Parasite

Honestly watching this movie, you can just tell why it received the oscars. Its truly a work of art but at some points it is a bit confusing and it leaves you to interpret a lot of things in your own point of view. Especially the ending which was left bittersweet and yet open for you to give it your own ending. Was his daydreaming something that actually happens in the future or just something he wishes for? I also really wanted to know what happened to the rich family in the end, I was always curious about that and if kiwoo actually liked the daughter or not. It just leaves you wondering and creating your own theories about what the plot and the message is about.

The actors did so well, really amazing performance and it really did deserve those oscars.

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Raw and real it’s terrifying!

There might be some spoilers, but mostly, just saying what’s on my heart at the moment.

Every time I finish a movie, there’s a certain feeling of satisfaction or disappointment. Some I finish in tears, but even then, I felt it's just right to end that way. Others, I end up getting disappointed to the point of cursing - demanding for my 2 hrs of wasted time to be given back. But mostly, I end up watching movies I felt very contented with.

Parasite though, it gave me a heavy heart... sitting and watching there for over two hours - how the lives of a family got ruined more than it already was. I don’t blame people for associating the movie with ‘Hell Joseon’ because it certainly was a depiction of it. And let’s face it, it’s not only happening in Korea, but the rest of the world. How the rich get to keep their riches, and the poor keep getting pushed to the edge (if you know what I mean).

Kiwoo’s letter at the end, knowing it was all just wishful thinking and would never come true (based on the theme of the story and well, let’s just say LIFE), only added to my already depressed mood following the tragedy that was called ‘the birthday party’.

Let’s not even get started in talking about justice for Mr. Park and how unfairly he was stabbed in the back (don’t take it literally because you know, he was stabbed in front) but anyway, that’s not my point. My point is, the Park family was nothing but nice. They’re rich, but they treated their workers with humanity. And just because a poor man couldn’t take an insult, he lost his mind and killed a person for it. Is that how cheap life is now? A life for pride? And he was even absolved from persecution because, well, HE FREAKIN' FLED! Can you believe what kind of person he is? I just kept repeating a sentence after this scene - 어이가 없네 (eoiga eobsne)!!!!

It was like a domino of misfortune. The head of the family who was supposed to be the pillar and supposed to protect his family failed at his duty miserably. Not only one, but four innocent lives were sacrificed for nothing. And in the end, nothing has changed.

So, am I recommending this movie? Definitely a yes. It is an eye-opener if you are in your corner refusing to admit the cruelty of life called REALITY. But for those who insist on only seeing fluffy things, skip it.

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I actually had to watch this for ib lit (my fav course ever 🔥🔥) and had only one night to complete it, so I watched it on 3x speed (definitely ruined the cinematic experience for myself).
From the casual movie viewer facet of me, this was honestly a pretty boring watch.
However, from the super critical, analytical deep thinker facet of me, I loved it. To be fair, I love analyzing even the smallest details in literature, so if you’re a fan of literary classics, I’m sure you would absolutely love this drama.

(I’d actually watched this movie a few years ago back when it was super hyped up, but dropped it after the 15 minute mark because I hate movies with manipulative protagonists no matter how warranted or justified their behavior may be. But I mean the title is literally PARASITE for god’s sake, so what was I expecting?)

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A Faithful But Flawed Flesh-Bending Adaptation

👍 WHAT WORKS:
Shota Sometani’s Migi – The CGI talking hand-parasite is bizarrely charming (and oddly cute?).

Body horror visuals – Heads splitting, limbs morphing—gloriously disgusting.

Core themes intact – Still asks "Who’s the real monster?" with bloody flair.

👎 WHAT FIZZLES:
Rushed pacing – Crams 24 manga volumes into 2 films = whiplash storytelling.

Wooden human acting – Some performances feel as stiff as the pre-transformation parasites.

Missing anime’s quirkiness – Less dark humor, more straight-faced grimness.

🎬 BEST/WORST SCENE:
BEST: "Park chase sequence" – Parasite vs. parasite carnage in public = chaotic gold.

WORST: "Romantic subplot" – Feels tacked on like a spare limb.

🍿 VERDICT:
"Like the anime’s serious older sibling—less fun, but still packs a gory punch." Watch if: You’re a completionist or body-horror junkie. Skip if: You want the anime’s tonal balance.

