral
*Min comes back from abroad: "ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS TUTOR THE DAMN GIRL!"
🌤 Neutral
Why is no one talking about how in the beginning min said he trusted Ki-woo to tutor the parks daughter and he would officially ask her out when she went to university then Ki-woo still pursued her and mimicked his lines of officially dating her when she goes to university. Ki-woo wanted to be min that’s why he always followed the mantra of “what would min do” and why he valued the rock so much
🌤 Neutral
The whole comment sections is filled with A+ Students in English.
😐 Negative
The saddest, most mindblowing aspect of the movie is towards the end, where the son writes to his dad starting with “I have a plan..” and proceeds to elaborating his plans on getting his dad out. But more than halfway through the movie they had a conversation at the evacuation center where the father gave him only one advice: “Only one plan ever works out: no plan at all.” And that hit me in the saddest way because we know the son will be working really hard and will be planning hard to get his father out but we know that his dad was right. His plan will never work out.
🌤 Neutral
That scene where the rich 'friend' comes to their home to give them the rock and was able to scream at the man who was peeing near the window but on the other hand kevin was not able to do the same, depicts the scene of how rich treat poor but poor thinks twice to do the same. But later when they all get a job and good pay they throw water on the drunk man.
😐 Negative
the second i saw the old housekeeper, i felt the bad vibes
😐 Negative
I’ve seen so many comments saying how all of this could have been avoided if they hadn’t let the old housekeeper in, but why isn’t anyone talking about how if they’d agreed to keep the housekeeper’s husband a secret + leave him food every two days, things would have worked out fine? The Ki family became everything they deplored. Chong-Sook found herself in a position of higher wealth & status than the old housekeeper, yet didn’t live up to her promise of ‘being nicer’ should she have found herself in that position. She was insistent on reporting the old housekeeper to the police. That was her choice. Wealth is the parasite.
🌤 Neutral
I just realized that the sisters were different from their families Ki-jung was perfect fitted in a rich family and Da-hye fell in love with a poor person and unlike her family she couldn’t smell “the smell “
🌤 Neutral
If you have not watched this movie yet leave this video right now and go watch it
🌤 Neutral
This is all because Min loved a highschool girl.
😐 Negative
I am too late but i just noticed something..
The pizza delivery girl said that one out 4 boxes are defective..there were 4 members in the family and one got rejected/removed in the end
The pizza delivery girl said that one out 4 boxes are defective..there were 4 members in the family and one got rejected/removed in the end
😐 Negative
Ok, so no one's talking about this..
Park's daughter (Da-hye) is disconnected from her rich family. We see very less of her with her parents, calls her little brother an imposter and so on. And it becomes evident, when her mother doesn't offer her noodles which results into a quarrel between the two.
This strangely correlates to the 'smell' objection of the Park family. Da-hye is the only one who hasn't complained in the movie about 'smell'. Her father, mother and brother, all three at sometime in the movie have complained or got disgusted by the smell of poor people. On the contrary, she fell in love with Ki-woo (Kevin).
Park's daughter (Da-hye) is disconnected from her rich family. We see very less of her with her parents, calls her little brother an imposter and so on. And it becomes evident, when her mother doesn't offer her noodles which results into a quarrel between the two.
This strangely correlates to the 'smell' objection of the Park family. Da-hye is the only one who hasn't complained in the movie about 'smell'. Her father, mother and brother, all three at sometime in the movie have complained or got disgusted by the smell of poor people. On the contrary, she fell in love with Ki-woo (Kevin).
👍 Positive
The movie starts being so bright and funny even at the economic situation they are at, that you don't expect it to get that dark and deep. Is amazing.
😐 Negative
did anyone noticed how when he wakes up from the brain surgery he says that the doctor doesnt sound like a doctor and detective doesn't sound like a detective? they were so used to rehearsing everything perfectly themselves that everything else seemed not..right to them
😐 Negative
I spent like half an hour just looking at these comments, this movie is like a bottomless pit when it comes to realisations and hidden messages. One of a kind film.
👍 Positive
The scene at 1:33 when she sits on the toilet and smokes a cigarette whilst it spills sewage was one of the greatest film scenes of the decade imo
Edit: ....and Parasite Just won Best Picture and it absolutely deserves it. Definitely one of the best films I've seen the past couple years
Edit: ....and Parasite Just won Best Picture and it absolutely deserves it. Definitely one of the best films I've seen the past couple years
😐 Negative
Brilliant analysis and some comments are mindblowing!
There's one thing that I've noticed : when Jessica/Ki-Jung is stabbed at the end, her death is messy. It's bloody, she says that she's hurting several times, and it takes a while before she exhales her last breath. Even then, the richest class doesn't care about her death ; nobody, except her family, cares about her. Everyone is focused on fleeing or on Da-Song having a new seizure.
But when the Parks' father is stabbed, his death is "clean", almost peaceful. It happens almost instantaneously, there's no blood and he falls slowly as if he's falling asleep. Of course, it triggers much more reactions in the onlookers.
This moment just... spoke to me. I remembered Kim's father, Ki-Taek, saying that money is like an iron creasing out the edges of life, making it easier and more beautiful.
Thus, Park's death is easy, quick, smooth, while Jessica struggles in her very last moments.
I thought of media, turning a blind eye to atrocities happening in the lower classes, but documenting (which actually happens in the movie) things happening in the upper classes, smoothing out the edges, making it more manageable for the public, manipulating the way we perceive things.
I'm probably looking too much into it, but who knows?
Thank you for reading 💙
There's one thing that I've noticed : when Jessica/Ki-Jung is stabbed at the end, her death is messy. It's bloody, she says that she's hurting several times, and it takes a while before she exhales her last breath. Even then, the richest class doesn't care about her death ; nobody, except her family, cares about her. Everyone is focused on fleeing or on Da-Song having a new seizure.
But when the Parks' father is stabbed, his death is "clean", almost peaceful. It happens almost instantaneously, there's no blood and he falls slowly as if he's falling asleep. Of course, it triggers much more reactions in the onlookers.
This moment just... spoke to me. I remembered Kim's father, Ki-Taek, saying that money is like an iron creasing out the edges of life, making it easier and more beautiful.
Thus, Park's death is easy, quick, smooth, while Jessica struggles in her very last moments.
I thought of media, turning a blind eye to atrocities happening in the lower classes, but documenting (which actually happens in the movie) things happening in the upper classes, smoothing out the edges, making it more manageable for the public, manipulating the way we perceive things.
I'm probably looking too much into it, but who knows?
Thank you for reading 💙
🌤 Neutral
Who else was like dOnT lEt tHe mAiD bAcK iN
👍 Positive
These comments made me think, how lightly have I seen this masterpiece.
😐 Negative
When the basement man says, "Respect!" to the wealthy father even as he's dying and being ignored, I thought of how billionaires are idolized and respected by society. The reality is that billionaires are exploiting the rest of us. The wealth gap is continuously increasing. The top 0.1% own 90% of the wealth. The middle class is shrinking and we're fighting each other for the scraps, just like the Kims and the Guks. Depressing.
😐 Negative
I loved that little shot of the fly resting on Mr Park’s hand after being killed. I thought it could mean that no matter how rich he or his family were, they would smell as badly as the poor once they were all dead.
👍 Positive
I love the part where the rich kid's "toy" tent is so durable and MADE IN USA (lol..) that he can hang out in it and casually spend the night when the weather is pouring outside. Meanwhile, the poor people who have "real" homes, at the bottom of society, get their only homes ripped apart from the same pouring rain.
🌤 Neutral
This film sums up how most of the world felt after watching and listening to Gal Gadot and other rich celebrities sing “Imagine” while self quarantining in their huge mansions, while the rest of us are wondering if we will still have a job or be able to pay rent after the shut down.
🌤 Neutral
Towards the end when the daughter is carrying her boyfriend while the parents don't give a damn about the rest refers to the fact that a new generation doesn't need to be as the previous one. There is still hope to be better and not be like your parents.
🌤 Neutral
Did anyone notice how at the beginning of the movie when the fumigator came, and the fumigation filled the room, the father was the only one unaffected. At the end of the movie he was the only “pest” still left at the Park’s house, as if he was unaffected by the “cleaning” by the realtor sharks?!?
👍 Positive
I think her saying “the rain last night was a blessing” really summed it up for me
👍 Positive
This movie is incredible. I think my favourite scene is when the dad and the son are talking about plans, and the dad tells the son that they don't matter because they never come true. Great small scene that I think beautifully encapsulates the themes of this movie.
👍 Positive
I love this deep analysis, but i feel like you could have explained more about the “line” that Mr. Park keeps mentioning, and how the smell from the lower classes keeps crossing over. I think this is especially important, because even though Mr. Kim tries his best to suit the wealthy environment by cleaning himself and wearing neater attire compared to the unemployed version of his prior self, the scent from that semi-underground apartment living clings on to him. And Mr. Park’s critique of this smell acknowledges Mr. Kim that he will be a lower class no matter what.
😐 Negative
This could've all been avoided, if they didn't let the old housekeeper in the house.
😐 Negative
Y'all are forgetting that the rich dad planned to do a fake attack on "Jessica" and the plan didn't work out the way he intended and she was actually stabbed.
