Parasite
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Fully deserved, comfortably best film of the year which is saying something given it was a pretty damn good year for films.
It is a great film, but best film?
Parasite
The Irishman
Little women
1917
Joker
Ford Vs Ferrari
Marriage Story
Once upon a time in Hollywood
JoJo Rabbit
I've seen all but Marriage story.
I dont think i could rank parasite as being better than any, tbh they are all equally on a level with each other, nothing sticks out, all of them diverse and great films. Maybe 1917 pips them all for sheer scale? Little women was surprisingly good too. I loved JoJo Rabbit, but no way a best film.
Maybe they just did a random draw and parasite won
Parasite
The Irishman
Little women
1917
Joker
Ford Vs Ferrari
Marriage Story
Once upon a time in Hollywood
JoJo Rabbit
I've seen all but Marriage story.
I dont think i could rank parasite as being better than any, tbh they are all equally on a level with each other, nothing sticks out, all of them diverse and great films. Maybe 1917 pips them all for sheer scale? Little women was surprisingly good too. I loved JoJo Rabbit, but no way a best film.
Maybe they just did a random draw and parasite won
Meh. Parasite best film after decades of decent foreign films barely being in contention? Nah, don't agree with that. It's a good film, but Oscar BP? No.
Not when we've had The Lives of Others, City of God, Downfall and Incendies to name a few.
Not when we've had The Lives of Others, City of God, Downfall and Incendies to name a few.
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Bit of a strange logic given it wasn't up against any of those films (which are all ace). It was in many peoples eyes the best film of the year, other foreign films not winning previously is a bit irrelevant.
For me it's the best foreign film i've ever seen (taking number 1 spot from City of God) and is probably in my top 10 films of all time. It's pretty much perfect cinema in my eyes.
My point being that any other year those films SHOULD have been in contention for BP but weren't. Yet for some reason, Parasite was. It's not exactly a weak year looking at the nominations, not to mention the ones not nominated.
It just seems weird that it's come out of nowhere in terms of awards. I'm all for foreign films being in contention as long as they are good films (which Parasite is), it's just that historically it feels unfair on those other really top class films that won't get the recognition this one will.
Meh, maybe it will be become a gateway film to foreign cinema for many people. It was La Haine for me..
It just seems weird that it's come out of nowhere in terms of awards. I'm all for foreign films being in contention as long as they are good films (which Parasite is), it's just that historically it feels unfair on those other really top class films that won't get the recognition this one will.
Meh, maybe it will be become a gateway film to foreign cinema for many people. It was La Haine for me..
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Times are changing, why moan about something positive finally happening ?
It didn't come from nowhere though, it's been massively hyped for quite a while now. It won the best picture award at Cannes back in May and has had rave reviews from just about every critic out there. It was the favourite along with 1917 to win best picture.
You gotta start somewhere and Parasite is a good film to get things moving in the right direction
La Haine was also the first foreign film that i fell in love with
When has best picture ever been anything other than a pile of crap. It's more rigged than euro vision.
Been a massive fan of South Korean film for years and think this award is long over due.
Was a toss up between Joker & Parasite for me, both stunning films worthy of the top award.
If you liked Parasite you might wanna check out these South Korean crackers:
Joint Security Area (2000)
Friend (2001)
Memories of Murder (2003)
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Brotherhood (2004)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Oldboy (2003)
Lady Vengeance (2005)
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
The Chaser (2008)
Mother (2009)
The Man from Nowhere (2010)
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Silenced (2011)
The Handmaiden (2016)
The Wailing (2016)
Was a toss up between Joker & Parasite for me, both stunning films worthy of the top award.
If you liked Parasite you might wanna check out these South Korean crackers:
Joint Security Area (2000)
Friend (2001)
Memories of Murder (2003)
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Brotherhood (2004)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Oldboy (2003)
Lady Vengeance (2005)
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
The Chaser (2008)
Mother (2009)
The Man from Nowhere (2010)
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Silenced (2011)
The Handmaiden (2016)
The Wailing (2016)
Brotherhood is an incredible film, horrific and heart breaking
Parasite is an excellent film I just hope it won on merit and this wasn't a cynical diversity move. In-fact hopefully more great films from around the world will make it into the awards and we can stop all of this "diversity" moaning.
Foreign films tend to be unapologetic in their focus of their own culture and story and less on being "woke". I mean nobody would complain that Parasite didn't have a diverse enough cast, hopefully everyone can just get back to focusing on making the the film they want to make.
Foreign films tend to be unapologetic in their focus of their own culture and story and less on being "woke". I mean nobody would complain that Parasite didn't have a diverse enough cast, hopefully everyone can just get back to focusing on making the the film they want to make.
Foreign cinema tends to be very pure and not diverse actually, They use casting differently to Hollywood there casting follows rules and you know they follow the one black one white one asian rule of diversity.
And all the films mostly suck and aggravate people. Korean and other cinema inc Downfall offer superior experiences for me. Indeed the only film so far i think imight enjoy would be 1917... Because they can not force in the diversity garbage.