Last week, I went to Cineworld in Wembley with some friends from uni to go and see this years best picture parasite. The film is set in South Korea and follows a poor family called the Kim's as they find work for a rich family, however a secret found in the families house changes their lives forever.
The film's acting was really strong, all the characters situations felt understandable and we can really sympathise with the Kim's struggles. The moral of the story highlights the treatment between the higher class and the lower class and how the lower class are looked down upon, this is seen in the movie as Mr Park keep saying that Mr Kim has certain type of smells him that is off putting. The film's use of cinematography in my opinion was the highlight of the film, each shot was well thought out and had good attention to detail, an example of this are the establishing shots that showcase the rich families household as you can everything happening in the house like the families youngest child playing outside the garden. After the Kim's find out about the secret hidden within the park's household, the film becomes more and more suspenseful leading to you guessing what is gonna happen next.
The film's director is Bong Joon Ho who has directed other movies such as Okja for Netflix and Snowpiercer starring Chris Evan. He not only directed these films but wrote the screenplays and produced them. Recently HBO has announced to make a series based on the film of rumour Mark Ruffalo taking the lead role, it will be produced by Bong and Adam McKay. At the 2020 Oscars the film made history as the first international film to win Best picture. Bong also got awards for best screenplay and director. With this in mind not seeing any of his films prior to this, it gets me excited to see what else this man will do in the future and makes me want to watch his other films to see if they have a similar style to this one.
I would give parasite a 10 out of 10 – for an amazing story, brilliant camera and good performances.