👍 Positive
This has to be one of the best comments section in youtube... Mindblown reading all comments
👍 Positive
You should also mention how Park praises his workers who "don't cross the line." This can be seen as a metaphorical line between the rich and the poor.
🌤 Neutral
I just remembered that the old housekeeper wanted to listen in on Jessica and Mrs. Park's conversation about what must have gone wrong with the son. Now it makes a lot of sense why she wanted to be involved.
😐 Negative
When Jessica was chilling at the bath tub and felt like she belong there. But then the reality hit her the moment when shes chilling and smoking in the dirty toilet. 😭😭😭😭
😐 Negative
Imagine living in a situation where the toilet sits higher than you
🌤 Neutral
Just thought of this. The mother was talking about how the boy was traumatised by seeing a ghost on his birthday and ever since that birthday they have always gone out of the house for his birthday. The one birthday they decide to do at the house again the man/ghost shows up.
😐 Negative
The irony when you see the audience at the Oscars giving this film an inordinate applause, unaware it’s subliminally aimed at them.
😐 Negative
The scene with the man peaking from the basement from the kid’s perspective was bone chilling and brilliant. That scene haunts me to this day. The idea of a man watching you from a dark hallway is creepy enough but to experience it as a child? Traumatizing.
🌤 Neutral
im late to the party but listen: here’s a good one. while drunk on the couch Kim (daughter) scoffs that Kim (dad) needs to focus on her & not the Parks family. this scene foreshadows the killing at the end when Kim (dad) has two options: focus on his dying daughter or the demand of his rich employer to get the son to the hospital. — mind blown 🤯
😐 Negative
This comment section should be in the end credits of the movie
😐 Negative
The actor who plays Kim Hi-taek is beyond talented. To be able to show so much anger, disgust and embarrassment in such a blank face is amazing
😐 Negative
I feel like the reason why I'm spending hours in this comment section is because I felt like I watched 3 movies in 1 and I'm trying to process everything.
🌤 Neutral
Just watch in 10 years time this film will be studied in High Schools as part of Film Studies
👍 Positive
everyone gets an "A+" on their essay-comments 👏
🌤 Neutral
“Don’t plan, life never goes as planned”
Ending: son plans out rescuing his dad
Ending: son plans out rescuing his dad
🌤 Neutral
The rich daughter was seen carrying the wounded poor guy who is her bf. That shows young minds are pure and are not corrupted yet...some rich people are not born mean and proud, they evolve too
🌤 Neutral
"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." -Cesar Cruz
I suddenly thought of this quote while watching this.
I suddenly thought of this quote while watching this.
🌤 Neutral
Min asked Kevin to take tutoring not because he was his friend, he asked Kevin because he thought he was the safest bet. He thought the daughter wouldnt like him because he was poor.
😐 Negative
No protagonists here. No happy ending for any one of them. They were all parasites in their own way... They all had such “fatal flaws”. The father depended on his children from coaching him to getting him a job. The mother refused to help Moon gwang even when they themselves were lying. “Jessica” faked everything from art therapy to certificates. The son made his move on the girl even after his friend who helped him get this job made it clear he liked her and the family trusted him to be with her. The rich father didn’t love his wife and hated the smell of the poor, the rich wife was completely clueless and enabled everything, the rich son was always inappropriate and the rich daughter was the only one that was not so flawed but didn’t really seem to have her priorities straight either. Every time something happened in the plot it was based on a lie. It was a house of cards that could not stand, and as soon as the rain came it washed it all away. I find this a morality tale about the perils of lying and fakery, no matter the class. It can’t last, and the shadow, whatever is lying in the basement, the unknown, will always creep out into the light and bring chaos and destruction.
🌤 Neutral
It's very interesting that the Park family does not act out of evil beliefs or are particularly greedy like in some anti capitalist movies, they even pay their staff appropriately and are very polite. The poverty and struggles of the working class is just out of their sight and that explains the cultural problem of the growing wealth gap pretty well.
👍 Positive
Parasite stressed me the hell out, but loved every second of this film. It's up there with Old Boy and other Korean thrillers
🌤 Neutral
Do you remember when old housekeeper cuts of camera wires to get into the house, at that moment she
unconsciously helped Kim to get away after the party, the key moment for me in the movie
👍 Positive
"She's rich but still nice”
" no, she's is nice because she's is rich”
Thanks for so many like 😄🙏
" no, she's is nice because she's is rich”
Thanks for so many like 😄🙏
👍 Positive
The reason Jessica's character is most liked in the film is because it is basically everyone in the society with unique and tremendous potential to succeed on their own but gives up and joins the flow of the majority due to the poor and negative circumstances of the surroundings.
😐 Negative
It suprised me at how the rich girl tried to save ki woon at the end
Her mom and dad didn't cared about their employees but the girl picked him on back and basically saved his life
I just don't know what to make of this
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Thank you everyone for answering this question to such great details
Each answer is correct in their own point of view
But I would like to believe that new generation does not demarcate between rich and poor and believe that every human life is equally important ✌🏻
Her mom and dad didn't cared about their employees but the girl picked him on back and basically saved his life
I just don't know what to make of this
Omg -3.5k likes...
Thank you everyone for answering this question to such great details
Each answer is correct in their own point of view
But I would like to believe that new generation does not demarcate between rich and poor and believe that every human life is equally important ✌🏻
👍 Positive
Y'all! just realized why Da Song liked Jessica when in fact all of his previous teachers can't handle him. Dahye mentioned that Da Song was just pretending to be 'smart' 'artistic' or any at that matter and he liked Jessica for the same reason that Jessica was also pretending to be 'smart' and 'artistic'. So at some point they understand each other very well. Birds with the same feather flock together indeed.
😐 Negative
Did anyone else figure that the old housekeeper was beat up because of the loan sharks who were trying to kill her husband trying to get him out of hiding from under the Park’s home? That’s why she had the cut on her lip and bruises before entering the house, and why she was so desperate to check on her husband so late at night. Sad that her rushing to protecting her husband and their livlihoods was her downfall (pun somewhat intended).
😐 Negative
Stop commenting guys, I can't like every single one of them
😐 Negative
remember when the mom said that they haven't had a birthday party at the house ever since the kid saw the ghost, and as soon as they do it at their house it all goes wrong.
👍 Positive
This is the first movie that really left an impact on me. I learned that:
1. I should treat people with respect
2. I've got a lot of good things going for me
3. Strive to understand people
4. Help those who are in need
5. Anyone can be a villain.
1. I should treat people with respect
2. I've got a lot of good things going for me
3. Strive to understand people
4. Help those who are in need
5. Anyone can be a villain.
👍 Positive
At the end, the father finally get to live in his dream house, but in exchange of his freedom
😐 Negative
Might be reading too much into this, but :
The WiFi connectivity issue shown in the beginning of the film comes full circle in the end.
In the beginning, the family couldn't get their messages across i.e no communication.
In the end, the father has no means of knowing whether his message will be received by his son, and the son has no means to deliver his message to his father.
The WiFi connectivity issue shown in the beginning of the film comes full circle in the end.
In the beginning, the family couldn't get their messages across i.e no communication.
In the end, the father has no means of knowing whether his message will be received by his son, and the son has no means to deliver his message to his father.
🌤 Neutral
I've edited this comment to hide how I got 2.9k likes 😅
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Pay attention to their conversation, you`ll realize that the father of the family was the driver for the Taiwanese cake shop owned by the man in the basement before the man went bankrupt, got in serious depts and ended up in that basement.
👍 Positive
The ghost lives in Mr Park's house and eats his food, Mr Park get his lights turned on at the right time because of the ghost. But the ghost adores Mr Park and Mr Park doesn't even know he exists. Capitalism. Wonderful
👍 Positive
The ending of Parasite is literally what the title suggested; a parasite that is embedded within a host will kill the host eventually. This movie can be interpreted in many different ways (literally, figuratively, metaphorically) and it still will make sense. It is a masterpiece of a masterpiece.
🌤 Neutral
Another amazing detail is that the sex scene is not there so that the movie has a sex scene. As many people watched the movie with their friends and families, the sex scene was to make us feel the discomfort and awkwardness just like the Kim's family hiding under the table and how we wanted that situation/scene to end as soon as possible.
😐 Negative
That scene in the flood where the son is saying "In situations like this... I always wonder what Min would do..." and his sister shooting back angrily with "MIN WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION!" hit really hard. On surface level, someone could take that to mean "Min wouldn't have done something this reckless." But we know what she means: "Min is upper-class. He would not have needed to put himself in this dangerous position."
🌤 Neutral
Notice which color Kevin's hair are dyed in his dream. Jessica still lives through him
🌤 Neutral
I had never read through any comment section for literally 30 mins before
👍 Positive
※If you're not Korean, you can never find this explanation by yourself※
Let's focus on the names of the poors.
1. Ki-Jung(Daughter)
Definition in Korean: Things that already happened or determined(기정)
-> So she's the only dead person among the family.
2. Ki-woo(Son)
Definition in Korean: Meaningless worries(기우)
-> All the plans he planned in the last scene would never gonna happen. Even though he plans the most, nothing can be realized in the long run.
Let's focus on the names of the poors.
1. Ki-Jung(Daughter)
Definition in Korean: Things that already happened or determined(기정)
-> So she's the only dead person among the family.