Pair with: Sushi (ironically), manga comparisons, and a strong stomach. 🍣💀

(P.S.: The films’ version of Tamura is low-key scarier than the anime’s. Fight me.)

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⚠ D♻ N♻T Re~♻~Cycle >♻< Futility's Rubble °♻utstanding°

Naivety + Ign♻rance = Poisonous Vapor: 🅿️arasite's sly infiltration batters & asphyxiates before we recognize the peril. 🅿️arasite shoves us downstairs yelling: The surface calls🔊 R U awake? Climb out of your mausoleum & see. It studies symbiotic t♻xicities that cycle♻recycle as s♻ciety clogs, bursts, & shards fly. We ever only shank us. The world of wealth rolls onto the 99% & it exposes its lax belly to the avalanching refuse, & the rotting left-backs lunge & slash to escape society's bilge pit. All are buried under the M🅰$$.

This is 🅿️rime film. When 🅿️arasite cranked up Cannes 2019, those snobs were well in arrears to 🇰🇷 vis-à-vis recognition. By nipping a 🅿️alme🎖d'Or, 🅿️arasite pushed Kdramas uphill into the theatre d'Int'l acclaim👏👏

This film has a math cadence to it. Factor 1st a basement hovel. Foul fumes waft from the 1 interior door. The Kℹm fam exists here _X_ (Mom & Dad + dtr Ki-jung/KJ + son Ki-woo/KW). Feel the slick heat. Pause breath in dread of putrid bodies + odious vapor d'Dank 🚽. They're pondering 💸🅿️roblem$, but their break ends when a -stream〰〽 wets their sidewalk level window ~ That ain't💧❕

SHOO‼😖

Depressing sums it up.

Do the math: -(Kℹm kids) +(Hℹ ℹQs) -(🎓=💸×💸) × -(acceptance is near impossible) > for what? = Kℹms do -(scrounge-work), like folding pizza boxes. What a waste of 🇰🇷 assets!

KW's friend, Min, who tutors the 🅿️ark daughter, must study abroad. Min insists KW sub-in when he's in 🇺🇸. He needs a placeholder as he intends to marry the 🅿️ark 👑 🅿️rincess upon his return. In KW He Trusts. 'Don't worry! Mrs. 🅿️ark ain't bright. If I refer you, she won't study your 📜credentials🎓 under a microscope,’ Min assures him.

The interview is our 1st sniff of the rank contrasts between the two families. Out of the cellar, KW walks the cobblestones up Up UP to the ambrosial air where the 🅿️arks r👀st. Beautifully lined with perfect houses, the area is emptied of life but for the perfectly aromatic gardens. Yet a niff of unease loiters on the verge.

When we enter 🅿️ark 🅿️lace, it's a jolt. Cheerless grey negative space meets visitants. Approaching drab minimalism, the 🅿️ark Designer🏛Slab feels leaden + institutional - Like a basement. 🅿️erching in rarified air doesn't seal out d'Essence-of-cataomb.

Depressing sums it up.

The 🅿️arks trust Min, so they are perfectly content to rely on KW: The vent is opened for the Kℹms to release their t♻xins. It starts w/ a sprinkle🌬 🌤Sis-KJ is just wizzy on the computer ▶ Counterfeits📜📑📃? No problem-ikah. 🌥KW muses to Mrs 🅿️ark about a "famous" art therapist who helped another wealthy family's kid. If she'd like her son evaluated, he'll get her phone number ~ 😇? 🌦Enter "therapist" Sis-KJ. 🌧Once KJ's in playing therapist, she & KW hijack the driver. Soon, 🎶Papa's got a brand new pay✔check. 🌪For mom's pay✔, they a✖e Ms house🏛keeper (The Great Lee Jeong-eun) who's been OTJ since the slab was poured🌬

🔜 Kℹm-vaded, the 🅿️arks are now Kℹm-Fested unawares: +Frℹends-of-frℹends +former employers +a-z, etc = how they scored their new hℹres, they /thℹnk/. Watching Kℹms calculate ℹs an ℹmpressive thℹng, ℹndeed.

