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<\/p>\nReviewed by Maria Loza. Viewed at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020.<\/p>\n
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Parasite<\/span><\/i> was an absolute masterpiece, I couldn\u2019t help but stand up and clap after I had watched it. The plot itself is genius, Bong Joon Ho\u2019s storytelling and execution was spectacular. It is a detailed movie that you could watch numerous times and realize new clues in the dialogue or scenes themselves. Christopher Nolan has some serious competition now.<\/span><\/p>\n The plot was the most memorable part of the film. With the story taking a complete turn at the fact half point of the film, with it being two hours and twelve minutes long the turning event occurs at one hour six minutes. This little detail was something that just sent chills down your spine. The execution was spectacular and you can tell how much attention to detail this movie has if the timing is absolutely perfect.\u00a0 The turn of the story was so surprising, this film really does make you think the story is one thing but then it turns into this whole other situation and the story just doesn\u2019t stop from then on. I just had to sit there and think \u2018what did this movie just become ?\u2019, I was just perplexed that the story took a completely new direction. The characters’ plans go out the door and now have a new parasite to deal with.<\/span><\/p>\n Leaving the theatre, I just couldn\u2019t help but go home and fall into the hole of theories for <\/span>Parasite. <\/span><\/i>After seeing all these explanations, I just wanted to rewatch the film and look for the clues that the film gives. With one scene at the beginning, when Kiwoo\u2019s friend gives him and his family the rock, the mother says \u201cshould\u2019ve brought food instead\u201d which can be seen as a foreshadow of the secret in the parks home. I also watched interviews with the Bong Joon Ho and he said the movie was about the rich and poor class as well as climate change. The theme of climate change is something he\u2019s talked about in the past, like his work on the movie snow piercer. These themes connect towards the end of the film where the storm affects both families but in completely different ways. For the park family, it is just a minor inconvenience but for the Kim family, they have their home completely flooded. It\u2019s even more prevalent when the mother talks on the phone about how the storm is such a blessing and washed away all the pollution meanwhile Mr. Kim who is aiding in her daily tasks was scrambling to save his belongings in his flooded home. This event is almost the breaking point of the relationship the Kims have with parks.<\/span><\/p>\n The cinematography was no less than amazing. The film has great shots that may not be obvious at first but have a deeper meaning. A shot that stood out to me and Bong Joon Ho was the scene in which the Kim family retreated home from the parks the night of the storm. It\u2019s interesting because as they descend from the hills with the rich homes, their journey leads them to lower to the unfortunate people whose homes are being flooded.<\/span><\/p>\n This film was incredible and keeps you on the edge of your seat and if you haven\u2019t seen <\/span>Parasite<\/span><\/i> yet, then please go watch it, it\u2019s really an experience. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reviewed by Maria Loza. Viewed at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020. Parasite was an absolute masterpiece, I couldn\u2019t help but stand up and clap after I had watched it. The plot itself is genius, Bong Joon Ho\u2019s storytelling and execution was spectacular. It is a detailed movie that you could watch numerous times […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,404],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46773","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\/46773","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\/247889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46773"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46895,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46773\/revisions\/46895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}