2. Ki-woo(Son)
Definition in Korean: Meaningless worries(기우)
-> All the plans he planned in the last scene would never gonna happen. Even though he plans the most, nothing can be realized in the long run.
🌤 Neutral
In the beginning scenes of the movie, Mrs. Park told Kevin that they've been through many Art teachers and none of them lasts a month. I guess that was Jessica's early premonition.
😐 Negative
Why is everyone overlooking the fact that Da-Hye saved Ki-Woo (Kevin)? Being a petitte young girl she literally carries Ki-Woo on her back and had she not done that, Ki-Woo would have surely bled to death.
I agree with most of your analysis, however this fact is conveniently overlooked. I think this part was included intentionally by the story teller to remind us that this is not simply about the rich being bad. In fact they are not really evil. Spoiled, ignorant, and unsympathetic but not evil. It is important to note Da-Hye's action here because she is the most likeable of all the Parks. We never see her really complain about the smell of the Kims unlike the rest of the family members are. In fact, she does fall for Ki Woo and this is a positive thing to note. Argue all you want that Mr. Park is a coward and a bit of a dick who showed no concern at all for the other lives that were more at danger, but her daughter is not like that.
The bottomline is this. The real villain here is the system and not necessarily the people. How we act, and how we view each other is largely dependent on the societal and cultural structures that we live in. If you are rich you are in a position to not give a shit about the poor. Not because you are evil, but because you do not have to take the subway, or labor manually like they do. If you are poor, you will sometimes have to cannibalize your own kind. Again not because you are evil, but because it is a way for you to survive.
Imagine that the Parks are these people who can afford the latest iPhone. Now most of them will think of how cool apple products are. Or how genius Steven Jobs is. But at the same time be completely naive of the sub-human standard working conditions that assembled these gadgets. Da-hye is simply one of them who read about it on the news and did give a shit.
I agree with most of your analysis, however this fact is conveniently overlooked. I think this part was included intentionally by the story teller to remind us that this is not simply about the rich being bad. In fact they are not really evil. Spoiled, ignorant, and unsympathetic but not evil. It is important to note Da-Hye's action here because she is the most likeable of all the Parks. We never see her really complain about the smell of the Kims unlike the rest of the family members are. In fact, she does fall for Ki Woo and this is a positive thing to note. Argue all you want that Mr. Park is a coward and a bit of a dick who showed no concern at all for the other lives that were more at danger, but her daughter is not like that.
The bottomline is this. The real villain here is the system and not necessarily the people. How we act, and how we view each other is largely dependent on the societal and cultural structures that we live in. If you are rich you are in a position to not give a shit about the poor. Not because you are evil, but because you do not have to take the subway, or labor manually like they do. If you are poor, you will sometimes have to cannibalize your own kind. Again not because you are evil, but because it is a way for you to survive.
Imagine that the Parks are these people who can afford the latest iPhone. Now most of them will think of how cool apple products are. Or how genius Steven Jobs is. But at the same time be completely naive of the sub-human standard working conditions that assembled these gadgets. Da-hye is simply one of them who read about it on the news and did give a shit.
🌤 Neutral
The symbolism behind Jessica's death in the rich house is that she's the only one who sincerely fits into the rich lifestyle and mindset. Like her brother says to her earlier in the film "You are the only one who really fits in this house."
So she died where she truly belonged. ❤️
So she died where she truly belonged. ❤️
🌤 Neutral
I legit thought the plot was just going to be the son falling in love with the girl he was tutoring when his friend said that he wanted to ask her out in university.
It got way past that.
It got way past that.
😐 Negative
Who else knew that exactly when the maid rang the bell, ALL HELL WOULD REIGN
👍 Positive
Parks daughter even carried kevin to safety. The only one who seen past the "smell". 💯
🌤 Neutral
the rock was floating on water indicating that the rock was actually a fake that's why he survived 2 blows of it
👍 Positive
You know it's a masterpiece if every scene in the movie means something. Metaphorically or literally.
👍 Positive
my favorite scene is when the guy says “reSpEcT”
🌤 Neutral
lol am i the only one who wants to know minhyuk's reaction after coming back to his country?
🌤 Neutral
One thing i also noticed :
When Park's daughter asks Kevin about Jessica and suggests that he may be her boyfriend, he immediately denies and seems kinda nervous about it, making a whole story about meeting Jessica for the first time that day. When comparing both of the girls with flowers, Park's daughter checks Kevin's pulse on his wrist, just like he did on their first class. She then remembers what he had told her about the "heart never lying" thing and leans for a kiss, mistaking his fast pulse for feelings. What I really think is, that his fast pulse is not because he has feelings for her but the fact that he's been lying from the start and feels constantly nervous and pressured on not being caught
When Park's daughter asks Kevin about Jessica and suggests that he may be her boyfriend, he immediately denies and seems kinda nervous about it, making a whole story about meeting Jessica for the first time that day. When comparing both of the girls with flowers, Park's daughter checks Kevin's pulse on his wrist, just like he did on their first class. She then remembers what he had told her about the "heart never lying" thing and leans for a kiss, mistaking his fast pulse for feelings. What I really think is, that his fast pulse is not because he has feelings for her but the fact that he's been lying from the start and feels constantly nervous and pressured on not being caught
😐 Negative
wow all of these comments are mind blowing. I have an observation to add, i noticed that the little boy (dasong) saw the lights flickering, and he knew it was morse code and unlocked the meaning but still chose to ignore it. i think it’s an analogy how people in general not just the rich, especially the young people choose to ignore important messages just because it’s out their comfort zone. Dasong didn’t tell his parents about maybe because it was raining and he didn’t want to get wet meaning young people don’t want to get their hands dirty because it’s not convenient. I’m just saying at this point lol it’s just a thought.
🌤 Neutral
The scene where the man in the basement manually turns on the lights for Mr. Park represents the fact that the ones who live in poverty as the lower class are the ones who supply the needs and comfort for those of the more fortunate upper class. shook
👍 Positive
It touched me when the woman on the backseat said "its good that it rained yesterday" sitting behind the driver whose house literally was flown away by the water from "yesterday's" rain.
🌤 Neutral
I just realized something:
So I’ve seen a comment talking about how there was a parallel between the beginning of the movie and the ending since when ki-woo’s friend brings the "rock" that’s supposed to bring good luck to the family the mother says "u could’ve brought food instead" and at the end ki-woo brought the rock to the basement instead of food which was what Jessica was supposed to bring.
But what if this was all a metaphor in order to criticize the Korean society.
I think Bong Joon Ho made this parallel in order to say "stop giving us superstitions, prayers and wishing us good luck and give us solutions or money, food"
The stone is pretty important throughout the movie to ki-woo he keeps it when their basement is flooded and when all the victims are sleeping after the flooding he still holds it tight and doesn’t let go of it.
But at the end this stone which was supposed to bring them good luck and blessings only ended up killing them (metaphorically and literally) cause this stone is the main factor of all the tragedies that happened at the birthday party (ki-woo drops it, the man in the basement takes it, hits ki-woo in the head with it and goes upstairs and kills Jessica etc...)
None of this would have happened if ki-woo left the stone alone.
So I think the main message is superstitions ironically ends up killing the poor since poor people are actually the most superstitious which does nothing for them.
Ps: it’s very long and I’m so sorry if it’s confusing English isn’t my first language.
So I’ve seen a comment talking about how there was a parallel between the beginning of the movie and the ending since when ki-woo’s friend brings the "rock" that’s supposed to bring good luck to the family the mother says "u could’ve brought food instead" and at the end ki-woo brought the rock to the basement instead of food which was what Jessica was supposed to bring.
But what if this was all a metaphor in order to criticize the Korean society.
I think Bong Joon Ho made this parallel in order to say "stop giving us superstitions, prayers and wishing us good luck and give us solutions or money, food"
The stone is pretty important throughout the movie to ki-woo he keeps it when their basement is flooded and when all the victims are sleeping after the flooding he still holds it tight and doesn’t let go of it.
But at the end this stone which was supposed to bring them good luck and blessings only ended up killing them (metaphorically and literally) cause this stone is the main factor of all the tragedies that happened at the birthday party (ki-woo drops it, the man in the basement takes it, hits ki-woo in the head with it and goes upstairs and kills Jessica etc...)
None of this would have happened if ki-woo left the stone alone.
So I think the main message is superstitions ironically ends up killing the poor since poor people are actually the most superstitious which does nothing for them.
Ps: it’s very long and I’m so sorry if it’s confusing English isn’t my first language.
😐 Negative
Why isn't anyone talking about the mother's gesture of kindness where during the party she tries to send food in the basement thinking they'd be hungry.
😐 Negative
Everyone were villains in the movie except the ex driver
😐 Negative
Why is no one talking about how the rich Parks family didn't have a security guard?!
🌤 Neutral
Anyone noticed how there is a foreshadowing to the father’s anger when he grabbed his wife’s shirt when she made the cockroach statement?
🌤 Neutral
When the basement guy says “Respect” to the rich guy, the rich guy replies “do you know me?”. It captures how society views the wealth success with respect, but in return the wealthy doesn’t know the collective society as individuals. It’s like meeting a celebrity at an airport, they would respond the same way the rich guy did to the basement guy in the film. Disturbing real world fact.