The 🅿️arks are away, so the Kℹms play house party in the hills. Featuring the meager green relief 🅿️arasite affords, windows span the 🅿️ark's single not-shadow-hued wall & confront the backyard. A storm's brewing. Rain splats: Tatidee~tat. ⚡BOOM! as they swig 🅿️ark liquor & lap the 🅿️omp. A warmer family than the 🅿️arks, the Kℹms have casual affection that's oft held hostage by flare-ups - much like Marines on leave: The ghost of latent threats lingers r♻und their party's debris field. Suddenly, on this dark & stormy eve: Knock▫knock↔Crack⚡BOOM❗

🛑Someone's at the d👀r⚠

🚩It's Ms housekeeper⁉

📢⚡❕

💦I forgot a °thing° in the basement. May I come in? ☔

⚡ She's 🌧 saturated

💦Please? 😇❔

Next, "CRAZY" goes Full-Fugitive. Inhale as a miasma of t♻xicants proceeds to suffocate them in its spread to asphyxiate all earth.

⛈⛈⛈

Rain saturates 🅿️

💧Showers gently wash the 1% uplands

💧Sprays flush stray grime

💦 Streams trickle down onto streets so quaint w/ the lush, thirsty vines that soften the block walls.

🌧 Torrents swell into a river that rushes into a squall, picking up volume as it fl🌀ws ⬇down⬇

All the way down, in the bo⬇⬇om's basement⤵🕳 are the Kℹms. Their neighborhood is repository for the slurry of dreck lifted in the 🌊 path. It's a grave site: A⬇⬇ descends on the -Dissed▶ weather+sewage+gov't regulations+waste+decay - The highland's dredge is discharged onto ▶them◀

The Kℹms are jettisoned from a spacious -(desolate, really) living room +(hunger sated & the dance of 🌧 a marvel) to ↘mired $h!thole↙ as we ride-or-die w/ them. 🅿️arasite is a coefficient of the senses: Hear▶ Grab what you can‼ See> What's IN this black GL👀P? Gross ‼🤢‼ Feel > legs·arms·torsos in Slimy wetness. Taste> Mouth Closed! (We only see Kℹms consume in 🅿️. In this scene, they literally eat $h!t). Smell> Don't breathe‼ Stanky sewage is slop, & filthy bodies the flopping pigs. L👀k again⤵ Rundown sch👀l-turned-crowded-shelter. Systemic grunge is layered from the years, like rings on a tree.

Studies show those who make it big or get that promo⬆ion, unawares or not, assume they are superior. Factor in reincarnation/prior-life sins & the 1% could glibly presume the poor deserve to be such. The system c♻ntinually cranks out more entitleds who presume superiority along with the poor who hate them, believing the wealthy are obligated to share. +Agreed! They're /morally/ obligated × compelled to share🏧💓🕚.

⚠Futility: A dead 🖤 cannot be legislated into a living 💓 · A 🖤 bypasses laws.

OUR cycles will is♻late & destr♻y us all, regardless of wealth. 🅿️arasite tries to jam the gears + slow the works, begging: ‘ST🛑P‼ Wh♻ is eating wh♻m? Money can be a cage + a mildew that rots everything!’ The rich employ workers to perform basic tasks, to the point that they can no longer do - at all. (Who are the parasites?) All these workers know that all people have the same net intrinsic worth. They know, w/ disdain, that all their bosses are ready to be popped🎈 Reference: Mrs 🅿️ark. She's a sheltered child playing at grown-up, only to display how t◻◻ many✖ch☑ices can o✔erwhelm.

🅿️'s also a ghoul-parade featuring choices that is♻late. Greed retrofits the brazen into victims like⚡. At times, even the poor consume other poor souls, further cranking the ♻. A dearth of respect, compassion & humility keeps it ever♻churning.

Finally, 🅿️arasite is replete w/ metaphors to contrast colliding worlds: Trading places, s♻litary lives & fates flipping, 'Sub-level existence' + 'buried alive', as it were, give us a slap & shake. Be it crypts, vaults, basement apartments, plans, no plans, & plans that are actually not plans, but daydreams, rather: The poor sleep, eat, dress, live + learn differently. What they hear & taste is different. The poor even smell differently.

