I put off watching this movie i heard of for the longest time because of the misconception i had about the genre of the movie, i had thought that it was a sci-fi horror type movie, infact i had mistaken it for “Parasyte :The gray” which also turned out to be a Korean television series, the pattern of repetitively coming across the name, wether it be that someone mentioned or whatnot was hilarious now that i think about , and i saw what-not because i can’t seem to describe the jalopy the the event i just knew i kept hearing about an award winning movie featuring“. Who i knew from the k-drama coffee prince,. On my finding out about the difference between the film, i was happy to get to see his work that had earned an academy award , the name was rather intriguing for me, i wanted to see how the storyline i read about play
The Storyline:
Parasite 2019 movie is written by Bong joon ho and Han jin won and directed by Bong joon Ho starrs main character Lee Sun-kyung, Park so-dam, choi-Woo-shik, Cho yeo-jeong and briefly features Park Seo-joon. The story follows the life of a Family who in the state of less privileged simultaneously attempt to achieve a better future and situation for their family this perpetuates in a way that a crafty plan is ensued to enable every family member to be an associate with and gain employment opportunities with a rich family they get referrals to. In this situation every thing begins to go downhill and much reflecting is left to be made of what later becomes in the aftermath
The movie started typically, showing the kims family and the live they lived in a what you would call “an unflattering Neighborhood”, they present as a family with less previlege who seem rather accepting of thier situation. the movie takes a turning point when ki-woo gets a reference to become a tutor for the parks family children, what seems like an casual recommendation set the beginning to an unhinged situation for parks family.
After ki-woo starts the after class tutoring, his family then begins to craft an idea for his sister Ki-jung to also become employed by the same family, it eventually leads up to scenario where we have the entire family working for the same family while perpetuating a absence of rational ties to each other, they succeeded in penetrating the family home to where they develop contempt and the entirety of it all becomes a game of cat and mouse in the home if another.
Review
Like i have said the name was rather intriguing, because i like to see setting where sociological concepts play out, it was hilarious to watch at the same time off-putting, in my opinion the second half of the plot seemed unreal to believe, but i think the message from it was the bone of contention here, it further proved the resolve i have about some life philosophy teaching the seriousness of hierarchical structure, jealousy, delusion, complacency and even more. The characters here were such great actors in their individual roles that it made the acts seemed too real to be true, it reminded me of home alone 5 where a similar story was portrayed, and it made it feel familiar to that regard. The chemistry between the kims family was rather commendable too. I think that the blaring moral was conveyed to a great extent and it was a satisfying watch after all.
Rating: 85/100