😐 Negative
I drew a similarity from the scenes, when Park doesn't even care about Jessica when she was stabbed and left to die and was asking for the keys to car and similarly during the flood a guy with a bicycle asked Kim to help him to get out, but kim simply neglects and proceeds to his house, rich or poor, people are selfish and care only about themselves or look out for the welfare of their family.
🌤 Neutral
One thing I noticed is that at the end in Kevin’s “dream”, when the rock is returned to the river, it blends perfectly in with the other rocks. This could symbolize Kevin’s idea of blending in with the rich. It makes sense for me especially after he asks Da-hye if he’d fit in with people at the party.
🌤 Neutral
When you found out that Jessica(ki jung) , (park so dam )in real life actually studied art and is an art therapist............
👍 Positive
This movie needs to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
😐 Negative
The Irony when the small kid was going to receive his birthday cake which was supposed to help him with his trauma but instead caused another when the girl from the Kim family who carried it got killed by the kid’s “ghost” just before he got it and then went unconscious
🌤 Neutral
He also starts the letter to his dad with "I have a plan", revealing that his dad is left for dead in the basement
👍 Positive
Can we just pat ourselves all in the back for giving out all these eye catching ideas?! Like damn every time i scroll down y’all keep blowing my mind 🤯
🌤 Neutral
Did any one noticed that whenever camera showed scenes from Kim's house they used a small angled camera lenses showing small and suffocating residence where as whenever they showed that big house they always used wide angle camera lenses showing big liberating house
👍 Positive
I loved this movie, honestly, it’s bound to become a classic thriller
😐 Negative
Parasite was the perfect title for this movie. Everyone is a parasite. The Kims are the "classic" parasites slowly infiltrating the host (Parks). The basement dude and wife were parasites too feeding off of the original architect owner and feeding off the new host, which was the Parks, for years until a stronger parasite takes over (Kims). Almost like a battle of parasites (lower class battles) to maintain their hierarchy.
From a different perspective, even the Parks are somewhat of a parasite because they feed off of the hard work of the lower class workers while reaping all the benefits.
From a different perspective, even the Parks are somewhat of a parasite because they feed off of the hard work of the lower class workers while reaping all the benefits.
😐 Negative
And i really hate it when people dont wanna watch parasite just because they dont want subtitles... Tsk tsk tsk
😐 Negative
I audibly gasped when the mother kicked the old maid down the stairs
👍 Positive
One of the best reviews and dissection of Parasite and the theme of class structure. It really showcases Bong's directorial prowess
👍 Positive
Great review! My thoughts on the little boy after watching it 5 times.
In the first bunker basement scene, the old maid says she still texts Dasong (boy) and that is how she knew the Park’s were out camping. It is the boy who insisted to stay at the camp ground in the heavy rain because Dasong knew the old maid was going to retrieve some stuff at the house. When the Park’s had to leave the campsite Dasong insists on having Jjappaguri (ramdon) so the mom will call home in order to give heads up for the old maid to get out of the house. My two more cents on Dasong is that he represents the young generation of today who know the plea of the less fortunate people. Dasong sees the light flickering and sees the “HELP!” sent by the man in the basement. Like the young generation of this day Dasong does not have the money or the power to save such people. It is ironic because it is the young generation who feel such empathy but they do not have the means to save the poor. But when they have family of their own, they are too busy pursuing the American dream of capitalism. I am all for capitalism yet, hope and dream for the rich to have socialistic hearts to help the needy.
In the first bunker basement scene, the old maid says she still texts Dasong (boy) and that is how she knew the Park’s were out camping. It is the boy who insisted to stay at the camp ground in the heavy rain because Dasong knew the old maid was going to retrieve some stuff at the house. When the Park’s had to leave the campsite Dasong insists on having Jjappaguri (ramdon) so the mom will call home in order to give heads up for the old maid to get out of the house. My two more cents on Dasong is that he represents the young generation of today who know the plea of the less fortunate people. Dasong sees the light flickering and sees the “HELP!” sent by the man in the basement. Like the young generation of this day Dasong does not have the money or the power to save such people. It is ironic because it is the young generation who feel such empathy but they do not have the means to save the poor. But when they have family of their own, they are too busy pursuing the American dream of capitalism. I am all for capitalism yet, hope and dream for the rich to have socialistic hearts to help the needy.
🌤 Neutral
WOW I just noticed a small detail - notice how the ghost/man was allowed to freely walk from the basement to the garden of the house without a single person noticing him - even when he gets to the garden, with the knife in his hand, the rich are all facing the opposite way, turning a blind eye to the poor ghost/man that now stands amongst them - even the rich girl (Park's daughter) is seen walking downstairs and looking facing the garden door seconds after the ghost/man enters the garden and yet even then she doesnt see him
Its not only until it is too late, when he stabs Jessica, do the rich people notice, it is only until their convenience is turned into inconvenience, the shattering of their safe hierachal bubble, do they finally take notice and acknowledge the poor ghost/man.
Wow
Its not only until it is too late, when he stabs Jessica, do the rich people notice, it is only until their convenience is turned into inconvenience, the shattering of their safe hierachal bubble, do they finally take notice and acknowledge the poor ghost/man.
Wow
🌤 Neutral
I heard they cut the part where Mr. Park tries to flirt with Ki-Jung (the daughter of Kim's family), which draws the attention of the Dad. This is why the dad constantly asks Mr.Park if he truly loves his wife or not.
🌤 Neutral
I wonder why 3 dogs didn't give any hints about basement.
🌤 Neutral
I just realized ki-woos friend the one who recommends to tutor da hye while he is away. He asks him that cause in his head he sees him as a less fortunate and not a threat to his girl.
😐 Negative
Why is everyone saying that the son took the rock downstairs as a peace offering? Wouldnt it be safer to assume that he "had a plan to fix everything" and was actually trying or at least planning to kill the maid's husband? He seemed scared and nervous as someone planning a murder.
🌤 Neutral
8 months later but I made a small discovery: In the scene when they’re all eating their hearts out at the buffet, the daughter asks her dad where he used to work, and she’s surprised that he used to do all these odd jobs but then he replies “After the bakery went out of business I had to” flash forward later when they’re all in the basement, the man who’s been living there said his bakery foreclosed, and him and his wife ended up taking out loans with the “loan sharks”. I don’t think that was a coincidence !! I think they’re father worked at the SAME small business, once again drawing a parallel between the two families!
I can’t remember the scenes exactly but if anyone has any more information feel free to tell me.
I can’t remember the scenes exactly but if anyone has any more information feel free to tell me.
😐 Negative
The main part that made me scream of frustrated is when they found the maid's husband in basement. They could have reach an agreement to keep each other's secret but the mom was so being so good of herself that she threaten the maid to call the police. Also the fact that the mom back kicked the maid falling down the stairs....that was so brutal
🌤 Neutral
Watched the movie for 2 hour
Spend also 2 hours for mining gold from comment section.
Spend also 2 hours for mining gold from comment section.
🌤 Neutral
Something small that I liked about this movie was how the poor family turned in to "proper" workers in a second, not looking at all like how they did when they did not have a job. The same happens when the "proper" housemaid comes back to the house looking like a homeless person. It shows that the poor are not so different from the middle-class or rich after all, they just don't have the luxury to care for themselves.
😐 Negative
the rich family never goes down the basement stairs and doesn’t even know of their existence. they are unaware of the poverty present in their very home. the mom was at the top of the stairs and as the maid tried to come up to reclaim her place at the top, the mom kicks her down again so that she could maintain her place, even at the expense of the other woman’s life.
🌤 Neutral
one of the most important metaphor has been overlooked!!!
" Icing on cake "
When Mr Kim is trying to convince Mrs Park that the old maid has TB... Jessica is the one who suggests “If you get the chance the hot sauce(pizza sauce) will be icing on the cake" Mr kim uses and Mrs park is confirmed about the tb thing
Then later Mrs park narrates the story about the ghost in which she tells that her son kept thinking about the cake because he loved (particularly) the icing on that cake - the reason he discovered the ghost
In the end we see that Jessica is asked to carry the cake that has the same icing as before and when the ghost guy stabs she slams the cake on his bloody face leaving half his face stained with blood and half with icing "
That is the reason the pizza scene is so important
The proverb icing on the cake means an attractive but unimportant addition ...
The icing probably represents the temptations that led to their downfall..
" Icing on cake "
When Mr Kim is trying to convince Mrs Park that the old maid has TB... Jessica is the one who suggests “If you get the chance the hot sauce(pizza sauce) will be icing on the cake" Mr kim uses and Mrs park is confirmed about the tb thing
Then later Mrs park narrates the story about the ghost in which she tells that her son kept thinking about the cake because he loved (particularly) the icing on that cake - the reason he discovered the ghost
In the end we see that Jessica is asked to carry the cake that has the same icing as before and when the ghost guy stabs she slams the cake on his bloody face leaving half his face stained with blood and half with icing "
That is the reason the pizza scene is so important
The proverb icing on the cake means an attractive but unimportant addition ...
The icing probably represents the temptations that led to their downfall..