We all rotate the t♻xic cycle if we can't respect our extended 🌍 family. It takes effort to reverse a fl♻w, but those who want to wrench the gears can do so. Start small. Make a heart connection, not a dollar💵dump. Are you 🤑? (Psst: In world hierarchy, the USA's mid-class is loaded). Give money, yes, but give more time, as humans are designed to be fulfilled when we help others + it's 3D glasses for the kids. Are you poor? Do your best + prioritize self-improvement + don't quit!! +Do what good you can. Appreciate what's done for you. Know that there's a level at which only /you/ can lift yourself higher. Nobody deserves to be born in 🇺🇸,🇰🇷, or 🇫🇷; rich or poor, frumpy or beautiful, thin or portly, etc. These are gifts or challenges that've been handed to us: (individually + collectively).

⚠Futility: The 🅿️arks have 🅿️erks, but never allow 👁 or 💰 to flow to the sufferig♻masses underneath.

The 🅿️arks colonize a truth-proof illusion🎈 Truth has a habit of puncturing through, though.
They aren't as well-off as they imagine: All near a 🅿️ark see W💰N, not One; money poisons it all. The 🅿️arks are spectres. They don't eat/love/live in 🅿️. While not actively evil, they're 'ho-hum'. The worrld is Chock O' Nutz full of the weak-minded & indifferent. We could argue a few ♻ about whether that = evil. It doesn't matter in the end, b/c a weak/indifferent populous enables evil > 🅾 doubts < Evil always seeps in. It must be staunched. C♻ntinually.

(The Kℹms = evil) is a ❌wrong summation: The Kℹms Ch☑se evil, rather, never c◻nsidering sincerity. If KW had simply done his job, 🅿️erks would have followed. We sympathize with the Kℹm's plight + their gumption impresses, however, the movie + base level decency say that justifying their actions is a big mistake. They have greater > than the 🅿️arks in that they're smart & work as a unit. They truly love eachother. The over coddled 🅿️ark kids reek of ignorance. If KW & KJ had 🅿️ark 🅿️erks, they'd excel. But L🅾❕N🅾 patience. Investing in N🕛W w/👁👁 to the future pays dividends by turning things counter🕞wise to the 🅿️ark's vacuous 🅿️rogeny. Notwithstanding, pulling the 🅿️arks down is another wrong answer. That won't lift the Kℹms up.

Human ♻ tragedy multiplies: × As our world is one of abject misery + most gifted people never get a chance to shine × Smart people fail because they think: I know❌everything = ⚠Futility: The Kℹms have more than the 🅿️arks in shared camaraderie. The greatest tragedy in 🅿️arasite is that they don't realize it in time. 🅿️lan or no-plan, one can't avoid a hazard that s/he refuses to see or understand.

I avoided 🅿️, fearing it'd be too intense/bloody/dark. It's manageable, as it's quality film. 🅿️arasite is riveting & strangely satisfying because it gifts us with much to ponder. The end is as haunting as it is ironic.

What is a win? When 🅿️'s credits march to the cankered end, wonder who's right; who's better off? Neither. The horrific truth is that the game is rigged. 🅾 win😱. The poor are is♻lated & submerged, while the wealthy, in need of a rude awakening, dev♻lve to infancy. ♻Perpetually♻. Rich/poor, this grinding war of attrition has 🅾 winners. 🅾 realize: Each camp has 2much2lose. It adds up to futility.

Depressing sums it up.

🅿️'s summation: We'll all remain is♻lated or worse, if we don't learn respect & that we're all a 🌍 family. I daresay the writer's primary message is 2↔ways: Be content. Give all you can. Don't compare yourself to others. Work on YOU to advance. Give: money, time and love. Be thankful.

Do not let ❌depressing = you

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🖍 IMHO〰

🎬10 🎭9 📝9 🤔9 🎨8 ⚡6 🤢6 🔚10

14+violent/tense▶w/purpose

The movie Mother, by the same director might be even better

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Parasitic Society Metaphor

Ominois and claustrophobic movie telling the story of a poor, low class family using their wits to con their way into getting what they want such as employment, their employers' house and wealth, the way upper class people lives, etc.

It depicts the judgmental gullibilty of this rich family made them an easy target for the cons. Oddly, none of the characters in this film will make you feel love or sympathy for them.

This film was done in a way that deserved an 8 minutes standing ovation in Cannes Film festival. Although it is not my kind of film to watch, due to the hype, it got me interested enough to devote my undivided attention and it didn't fail me.

Whatever genre of films you enjoy, I suggest giving this film a chance and see for yourself the reason why it garnered so much award and attention internationally.

