{"id":46436,"date":"2020-01-28T14:57:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T22:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=46436"},"modified":"2020-01-29T06:53:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T14:53:40","slug":"parasite-bong-joon-ho-2019-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=46436","title":{"rendered":"Parasite (Bong Joon-ho, 2019): South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by Diego Moreno. Viewed at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/parasite-beste-film-2019-joker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-46438\" src=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/parasite-beste-film-2019-joker-325x183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"183\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; float: left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/parasite-beste-film-2019-joker-325x183.jpg 325w, https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/parasite-beste-film-2019-joker-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/parasite-beste-film-2019-joker-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/parasite-beste-film-2019-joker.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a>Parasite is undoubtedly one of the very best movies to have released in 2019. I highly recommend this movie to everyone, whatever genre is to their taste, this is a must-see. It&#8217;s a very intriguing film that&#8217;ll have you on the edge of your seat. The unexpected twists and suspense is a standout in Parasite.<\/p>\n<p>Parasite is directed by Bong Joon-ho, who has directed other films you may be familiar with such as The Host and Snowpiercer. It stars Kang-ho Song (who has starred in other films directed by Bong such as Memories of Murder and The Host), Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong, Woo-sik Choi, So-dam Park, Jeoung-eun Lee, Hye-jin Jang, Ji-so Jung, Myeong-hoon Park, Seo-joon Park, and Keun-rok Park. I viewed this film as a free screening at the Lobero Theater, as one of the events at the Santa Barbara Film Festival 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In Parasite, a poor family seeks a better, more luxurious life. In order to achieve this goal, they work for a wealthy family until an unexpected event occurs. The rest of the plot is spoiler-filled content. Parasite is the type of film where only a small portion of the story can revealed without giving too much away, so you must watch the film yourself to find out the rest. What I can tell you, however, is that the film deals with low and high class themes.<\/p>\n<p>What I love about this film is how if shifts tones in a way you won&#8217;t see coming. It starts out light and comedic, then takes an intense, dark turn that lasts for the rest of the film. When the twist comes, it&#8217;s unforgettable and suspenseful all the way until the end, which also goes in a direction that you won&#8217;t expect. Everyone in the cast does a fantastic job playing their roles. Their emotions and reactions feel genuine, which helps add to the suspense in the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Parasite is a masterful piece of work from Bong Joon-ho. See it as soon as you can. It successfully delivers suspenseful, shocking thrills along with a talented cast and a script that really works. It&#8217;s definitely worth the little over 2 hour runtime. I would have gladly paid admission price to see this movie despite the amazing opportunity to see it for free. I recommend Parasite for anyone that wants to see a great movie in general. After seeing the film, you will be left shaken and thinking about it for a while.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by Diego Moreno. Viewed at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020. Parasite is undoubtedly one of the very best movies to have released in 2019. I highly recommend this movie to everyone, whatever genre is to their taste, this is a must-see. It&#8217;s a very intriguing film that&#8217;ll have you on the edge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247870,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,404],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/247870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46436"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46464,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46436\/revisions\/46464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}