🌤 Neutral
This comment section is actual gold. i too had a mind boggling discovery. that scene when the exterminator comes and the father tells the family to leave the windows open for 'free extermination' for bugs/parasites but has absolutely no difficulty in working through that gas while the others cough.....later he becomes the parasite in the park's house. symbolising he's the parasite that they now can not get rid of, for he is immune to the posion. he can not be gotten rid of. partly because the rich don't even know he is there
👍 Positive
I'd like to point out a little detail that it made this movie made sense, and that is that the director Bong Joon Ho studied sociology on college.
👍 Positive
i’ve never seen such a great comment section
😐 Negative
the whole movie was just like Jessica's character, she was even laughing while dying, so dark and deep
🌤 Neutral
Once a wise woman said: "Do it clockwise."
🌤 Neutral
Ram-don (otherwise known as jjapaguri in Korea), which the rich mom tells the poor mom to make for her son, is actually an extremely cheap meal made by mixing together two packets of ramen noodles. It would normally cost pennies, but the rich mom flaunts her wealth by having it with Hanu (sirloin) steak on top. She's showing off that she can afford Hanu so easily that she can add it to even simple meals. (Taken from a video of binging with babish)
Not only that, but the son doesn't even want it. The poor mom cooks a meal that she would have loved to serve her own kids, just for someone else's child to reject it entirely. The rich mom eats it instead, maybe symbolising that the things she does for her son are more for HER benefit (i.e. inviting HER friends to his birthday party).
Not only that, but the son doesn't even want it. The poor mom cooks a meal that she would have loved to serve her own kids, just for someone else's child to reject it entirely. The rich mom eats it instead, maybe symbolising that the things she does for her son are more for HER benefit (i.e. inviting HER friends to his birthday party).
🌤 Neutral
This movie is about the illusion that there is still a middle class.
😐 Negative
SPOILER: The ending was so sad. I actually thought that the son did become rich and rescued his dad.
🌤 Neutral
It's important that it's "Jessica" who dies because what she represents to the Parks is the middle class. They think she is an expert with professional degrees and experience, who can demand a higher salary. She's the one who is initially invited to the party and the family is quite social with her. They still don't care about her bleeding out in front of them at all. In other words even if Ki-Woo and Ki-Jung got to university, got the degrees and jobs they are obviously intelligent enough to excel at their lives would still be worthless compared to the parks. Even if they climbed as high as they could climb they'd still be worth nothing from the perspective of the rich.
👍 Positive
This movie doesn’t have a villain nor a hero, they’re all bad and nice in their own ways which is why I love this movie
😐 Negative
There's a scene in the semi-basement neighborhood with a Korean flag displayed outside. It shows how the working class poor cling on to a false sense of achievement through patriotic sentiment, while they themselves continue to live in squander and get none of the benefit from their nation's achievements. Whereas the wealthy Park family couldn't care less about their Korean heritage and indulge in Western culture. This is hard to spot, but I think it's there, because Korean households generally don't display the flag at their homes unless it is a national holiday.
👍 Positive
i love the parallel in the movie. when in the beginning of the movie, the Kim's family was eating stale bread that has bug (parasite) on it, and at the end of the movie in the scene of the party (15:03 on this video), the rich people white bread has their employees blood on it, which is their parasite. GENIUS !
😐 Negative
In the end there was only one group that won in this tragic conflict: the real estate sharks.
🌤 Neutral
I just realized that when Ki-Woo says that he is going to get a college degree at the beginning of the movie and his father says, “so you’ve got a plan” references to how at the end of the movie when the father says that having a plan means it probably won’t work out means that Ki-Woo won’t get a college degree, will not have a successful career, and will not be able to buy the house to free his father.
😐 Negative
I felt like the biggest point that I got on first viewing was how the poor are turned on each other.
🌤 Neutral
"A rich pet lives a better life than a poor human"
At the scene where the families were fighting to get a hold of the phone with the video, the 3 dogs from the Park family came in from the background. While they were fighting the dogs went about their way and ate up the scraps on the floor. Even the dogs of the rich profit from the strife of the less fortunate and were oblivious to the struggles that were taking place
At the scene where the families were fighting to get a hold of the phone with the video, the 3 dogs from the Park family came in from the background. While they were fighting the dogs went about their way and ate up the scraps on the floor. Even the dogs of the rich profit from the strife of the less fortunate and were oblivious to the struggles that were taking place
👍 Positive
After escaping from the Park house, there is a shot where the Kim's are going down a flight of stairs in the rain down under a bridge to escape the rain. Like rats returning to their holes. Another excellent use of a staircase.
👍 Positive
The Ultimate ironic metaphor is the ovations, awards and praise it gets from the privilleged Academy people
😐 Negative
After reading all the comments, it completely blows my mind that the entire movie was foreshadowing
😐 Negative
Stupid person: “art is dead”
Bong: “no I’m not”
Bong: “no I’m not”
😐 Negative
Kudo’s to whoever was responsible for the movie’s subtitles. Often times, powerful messages are lost in bad translation but not in with Parasite. Retaining & relaying original thought from one language/culture to another is not easy & often taken for granted. Please someone translate this comment to Korean for me.
😐 Negative
The most scary part of the movie is when the guy peeks over with his eyes open wide coming out of the basement
🌤 Neutral
I think there are three main symbols:
stone
smell
staircases
stone
smell
staircases
👍 Positive
everyone : having crazy theories
me: that bday cake looked so good
me: that bday cake looked so good
👍 Positive
I still love Jessica's character. I cried when she died.😭
🌤 Neutral
This movie represents us now during quarantine like rich people staying in their house with a lot of food,netflix and other good staff but poor people thinking about if they still have work after this and if they can eat tomorrow...
Sorry for my bad english...
Sorry for my bad english...
🌤 Neutral
I'm late but did anyone notice how in the Kim's family in the beginning, they have to search for wifi even in their normal room but in the Park's family, they even got signal/wifi in the lowest part of their house, the basement.
🌤 Neutral
In the beginning, the Kims looked up on YouTube on how to fold the pizza box in one-step, suggesting that they are looking for a quick and easy route towards wealth.
😐 Negative
The scholar's rock given to the Kims signifies their hopes for a better life. When the rain flooded their apartment, it can be seen floating in the sewage. It wasn't even the real thing in the first place.
😐 Negative
I just thought of another point I haven’t seen people talk about. In the beginning when the Kim husband flicks away the stink bug. The rich Parks also flicked them away like they were nothing, and always commented on how they stunk.
Now here’s the thing, I live in Maryland in the US. We have stink bugs heavily here. And stink bugs are chill, they just do their thing, unless you piss them off. Then they release their horrid smell upon you, or fly in your face. Like the rage of the poor families in the movie at the end.
Also, this is strange but I’ve never had a stink bug get into my room before, until last night when I started this movie. One was flying around my room and crawling up my wall.
Now here’s the thing, I live in Maryland in the US. We have stink bugs heavily here. And stink bugs are chill, they just do their thing, unless you piss them off. Then they release their horrid smell upon you, or fly in your face. Like the rage of the poor families in the movie at the end.
Also, this is strange but I’ve never had a stink bug get into my room before, until last night when I started this movie. One was flying around my room and crawling up my wall.
🌤 Neutral
Just realized that even the toilet in the Kim's house is in a higher position than their living area, which subtly implies a life of a subordinate family
👍 Positive
I really hope there isn't a second movie because this movie is perfect on it's own.
😐 Negative
The scene when the wife and husband start fooling around the husband mentions the "cheap panties". They called the driver a pervert for it but they are what they condemn. The wife also tells him "give me drugs" (or something along those lines). They mention drugs with a sexual fantasy but condemn the poor just because they assume they use it. The poor are the ones that suffer from the effects of drugs while the rich can use it for fun and fantasies.
👍 Positive
Snacking on the dog's treat, where the pet of the wealthy is leading a more luxurious life than the lower socio-economic classes :')
🌤 Neutral
I see many are saying that the sons painting is of the maid's husband/ghost in the basement so, some may say this is a stretch but - if you go back and look at the painting again you a see a man (most likely the man in the basement) then we see an arrow pointing upwards symbolising the man coming up the stairs from the basement into the Park’s reality at the garden party. At the bottom of the arrow there is a triangle which could be seen as the teepee which was set up in the yard⛺️ there is a bright sun and blue sky in the picture, something that in the movie was heavily referenced after the rainfall! So the whole picture foreshadowed the massacre at the ending! Call me crazy!
Edit: Thanks for all the appreciation guys, glad you found my theory interesting!!
Edit: Thanks for all the appreciation guys, glad you found my theory interesting!!
😐 Negative
and people thought Joker was disturbing
🌤 Neutral
I noticed how Moon-gwang pointed out that she knew the picture of the dogs was above the image of her at the front door (to convince the Kims to let her in) showing that the Parks perceived her as below even their dogs.
👍 Positive
In One scene where Kim Mom is drunk n says if I had that much money I too have had been nice to everyone n while saying that she literally shoves the puppy. I loved such details. To the point they were!!
😐 Negative
I had no idea where they were going with the story. So when the daughter demanded all those documents from the wife when faking the agency on the phone I was 100% sure that sister forgery would steal their identities and take the house.
😐 Negative
I can never analyze a movie this deep
😐 Negative
alright but is no one concerned about how messed up the little boy is going to be once he’s older?
🌤 Neutral
Something not so deep, but also how they get an "english" version of their name as soon as they enter the household community, like almost a requirement. It reminds me of how in some parts of the US people get mad at immigrants/tourists for not speaking english.