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Statement on social class divides

Parasite is one of deepest films I have ever seen and of course it was written and directed by Bong Joon-Ho. There is a reason why it was nominated and won so many awards.
At first glance Parasite is just a typical good movie exploring the difference in dynamics between a rich family and a poor one and the clashing that occurs between them. However, if you really delve into the details and symbolisms that Bong Joon-Ho carefully curated in this film there is so much more to be uncovered namely the pointing out the broken system which perpetuates the divide between the upper social class from the lower one. I think that in order to grasp all the details rewatching the movie is a necessity and even one re-watch might not be enough.
A detail that I just learned is that Bong Joon-Ho actually wrote this film based on his own experience tutoring an upper class family, obviously not the entire plot.



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As I said before Parasite is a reflection of the struggles and clashes between rich and poor and the end of the film shows the harsh reality that poor families are not able to rise from their low status no matter how hard they try because of the broken social system.
Here are some symbols and key themes that Bong Joon-Ho uses throughout the film to express these ideas. (Also comment more themes/ analysis you saw in the film. I'm curious to hear other thoughts!)

The most famous being Ram-Don/Chapaguri:
It's a combo of Neoguri and Chappagetti korean instant ramen noodles (very inexpensive). But the Park family adds steak, this shows the drastic difference in social status between the poor Kim family who probably would rarely be able to afford expensive quality meats to add to their instant noodles as a snack.

High/Low Ground and Water to signify rich vs. poor:
Water runs downwards from low to high. The poor people live in semi-basement apartments, they are drowning in society and this physically happens in the film. Ki-Jung says in the film that there is no way to escape the basement smell (poverty) unless they leave the basement (get rich). However, the semi-basement apartments still has partial sunlight (they have hope). The rich house is on high ground, there are stairs leading up to the house and in the movie we see a scene where Kiwoo is reading on the lawn in the full sunlight.
When we are introduced to the true basement we see the stark contrast to the other two houses. This place has no natural light (no hope) the house keeper family acknowledges that they are poor. This is contrasted with the Kim family who attempts to act sophisticated, Kiwoo's mom denies being anything like the house keeper when she tries to suggest that the two of them are the same.
And then at the end of the movie we see Kiwoo's father is forced to retreat to the basement.

Scholars Stone:
It is mostly a collectors item, given to the Kim family from Kiwoo’s rich friend
symbolic of Kiwoo’s innermost desires to become rich like his friend (Min) and join the world in the sunlight (rich), it rises in the water when their house floods unnaturally as rocks are heavier than water (eggs on their desires). The rock is also very ironic and symbolic as it is a blow to the head from this rock that knocks out Kiwoo. In the ending scenes in Kiwoo’s dream to become rich he is shown placing the rock in a river bed with many other rocks seemingly indistinguishable symbolizing that he has reached his goals and no longer sees the rock as meaningful he has reached his goal of joining the upper class. This can be compared to the scene following the flooding of their home in the emergency shelter where he is desperately holding the stone and the beginning where he and his whole family are fawning over the gift.

The Knife at the Birthday Party:
This is probably the most simple theme but the idea that Death doesn't discriminate between rich an poor. The Knife ends up killing both Kiyung and Mr. Park.

Soju:
Kiwoo and Min, his friend who gave him the job, share soju which is a type of Korean alcohol as I'm sure many of you know. Soju is cheap therefore it is accessible to even poor families like the Kims. It shows Min’s humility compared to the Park family. He is rich as well but sees Kiwoo as more equal.

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A Hot Take

This movie may have received excellent reviews from movie critics and a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, but it left me feeling disappointed and a little pissed. I am a Bong Joon Ho fan and I liked pretty much all of his movies that I've seen so far, except this one. The first half of the film is well-written and directed, it draws you in with its smart grifter-type plot about a family of charlatans. It establishes the characters quite well that you feel invested in them almost immediately.

The second half, however, is a different matter. It's like the filmmakers suddenly didn't know what to do next and resorted to doing something completely off the rails and just went crazy with it to push their social and political agendas. It felt like two different movies to me. I was expecting them to do something smart with it, but in the end, it just came out stupid. I'm sure a lot of people would disagree with me, but I just felt that they could have ended the movie in a much better fashion. Yes, it's a satire, I know, but just because it is, it doesn't mean you have to ignore logic and realism. In my opinion, this is a waste of a very promising plot.

