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Parasite review
Feb. 1st, 2020 10:49 pmFinally saw Parasite - which became available "On Demand" along with Motherless Brooklyn, Terminator: Dark Fate, and Harriet. (I think I'll try Terminator: Dark Fate next or Harriet.)
Anyhow, I'm still ambivalent about this movie. ( spoilers )
It's a well-written, well-directed, well-acted, detail-laden film that does make you think afterwards. Is it great cinema? Eh. It didn't blow me away. I didn't dislike it either. Found it a tad slow in spots. It runs 2 hours and 13 minutes -- or really just two hours, so shorter than most.
I'd say it was worth the $5.99 rental, but I'm glad I didn't see it in a theater.
[ETA: This is NOT a horror film. There are no actual parasites. There's no gore. The violence is minimal. Everyone on my flist should be fine. If you could watch Buffy, Supernatural, Star Wars, Star Trek, any of the MCU films, X-Files, etc -- you'll be fine. The film is a black comedy-thriller about classicism in Korea. I don't know why people went nuts over it. I was kind of bored.]
Anyhow, I'm still ambivalent about this movie. ( spoilers )
It's a well-written, well-directed, well-acted, detail-laden film that does make you think afterwards. Is it great cinema? Eh. It didn't blow me away. I didn't dislike it either. Found it a tad slow in spots. It runs 2 hours and 13 minutes -- or really just two hours, so shorter than most.
I'd say it was worth the $5.99 rental, but I'm glad I didn't see it in a theater.
[ETA: This is NOT a horror film. There are no actual parasites. There's no gore. The violence is minimal. Everyone on my flist should be fine. If you could watch Buffy, Supernatural, Star Wars, Star Trek, any of the MCU films, X-Files, etc -- you'll be fine. The film is a black comedy-thriller about classicism in Korea. I don't know why people went nuts over it. I was kind of bored.]