🌤 Neutral
One thing I noticed was how when the Kims were getting drunk in the Parks' house, Ki-woo said that he's going to ask Da-hye out when he's in university. This dialogue is a repeat of Min's (Ki-woo's 'upper class' friend that gave them the stone) at the beginning of the movie, which might indicate that Ki-woo now sees himself at the same level as Min, not inferior like he stated at the beginning scene.
🌤 Neutral
Meanwhile Min - "You had one job"
🌤 Neutral
I am rewatching the movie again and i am at the part were mr kim and mr park are in the bushes, mr park says to mr kim that he would be paid extra and to treat it as a part of is work, he is saying indirectly that he wasn't invited to the party and isn't high class
🌤 Neutral
Another metaphor or symbolism :
When the poor son said to rich daughter that - do you think he fits in, and says he would go down. She says that - down there in the lawn? He says- lower. What he meant was his life and poverty would degrade further- and it did happen, he lost his sister and father trapped in the basement. He went down-hole further.
When the poor son said to rich daughter that - do you think he fits in, and says he would go down. She says that - down there in the lawn? He says- lower. What he meant was his life and poverty would degrade further- and it did happen, he lost his sister and father trapped in the basement. He went down-hole further.
👍 Positive
anyone else come out of the movie feeling like they'd just watched 4 movies at once? Incredible work.
👍 Positive
This would make a great choice for a Sociology class film review.
👍 Positive
And finally Parasite winning 4 oscars.
1) best picture
2) best foreign language Film
3) best director
4)best original screenplay
1) best picture
2) best foreign language Film
3) best director
4)best original screenplay
🌤 Neutral
the rich dad says that his driver have that distinct smell same like when taking the public transport. like the smell from poor people. then again the smell was referenced after they went shopping. but i notice from the begining that the boy said that they all smell the same. the smell reference is how the rich discriminate the poor.
😐 Negative
The daughter is stabbed the same way as the rich house owner
😐 Negative
The ex driver wasn’t good either when “Jessica” said she wanted to be dropped off at a station he insisted until she said she had a boyfriend waiting for her
😐 Negative
I felt bad for Ki-Jung she didn’t deserve to die:(
😐 Negative
I feel like the rock represents a false sense of hope. The rock was suppose to bring them material wealth as a gift. At first the family was making a significant amount of money, but soon their house and plan was totally ruined. Also the fact that the rock floated means it’s fake bc rocks don’t float. And the son keeps clinging to the rock because he thinks it will bring him fortune. Also, the rock ends up almost killing the son when it slams on his head. Showing he was hit by reality. Lastly, the ending where they show the future of him supposedly buying the house gives him hope, but is impossible bc it will take him a life time to make enough money.
👍 Positive
After this movie I appreciate my life a lot more
🌤 Neutral
5:30 you actually missed one of the most important scenes or I would say THE most important scene in the whole movie where Mr park was explaining Kim about the whole birthday play and the roles they need to play and Kim starts to "cross the line" by saying "your wife likes sudden parties right?", "you truly love your wife" showing his irritation and disdain for the party and all the fuss about it when he is going through toughest hardships, and Mr park starts to get irked by it and says "you're being paid extra, so treat it as work", and this scene sets Kim's resentment in stone and also shows how for the rich and upper-class human labor is just transactional and all the blood and sweat of the working class is counted in money and nothing more while working-class is always expected by the rich to be eternally grateful to them for their "favor", this shows how the wealth gap has reduced the working class to be less human and just transactional labor where money is used by the rich to sidestep all their concerns and human hardships and use their labor to satisfy even the most trivial of their needs.
🌤 Neutral
" the best plan is to have no plan at all "
- the moral lesson I learned from this movie
- the moral lesson I learned from this movie
🌤 Neutral
In the final moments of the film you can hear the poor dad who's now trapped in the basement, is starting to laugh like the guy who was trapped there before. This is a small detail that apparently gets no attention
👍 Positive
After reading all these comments i realized indeed this movie is oscar winning movie.
Hats off to the director and his team.
Im so amazed by the comment section damnnn this movie is so deep
Hats off to the director and his team.
Im so amazed by the comment section damnnn this movie is so deep
😐 Negative
The scene jessica sitting on the flooding toilet is like bleeding when she was being stabbed. She was in pain while pressing and being pressed
😐 Negative
My heart is still beating. I feel bad for everyone. this lack of a villian or should I say abundance really really confuses me shit
😐 Negative
The most depressing part is the final moment when the son tells his father that he will one day buy the house he lives under so he can simply “walk upstairs” when in reality he just got out on probation, he has no money, no good job, and he’s not in school. It’s a real downer because we all know it’s never gonna happen and he may surely die in that bunker....alone.
🌤 Neutral
I think we all need the director to sit next to us next time and explain exactly what he means. We missed a lot when we watched it for the first time.
🌤 Neutral
I think the case of WiFi signal is when the kims have to reach the highest point of their house to get internet shows how the poor has to work the highest in order to get success.
And the internet connectivity at the park house which is still available even at the basement shows the rich has to do small hard work to get success
And the internet connectivity at the park house which is still available even at the basement shows the rich has to do small hard work to get success
😐 Negative
The father managed to escape being locked behind bars and eventually still ended up like one, only hidden and imprisoned down in the basement. Irony at its best!
🌤 Neutral
It's ironic how Kevin during the scene in their flooded home and shelter, he hugged the stone so much. His father even asked him about it and he says that there's something the stone seems to cling to him so dearly and it's the same stone that almost put him into death. That was the most striking scene for me. For me it represents the reality that sometimes that things that we cling on so dearly might also be the things that will harm us eventually. He holds on to that "false hope" or the stone that it also was used against him.
🌤 Neutral
Little point: the pouring rain destroyed the house of the poors but Park's boy camps outside with a tent, showing the rich and poors difference to the extent.
👍 Positive
There's a lot of hype around this movie so i decided to watch it without looking up any information. Best experience ever. Truely mind blowing.
🌤 Neutral
Why no one is talking about the old housekeeper’s face when she comes back for her husband?
😐 Negative
can there be a spin off about ki-woo’s friend that’s overseas and he comes back to see that everything’s gone to shit
👍 Positive
I could make a dissertation using the ideas and theories of this commentary section
This is pure gold
This is pure gold
😐 Negative
Remember when the kevin mom said if I had money be alot nicer but when the house keeper was asking for help she didn't even think twice to help them
🌤 Neutral
I also think that when the mother Kims said “she is nice because she’s rich” and indicated that if she were rich she would also be nice. when she later goes down to the basement with the old housekeeper she is not nice or helpful although she claims not to be needy, therefore denying her poverty.
😐 Negative
It would take 564 years for me to understand the whole damn meaning of the movie .....
🌤 Neutral
Imagine Min-Hyuk’s reaction to everything when coming back from abroad though. O_O lol
😐 Negative
the scene where the dad is crawling across the floor trying to escape, but the Parks suddenly wake up while their son is calling them from the tent .. and the dad is just laying there face down absolutely killed me lmao
🌤 Neutral
I think that the Kim's were accepting of their poor status and just wanted to gain more money to improve their life's quality, all except the son. He believed that his 'poor' life was just a transient phase into him rising to his place among the 'rich'. That is portrayed by the entire family verging on 'the line' but never actually crossing it, except for the son, who crossed it twice. The first time was when the Kim's were pretending to be rich while the Park's where away camping and the son chose to cross the 'line' and lay in the sun while his entire family stayed in the shadows. His parents warned him of getting burned, but he just said that it was amazing. The second time was when the son was standing with the rich daughter gazing down at the party, it showed him being perplexed between his poor self (his reflection in the glass at one side of the line) and his rich self (him actually standing next to his rich girlfriend, both on the other side of the line) and when he was finally ready to rise above and let go of his poor image (portrayed by him handing down the stone to the more needy man in the basement, thus assuming his position among the rich), it backfired and ended up burning his family like his parents had warned him before.
😐 Negative
There is a proverb in Persian language that explains the situation of Jessica's death. Why wasn't she crying of pain?why she looked indifferent? Why she was smiling?:" khandeye talkhe man az gerye ghamangiz tar ast" which means "my bitter laughter is more traumatic than my tears"
Not only in Jessica's death scene but also in other scenes we see the same thing. The basement guy is dying but he smiles and says RESPECT to house owner. When Kiwoo wakes up in hospital and finds out he has been arrested or when he finds out his sister has died of bleeding, he still laughs. Have you seen Joker 2019? It's also about poverty and gap between the rich and poor. Joker also has nonstop laughter in hard and traumatic situations like when others make fun of him or when they bother him. Sometimes laughter is not because of joy, it's from a deep pain.. Its because of a misery which makes someone speechless and so done with whole life and existence...
Not only in Jessica's death scene but also in other scenes we see the same thing. The basement guy is dying but he smiles and says RESPECT to house owner. When Kiwoo wakes up in hospital and finds out he has been arrested or when he finds out his sister has died of bleeding, he still laughs. Have you seen Joker 2019? It's also about poverty and gap between the rich and poor. Joker also has nonstop laughter in hard and traumatic situations like when others make fun of him or when they bother him. Sometimes laughter is not because of joy, it's from a deep pain.. Its because of a misery which makes someone speechless and so done with whole life and existence...
