SLAM! Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, Viktor Vilotijevic said: So any news on expansion next weekend? I heard it's a slow expansion. Next weekend will only see the film open in a few more big cities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 The first Rotten. Guess who? Interesting how the rich family is "a nuclear family" and "a unit" and the poor family a "brood" Quote Armond WhiteNational Review October 11, 2019 Bong is an unfunny extremist. In Parasite, he annihilates the concept of the nuclear family by setting a brood of lower-class con artists against an upper-class family unit 1 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 47 minutes ago, TalismanRing said: The first Rotten. Guess who? Interesting how the rich family is "a nuclear family" and "a unit" and the poor family a "brood" Armond White is pretty much a Trump supporter. Probably to continue the contrarian streak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) Still think this movie is more sci-fi than Gravity since all the events that happen are so ridiculous and unlikely to happen that you gotta love the fact Bong embraced genre filmmaking so passionately. It s the typical lefty movie where the writing is driven by the ideology. No wonder it s the best reviewed movie of the year. The clichés are so perfect for them, that s how they view the world. Edited October 15, 2019 by The Futurist 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeZ Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 This was excellent. Every shot has its own theme and it's one hell of a watch. The movie has a lot of social commentary in spades on Korea, as well the world while being darkly humorous and it definitely kept me engaged. The script is tight and the cast is perfect for it. Highly recommend it! 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valonqar Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 This is your Picture/Director winner, bros. It has everything going for it: Reviews. Check. Social commentary that resonates everywhere. Check. Boxoffice. Check. (different rules apply to foreign movies which are not expected to make as much as comparable domestic movie) Goodwill from last year's backlash when Roma came close to becoming first foreign to win picture but lost to GB. Check. Plays like gangbusters with festival audiences (TIFF, North Carolina) which means it's accessible to AMPAS and isn't just critics darling. Check. Has traditional theatrical rollout unlike Netflix Roma. Check. Direction is a huge reason why it works and is very showy. Check. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 31 minutes ago, Valonqar said: This is your Picture/Director winner, bros. It has everything going for it: Reviews. Check. Social commentary that resonates everywhere. Check. Boxoffice. Check. (different rules apply to foreign movies which are not expected to make as much as comparable domestic movie) Goodwill from last year's backlash when Roma came close to becoming first foreign to win picture but lost to GB. Check. Plays like gangbusters with festival audiences (TIFF, North Carolina) which means it's accessible to AMPAS and isn't just critics darling. Check. Has traditional theatrical rollout unlike Netflix Roma. Check. Direction is a huge reason why it works and is very showy. Check. Meanwhile you have so many things against it. Non -english- uncheck Non-american production - uncheck Not based a on historical event - uncheck Not a Holocaust film - uncheck No 2nd world war/ vietnam war - uncheck No meryl streep - uncheck No tribute to film industry in the film - uncheck 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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filmlover Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Valonqar said: This is your Picture/Director winner, bros. It has everything going for it: Reviews. Check. Social commentary that resonates everywhere. Check. Boxoffice. Check. (different rules apply to foreign movies which are not expected to make as much as comparable domestic movie) Goodwill from last year's backlash when Roma came close to becoming first foreign to win picture but lost to GB. Check. Plays like gangbusters with festival audiences (TIFF, North Carolina) which means it's accessible to AMPAS and isn't just critics darling. Check. Has traditional theatrical rollout unlike Netflix Roma. Check. Direction is a huge reason why it works and is very showy. Check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee11 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Got to see it. Emotional and thought provoking movie also unpredictable ,I liked that It kept me surprised and guessing throughout it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damianport1 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Saw it second time and it's truly phenomenal. So funny but also very topical social commentary. Typical Bong mixing genres. The second best movie of 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie Jatinder Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 On 10/16/2019 at 1:19 AM, TalismanRing said: The first Rotten. Guess who? Interesting how the rich family is "a nuclear family" and "a unit" and the poor family a "brood" Dafaq, not that it matters, both families had 4 members each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie Jatinder Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 12 hours ago, titanic2187 said: Meanwhile you have so many things against it. you missed Endgame gonna win it - unchecked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMP Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said: you missed Endgame gonna win it - unchecked That would require an Endgame nomination lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie Jatinder Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, TMP said: That would require an Endgame nomination lmao yeah. ofcourse. duh. ps. I want to assume you know that I was joking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie Jatinder Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 However, truth be said, I don't want Parasite to win Best Picture, and become 1st foreign film to do so. Why? Simply because it will be insult to the better films made before this or even this year which don't have oscar buzz. Oscar are Hollywood award, they should continue to be so. If now for one off, you give best picture to a foreign film, you are stating that no foreign film was better than the best picture as per them of last year. Just this year, there's an Indian film Super Deluxe, perhaps better than Parasite, surely better than all Hollywood films this year. Last year, Green Book won right, well there were 4 Indian films surely better than that last year and so on. Most of the time Best Picture Foreign is better than Best Picture overall and many others have better cinematic aspects. So if you wanna make it worldwide affair, better look for films across world or rightly so just continue with Hollywood only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said: However, truth be said, I don't want Parasite to win Best Picture, and become 1st foreign film to do so. Why? Simply because it will be insult to the better films made before this or even this year which don't have oscar buzz. Oscar are Hollywood award, they should continue to be so. If now for one off, you give best picture to a foreign film, you are stating that no foreign film was better than the best picture as per them of last year. Just this year, there's an Indian film Super Deluxe, perhaps better than Parasite, surely better than all Hollywood films this year. Last year, Green Book won right, well there were 4 Indian films surely better than that last year and so on. Most of the time Best Picture Foreign is better than Best Picture overall and many others have better cinematic aspects. So if you wanna make it worldwide affair, better look for films across world or rightly so just continue with Hollywood only. It won't be the first foreign film to win, The Artist won in 2012. I gather it doesn't count as Foreign Language b/c it's a silent film so they couldn't ghetto-ize it like they do for 99.999999999999% of Foreign and Animated movies. It's not as if there weren't many American films better than Greenbook last year or better than many of those nominated in any year. Best Picture is rarely the best film and many of the greatest American films have never been nominated, ditto performances - many of the best actors and directors have never won, many not even nominated. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie Jatinder Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, TalismanRing said: It won't be the first foreign film to win, The Artist won in 2012. I gather it doesn't count as Foreign Language b/c it's a silent film so they couldn't ghetto-ize it like they do for 99.999999999999% of Foreign and Animated movies. It's not as if there weren't many American films better than Greenbook last year or better than many of those nominated in any year. Best Picture is rarely the best film and many of the greatest American films have never been nominated, ditto performances - many of the best actors and directors have never won, many not even nominated. still the notion goes that best picture is best picture or respective category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie Jatinder Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) Just in case, trailer of Super Deluxe, perhaps best in recent times. It is available on Netflix. Edited October 17, 2019 by Charlie Jatinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Saw this last month and I consider this the best live action I've seen this year. (TOY STORY IV is still the best for me.) I initially thought this was a horror movie, but I was not disappointed at all when I realized that it wasn't. It was more than I expected. It gave me the same excitement when I watched BAD GENIUS (a Thai movie) a couple of years ago. Maybe more. The cast was great and the social commentary was on point. This deserves a best picture nomination, imo. I haven't seen the entries from the other countries, but basing on what I've seen here, I think it should be nominated, if not win the best international feature film award at the Oscars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...