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Absurd, twisted and deliciously dark family saga.

The gap between the poor and the rich is depicted with sharp humor, unexpected twists and a lot of darkness in Bong Joon-ho's Parasite. It's a lovely black comedy about the most twisted household since Dogtooth.

Despite unemployment and poverty, Ki-taek and his family manage to keep their spirits up. Mom, dad and two soon-to-be-grown children are crammed into a shabby basement in a run-down alley, constantly looking for odd jobs and free wifi. The family doesn't have much, but they have a nice cohesion, cordial jargon and ambitions for a better life.

When the son Ki-woo receives a tip about a job with a rich family, the possibilities for an extra income open up. With a forged university diploma, he gets a job as an English teacher for the Park family's teenage daughter. Also living in the luxurious villa is a businessman, his housewife, a quiet guy who mostly expresses himself through drawings, and the housekeeper who keeps everyone in order.

Ki-woo soon seizes the chance to arrange a job for his sister, Ki-jung, as the boy's "art therapist". He advises Mrs. Park of "a talented acquaintance," who is "probably very busy," but he will do his best to arrange a meeting. On false credentials and with made-up names, both siblings have soon tricked themselves into employment with the wealthy family.

How long can they keep up the lies, and how far can the charade go? This is just the beginning of a twisted scenario that Bong Joon-ho (Snowpiercer, Okja) has so masterfully directed. Here is the DNA of both the Sune family and the absurd Greek Dogtooth (2009) from Yorgos Lanthimos. While Parasite feels completely original, never predictable, and impossible to put into a single genre box.

Comedy and tragedy go hand in hand through Bong's twisty corridors, and you never know what awaits around the next corner. Parasite is a film that is best experienced without knowing anything in advance. It's an entertaining story that grabs me early on with its delightful humor, and then just tightens its grip more and more as the film goes on.

Not entirely unsurprisingly, the director also talks about the gaps between those who have money and those who have none. You can see the film as a commentary on a society where the poor take desperate measures to climb out of their misery, and where the rich turn a blind eye to what is happening in the outside world. Bong Joon-ho has made one of the best movies of 2019, and I'm loving every second of it!

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Dark and deep

Like, really, this discrimination against the lower classes is bothersome and disgusting. Though I only have a few dialogues that I liked, the bottom line of the story, I think lies in the characters' attitudes and the setting itself. This family is on a whole other level of racking their brains. If this family living in poverty is so desperate to live, just to live, and so are the other impoverished families. But it's sad to affirm that the scene where Kim Gi Wu's family was fighting against Guk Mun Gwang and her husband, is the situation of many of the indigents. Poor versus poor, while the rich remain unbothered is a real thing in our society. If pulling each other down is an individual's solution then it would never work out. Sometimes people get too blinded by the idea of being comfortable that they would take chance to commit some things, not deeply comprehending how it would affect the other party. Yes, that's because they want survival, and it's their choice, but why choose to survive alone when you both can survive together, just with cooperation.

That's one of the points the movie is trying to point out, I suppose. Another scene is the erotic one, that's the turning point, they started to realize that they were opposed to the wrong enemy. This adds up to the meaning of the title parasite and how intensely linked it is to the storyline. The needy people all gaining from the host (rich). They were the parasites, but they had to taint each other's hands with blood to gain better.

And the part when Mr. Park was sickened of the blood is so horrifying. A rich person, who did not care if someone died because of the rivalry for his riches, is apathetic, cruel. He obviously did not care about anyone. He only wanted a comfortable living with his family. Not in a bit, empathetic.

The poor can be greedy, the middle class can be greedy, and the rich can be greedy. No exceptions. No matter how poor you are, once you step upper in the ladder, you will want more. No matter how rich you are, you will aim for more. Money isn't the solution happiness is, but if money is your happiness you will never be happy.

I was only thrilled once, the acting was superb as I hated whom I was supposed to hate. The climax left me perturbed. The only reason I didn't rate this a solid because I wasn't feeling the thrill more than I should be feeling it. Besides, the genre is a black comedy, thriller. I had picked up messages from this movie, which is better enough since I always call a movie "superb" if it's meaningful. Sure enough, this movie is meaningful.

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