🌤 Neutral
I believe that Ki-woo and that rock represent the story of Sisyphus, a man that was punished by the gods for being too clever; he had to carry an enormous rock to the top of a mountain everyday, only to see it rolling all the way down again and again.
👍 Positive
The comment section is a proof that if we united all countries to work together we can achieve the impossible.
Different interpretations by different citizens with their own talent.
Different interpretations by different citizens with their own talent.
😐 Negative
Every second comment is giving me chills, and making me feel even more dumb☹️
😐 Negative
Stop watching the video.
Comments are more interesting than the video.
Comments are more interesting than the video.
👍 Positive
The change in Father's eye are really epic for me. His aura literally change to someone else.
😐 Negative
The rainstorm literally washes the Kim family back down into the sewers where they live.
👍 Positive
I love this comment section but I have a question. Did anyone notice that on the wall of the Kim's basement apartment there was an Olympic silver medal next to a picture of Mrs. Kim playing tennis? Also, how did Ki-woo and Min know each other? They're supposed to be classmates but it just surprises me that they went to the same school because of the social class difference. This stuff kind of makes me believe that the Kim's weren't always so poor and there was a fall from grace that occurred but I'm not sure.
😐 Negative
Remember his mom saying that they never throw bday parties at home any more. Oof
🌤 Neutral
In conclusion everything in this movie is related from the first scene to the last.
🌤 Neutral
"all you need to do, is to walk up the stairs."
epic..
epic..
🌤 Neutral
I’ve noticed that the rich family never mentioned Jessica’s scent because she’s the most suitable to be rich. Also they allowed her to carry the cake which she’s already accepted by the rich.
🌤 Neutral
Hey guys I've been watching parasite for the second time and here are some additional things I noticed:
Do you remember how the house wife told Jessica she would be the highlight of the party? Like literally she died.
Another thing right at the beginning when the son und his father poured water on the drunk guy, Jessica hold up her phone and points it right at them saying (at least the german subtitles) : "flood"
A foreshadowing to the flood later on
Also the psycho in the basement told in one shot that the former housekeeper that the only thing he got is love. When she died he totally lost it and turned to a massmurderer
Do you remember how the house wife told Jessica she would be the highlight of the party? Like literally she died.
Another thing right at the beginning when the son und his father poured water on the drunk guy, Jessica hold up her phone and points it right at them saying (at least the german subtitles) : "flood"
A foreshadowing to the flood later on
Also the psycho in the basement told in one shot that the former housekeeper that the only thing he got is love. When she died he totally lost it and turned to a massmurderer
🌤 Neutral
All you have to do, is to walk up the stairs
That scene was something else
That scene was something else
🌤 Neutral
Just throwing this out there: maybe Mr. Park was holding his nose in the end because he was within arms length of a man who hasn't showered in 4 years...
😐 Negative
This movie is so creepy and I give lots of that credit to the fact that the trailer gives nothing away and ANYTHING could happen
🌤 Neutral
The fact that everyone in this comment session keeps referring to Kijung as 'Jessica' only proves how real her persona seemed to be. How good she was at pretending to be an entirely different person. To the point where she became engraved to the audience's own mind as Jessica.
🌤 Neutral
Just saw the movie so a bit late to the party. However, now I realize this is also saying that this is a cycle and will continue. How the dad said another rich oblivious family moved into the house, they’re just like the Parks. The father replaced the last man, and as the son goes off to university like Min. This leaves the mother in a situation she needs a job, she could (after finding out her husband is still alive) try to see if the new homeowners need a housekeeper and the cycle of poverty repeats. WASH, RINSE, REPEAT.
😐 Negative
People are still pressed that this movie isn’t in English and that it got an award. In reality, these are the realities that people have to go through when it comes to poverty.
👍 Positive
Jessica is shown to have tremendous potential and she's also said to 'fit in,' with the rich, rosy existence of the Park's. In the end, it was the man who was living in the lowest place and was bound by his extreme poverty (debt to loan sharks) that killed her. This can go to show how her promise and capabilities were quite literally 'killed/murdered' by poverty and lack of opportunities.
🌤 Neutral
I remember when park seojoon(ex tutor) said at the beginning "they're all kind but there is something odd in that house" something like that
😐 Negative
SPOILER:
When the father was asked what's the next plan after they were found out, he said "a plan that never fails, is no plan at all"
Felt like that was such a powerful take away because when they went ahead with no plan, unlike before, everything just crumbled. You see the regret on the father's face when their act fell apart, his daughter got killed and son injured (thought he was a goner for sure but his "lucky stone" saved him). It was such a meaningful take away for me because this just showed how having no plan and taking shortcuts can also lead to failure, then literally ending the movie with his son putting together a full fledged plan on how he should start over until he reaches success. Such a good movie!
When the father was asked what's the next plan after they were found out, he said "a plan that never fails, is no plan at all"
Felt like that was such a powerful take away because when they went ahead with no plan, unlike before, everything just crumbled. You see the regret on the father's face when their act fell apart, his daughter got killed and son injured (thought he was a goner for sure but his "lucky stone" saved him). It was such a meaningful take away for me because this just showed how having no plan and taking shortcuts can also lead to failure, then literally ending the movie with his son putting together a full fledged plan on how he should start over until he reaches success. Such a good movie!
🌤 Neutral
Did anyone notice that everyone in the poor family is actually talented somehow in what they are supposed to do for the Parks (even if they are somewhat faking it)? It is like saying: „Even if youre talented...If youre born in the lower class, your talent means nothing. It wont get you anywhere.“
😐 Negative
Ki-woo said the stone is literally clinging onto him
And in the end he was nearly killed by that stone
So in a way if he didn't carry the stone none of it would have happened
And in the end he was nearly killed by that stone
So in a way if he didn't carry the stone none of it would have happened
🌤 Neutral
For the rock fans out there:
The rock doesn't sink when flood came in why? Well that's the reality
The rock sinks in the river why? Well that scene happen when he is dreaming about to get rich and buy a house for his dad
The rock doesn't sink when flood came in why? Well that's the reality
The rock sinks in the river why? Well that scene happen when he is dreaming about to get rich and buy a house for his dad
👍 Positive
What makes "Parasite" so perfect is that it understands the rules and power of storytelling. Everything on screen has a specific purpose and a meaning that transforms the story as it unpacks.
🌤 Neutral
I just realized something—during the flood, the son stared at the rock that the rich friend gave him because he realized that it was fake when it floated. However, he still felt like the rock “clung to him” and carried it around because even when he knew there was no hope he still valued the rock and couldn’t help but lie to himself. When the dad told him that he didn’t have a plan because plans don’t work out in the end, he went down to the basement with the rock to give to them because they didn’t know it was fake and could still have hope. So the fake rock symbolizes lost hope. I know that was long and no ones probably gonna see this anyway but yeah haha
👍 Positive
this comment section gives me so much hope. i'm glad people are still dissecting film and love good storytelling the way that i do
😐 Negative
He took the term ‘social ladder’ to a whole new level 🙁
😐 Negative
The “RESPECT!” scene still horrifies
🌤 Neutral
In the beginning they have to raise their phones up to get WiFi signal. In the end Kim's son has to go up the mountain to find out his father's signal via the porch light.
👍 Positive
This would be a good movie to talk about in my Humanities class
😐 Negative
I’m surprised the part where the rich girl carried kevin’s unconscious body wasn’t mentioned. I didn’t care much for their romantic relationship and even scoffed at her cause they like, what, knew each other for 2-3 days and then kissed? What is this? A disney princess? I even thought maybe she was just a stereotypical flirty high-schooler that flirted with all her tutors. Was expecting her to have ran out screaming and panicking when she found his bleeding body. NOPE! She carried him on her frickin’ back! That girl deserves all the respect. I guess I should give credit to kevin too for having some mad charisma by getting her to be that in love with him.
I wonder how she felt after discovering the true identity of her boyfriend and that he basically indirectly caused the death of her father.
I wonder how she felt after discovering the true identity of her boyfriend and that he basically indirectly caused the death of her father.
🌤 Neutral
Also, something that Binging with Babish pointed out: the symbolism of the ram-don is seen by putting the sirloin steak on top of bargain noodles, furthering emphasizing the rich over the poor.
🌤 Neutral
Imagine Da-song comes in between when they were making out, he'd have gotten seizures again 😂
😐 Negative
The party is the darkest part of the movie on the brightest day
👍 Positive
the rich daughter carrying Kevin who she considered her boyfriend---TRUE LOVE😊 melts my heart..
😐 Negative
Seeing the daughter die literally hurt. This movie is a masterpiece
👍 Positive
I love how almost every significant event in this movie is foreshadowed
😐 Negative
I got scared when the Kim's family is having a fun night but suddenly the old housekeeper appeared in that screen and imagining it was in the creepy photo of the purge
😐 Negative
The fact that the hints, symbols and the whole movie practically, literally & metaphorically is a legit reflection of the current reality of the world that we live in is what's terrifying
😐 Negative
Damn i just realized that in the poor familys home the toilet is the highest place
🌤 Neutral
My interpretation: Ki-woo(the son) and Min(his rich cousin) at the beginning also show the social separation between the rich and poor. where Ki-woo and his family only laugh at the drunk who pees, but the cousin comes and says something to the drunk, Ki-woo's family admire his willingness to stand up as if doing something ordinary was somewhat amazing, showing how the rich are glamorized for anything they do whilst poor are seen as spectators that simply watch in amazement.
