RealLyre Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 On 7/3/2019 at 3:31 PM, The Futurist said: Cute movie. But leave your suspension of disbelief at home. so much of Parasite is just surreal. feels like a Nolan movie (ala interstellar) but with more Dark Comedy still one of the best movies I've seen this year, hopefully will get nominated at the oscars and won't get the Burning treatment from last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Very good movie though I'm not on the masterpiece train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXtacy Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Movie was gripping from start to finish mainly because it keeps shifting the finish line every half hour so its very hard to predict. Probably most entertaining movie iv seen in a good while. Quite original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Probably the most horrifying movie I think I'll see the whole movie. I'm still not sure if its a masterpiece but it's so close. This movie is extremely dense and really needs more than one viewing. I think this is the film where Bong Joon-ho has pretty much perfected his skills as a director. I love how it presents classism almost as if it's subconscious and how the movie shows the Park family literally looks at them as the enemy. Also has the best version of the upstairs-downstairs metaphor. Unlike the other versions of it, this version is extremely volatile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 On 8/11/2019 at 2:20 PM, RealLyre said: so much of Parasite is just surreal. feels like a Nolan movie (ala interstellar) but with more Dark Comedy This is nothing like a Nolan film. This is more a Ken Loach film or Shoplifters from last year with an absurdist tone. Hell, I wouldn't even compared this film to the films of other directors. This is very inherently a Bong Joon Ho film. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lorddemaxus Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 20 minutes ago, Eric! said: Spoiler free trailer. Actually really good trailer considering that it shows a lot but reveals absolutely nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 This has done really well in France. 1,3m tickets. More than lots of blockbusters this year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealLyre Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 1 hour ago, lorddemaxus said: Spoiler free trailer. Actually really good trailer considering that it shows a lot but reveals absolutely nothing. going blind is probably the best for a movie like this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Eric! said: Looks fantastic but come on - they mention all Bong's movies but leave out Memories of Murder? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebeccas Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Great film, definitely think the trailer gives away a little more than I would recommend but it shouldn’t affect anyone’s enjoyment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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troyand Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I wonder if Parasite will be a mega hit in NA as a foreign language film or it will just end up to cinephiles’ cult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 $10mil would be big for this honestly. it's been ages since a foreign language film has properly broken out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 On 8/14/2019 at 11:21 PM, TalismanRing said: Looks fantastic but come on - they mention all Bong's movies but leave out Memories of Murder? Yeah very odd that they left out his best pre-Parasite film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Miramax and Sony Classics have historically been the biggest/most reliable foreign language film distributors in North America and today one is no more while the other hasn't gotten such a movie past $5m since Amour. Meanwhile all the new boutique distributors that have popped up starting with A24 can still barely get English-language films to succeed outside of limited release, what do you expect from them with foreign ones. (The fact that Neon is supposed to give this a real push is encouraging though. It does have the best chance of any recent foreign film to break 10m.) In theory there's nothing stopping major studios from taking on and pushing these films, via subsidiaries if nothing else, except that they just don't have an incentive to do so. "Will this be a hit or will it be just for cinephiles" is a disingenious question because this doesn't have access to resources that could make it a hit, and I mean an actual hit even if a small-scale one (like a 30m grosser). When a movie like this can get access to a wide-release marketing budget then it'll be a valid thing to ask. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnack Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Jake Gittes said: When a movie like this can get access to a wide-release marketing budget then it'll be a valid thing to ask. Do we have an idea on how those foreign language/production of the past got that ended up with a wide release worked marketing budget wise. Like did Warner Brother Picture House division spent a lot before on Pan Labyrinth before seeing that very special start in 17 theater ?: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=panslabyrinth.htm Or it is because of the studio resource that the limited run was so successful and already out of reach for an Neon/A24 ? And if they have something special in less than 100 theater are they not able to do something with it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 When is this expected to go wide in the US? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB33 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 18 hours ago, JohnnyGossamer said: When is this expected to go wide in the US? It may never. It depends how well it does in platform release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 20 hours ago, JB33 said: It may never. It depends how well it does in platform release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...