🌤 Neutral
Did anyone notice that the kid wrote down the messages he got from the basement? Yet he never shared them with anyone, maybe to protect his family from the harsh reality. That could explain his obsession with being a warrior, wanting to protect his family.
🌤 Neutral
i feel like a lot of people missed the huge foreshadowing of the birthday party fight. ms park told the housekeeper to set up the tables like the old indian tribe war battle. directly foreshadowing the blood war of the party
🌤 Neutral
Min and Madam had an affair.
Koreans have subtle lines that they understand.
When he first describe madam, he said "Young and Simple" and then
subtitle "I had fun there"
but It can be interpreted as a double meaning.
"Yeah...I liked her".
This is not a simple description, but it can be taken as a meaning of reminiscing about happy moments in the past.
and during the tutor interview, Madame said, "I was very satisfied."
After tutoring, she paid more money because "inflation"
But in fact, the money is taken out of the envelope and paid.
that mean she paid "additional salary" to former tutor
Koreans have subtle lines that they understand.
When he first describe madam, he said "Young and Simple" and then
subtitle "I had fun there"
but It can be interpreted as a double meaning.
"Yeah...I liked her".
This is not a simple description, but it can be taken as a meaning of reminiscing about happy moments in the past.
and during the tutor interview, Madame said, "I was very satisfied."
After tutoring, she paid more money because "inflation"
But in fact, the money is taken out of the envelope and paid.
that mean she paid "additional salary" to former tutor
🌤 Neutral
I thought Dasong would look at the house whilst in his tent and see all the Kim family underneath the table.
🌤 Neutral
One thing I remember thinking about was the scene of the house flooding, the lights were flickering but it seemed like they were flickering in code, like the man in the basement turning the lights on, I don't know I have to watch the movie again and see if that had a hidden message
👍 Positive
i love how this film is essentially two different movies in one. the first movie is the kim’s ride to take over the home, and the second is the kim’s downfall. the best part about it is that the exact halfway point of the film is when the old housekeeper rings the doorbell, and that also symbolized the end of one movie and begging of the next
👍 Positive
Dear Hollywood, NO REMAKE AND REBOOT! Please leave Parasite alone. This movie is perfect. End of story
😐 Negative
"Kim, there's people dying"
👍 Positive
"you'll introduced to many amazing films if you passout the 1 inch subtitle barrier"- the director of this film while receiving the oscar
😐 Negative
What surprised me the most was that the ex-housekeeper and new housekeeper didn't make a deal to form an alliance.
😐 Negative
I just think it's heartbreaking at the end when the son says "all you have to do is walk up the stairs" when simply the attempt to do so is so difficult and leads to their downfall
🌤 Neutral
this is really not obvious but i noticed a correlation between the man in the basement and cake. he mentions his cake shop shutting down and the two times he comes upstairs are when the son is eating cake and the cake is being brought out at the party
🌤 Neutral
I would like to know why exactly the lights hanging above the entrance to the house can be manually operated from the bunker.
👍 Positive
Reading these comments was the second best thing i did tonight
🌤 Neutral
Parasite- a horror movie without ghosts, a comic without obvious jokes, a poem without rhymes, ....
😐 Negative
“None of his art teachers ever last.” Damn
🌤 Neutral
Since no-one acknowledge that there is a basement beneath the house, after the incidence, the Park family would still probably believe that it has something to do with the same supernatural being that used to haunt their son.
😐 Negative
The fight between the Kim family and the maid remind me of crabs in a bucket. The more they climb to get above each other the harder they fall...it’s almost like they can’t climb above their social status.
🌤 Neutral
Just done rewatching it and realize, when the scene of the Kim son holding his stone to hit the man who is peeing outside their window it become vice versa. He was the one who was hit by a stone.
🌤 Neutral
Jessica is the only person in the Kim family who could've had a chance to belong on the upside.
At the party, Mrs. Kim chose to have Jessica bring out the cake to DaSung when normally you'd expect DaHye, the family's daughter, to be chosen for the special role in the oh so special party.
But of course she's also the only Kim who got stabbed to death while the cake was in her hand and still, none of the rich cared after all.
At the party, Mrs. Kim chose to have Jessica bring out the cake to DaSung when normally you'd expect DaHye, the family's daughter, to be chosen for the special role in the oh so special party.
But of course she's also the only Kim who got stabbed to death while the cake was in her hand and still, none of the rich cared after all.
😐 Negative
“Buy me drugs” is the most underrated quote in the film.
🌤 Neutral
I've been though most of the comment section and I just thought I'd mention some small things not yet mentioned: Earlier in the film the son from the poor family said they'd have to hire actors if they got married in real life. At the party scene in the end, all the rich people just seem fake too and run away when all the families (especially the rich family) are seriously injured. Also there is huge contrast between how everyone is dressed. Their clothes look perfect wheras the poor families' look "CREASED" and brown. As stated by the poor son, he doesn't fit in at the party...
😐 Negative
All that art shit she said about her son to his mom which she actually Google was more about true. Her son was actually drawing his trauma , the face in his artwork resembled that man who lived in the basement.
🌤 Neutral
I noticed that when mr Kim was hiding under the table, the parks were talking about his smell and he seemed upset and smelt himself. Then when the basement man is stabbed Mr park smells him and runs away then Mr Kim stabs him. I feel like these are connected somehow.
👍 Positive
This movie is an absolute masterpiece, when I first saw it and, it went from happy to absolute terror I doubted that am actually watching a different movie I had to rewatch it over and over ..can't get enough of it
🌤 Neutral
"Planned actions are always better than random ones"
Son realized from father's mistake
Son realized from father's mistake
🌤 Neutral
If u notice every time u see someone going to Kim's house, they have to go downwards or from a slope road and when u have to go to Park's house u have to go upwards. It is used to showcase the difference between them. Another thing is that creater have made the windows so special that it seems like the two house are facing each other. The creators have used the architecture in a perfect way to creat a image of poor and rich within us For example - Bong Joon Ho wanted to use sunlight as a way to illustrate the better life of upper class. They're higher up in society, higher up physically and therefore closer to sun too. So the first shot where we see sun itself on screen is when Ki-woo from lower class Kim family, acends a staircase towards the Park family's house. This is so blured in the beautiful storyline and moreover these details don't even seem fabricated.
👍 Positive
Towards the end when the son is talking about how the reporters follow them around he is putting up flyers from the pizza place. He went through all that just to end up working right where he started, at the bottom. The movie is a masterpiece I cannot express that enough!!!!
👍 Positive
This is my favorite film of all time. The foreshadowing, writing, directing, cinematography, use of music is absolutely outstanding. What a masterclass of art, not just film.
😐 Negative
Im too stupid to see the dept of the film, so I need to come here for some explanation.. and now realize this film is too symbolic for me.
👍 Positive
I don’t know what this movie did to me, but when Jessica was stabbed i just understood what being stabbed to the heart feels like, this movie changed my mindset for good.
And for everyone in this comment section, I love you, you are geniuses.
And for everyone in this comment section, I love you, you are geniuses.
🌤 Neutral
I thought it was also interesting how Moon-gwang referred to Choong-sook as a “sister” due to them having the same position and once she sees they are imposters she takes it back and deems herself a higher class/above her
🌤 Neutral
One thing I noticed is how throughout the movie, they kept bringing up the theme of 'plans'. They kept asking the father what his plan was. He never gave an answer. He even told his son his plan is to not have any plan at all. At the end of the movie though, right before he entered the basement - he says he finally knew what he had to do.
I feel there a theme coming out here is how plans can rise or fall based on the class you are born in. While the Parks seemed to be in control of the plans they had and made, the plans of the Kims literally kept taking them further down than they were before. The only plan that seemed to work was at the end when the dad finally knew what he had to do - go into the basement.
I think this really sums up the sad reality of what goes on in the world today. For a lot of people, their plans never seem to work. Partly because they don't have plans or because their plans get drowned by the system. At the end of the day the plan that seems to work out for most - is staying where they are, or going further down ultimately hiding from the world, robbing the world of ever seeing the true greatness they have.
I feel there a theme coming out here is how plans can rise or fall based on the class you are born in. While the Parks seemed to be in control of the plans they had and made, the plans of the Kims literally kept taking them further down than they were before. The only plan that seemed to work was at the end when the dad finally knew what he had to do - go into the basement.
I think this really sums up the sad reality of what goes on in the world today. For a lot of people, their plans never seem to work. Partly because they don't have plans or because their plans get drowned by the system. At the end of the day the plan that seems to work out for most - is staying where they are, or going further down ultimately hiding from the world, robbing the world of ever seeing the true greatness they have.
😐 Negative
When Kevin accidentally tripped on the stairs in the basement, causing his dad and sister to fall down with him, this triggered all the events at the house and flood in the Kim’s house (they couldn’t get back in time to stop the flood). Similarly, Kevin also triggered the events at the party where he decided to go down into the basement and accidentally let the husband out.
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Did anyone notice that the order of those light buttons in the bunker is opposite to the actual alignment of the lights on the stairs. The lights rise up like stairs but the buttons order is downwards.