We can't forget about the fact that Mrs. Kim was also a talented athlete and even won a medal, but didn't make a successful career due to her social status.

@86Miguelisimo

3 жыл бұрын

The same way I feel about my job. I am a great emergency room nurse, but I cannot get ahead unless I kiss my boss ass. So i am switching departments so I can get ahead.

@alysiannnn8274

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much every Kim member has skills that can get them in well-paying jobs. It's just their social status and lack of opportunities dragging them down

one thing you might have missed is the mother is an olympic medalist, notice the medal that is rescued when they run out the flooding house, and at the beginning the picture of the mother doing the hammer throw (i think it's called) on the wall at the beginning

@heresthetea6527

4 жыл бұрын

also the son literally copies Min in everything, noticing how 'what would Min do' is something he says several times, when he talks about how he feels about the daughter, he copies word by word Min's feelings he stated at the very beginning, furthermore, the faith he puts on the rock is clearly showing his dedication and love of Min

Nobody was talking about this: This family failed despite being so remarkable. The poor families around them have no chance whatsoever

@ThePharaohsCat

4 жыл бұрын

See my comment. Is that really the directors focus? Can an Olympic athlete really have no choice?

@bop0353

4 жыл бұрын

It is not fun being poor

@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000

3 жыл бұрын

You know, its funny, we fight the rich people's battles by defending them. They provide jobs with their money, but the money is made from the people working under them. Do you really think a rich guy works 70 times as harder as his least payed employee? Yeah Socialism, communism suck and aren't the answers. But a new system to take out unnecessary bailouts and lobbying is needed.

@gbsedillo21

3 жыл бұрын

@@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000 Socialism is Democracy is Freedom.

@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000

3 жыл бұрын

@@gbsedillo21 Pure Democracy isn't freedom.

Easily one of the best films I’ve watched last year. This film is a legitimate masterpiece.

@damianstarks3338

4 жыл бұрын

Just Some Guy without a Mustache so I’ve heard.

@Luciphell

4 жыл бұрын

Good little NPC.

@darthvader4977

4 жыл бұрын

@@Luciphell ?

@Luciphell

4 жыл бұрын

@@darthvader4977 Don't worry about it. You either know or are still snowed by the narrative. Didn't wonder why a foreign film sweeps an American awards show? Those Chinese investors say jump and Hollywood says "how high?"

@iHaveTheDocuments

4 жыл бұрын

Always good for a simp comment

I legit thought this was a movie about a parasite that killed humans or made zombies something like that.

@crusadeuswolf

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@liamwaite8923

3 жыл бұрын

Same. I thought it was an adaptation of the anime bucthe same name

@gabrieltallent1658

3 жыл бұрын

@@liamwaite8923 yeah

@MountSilky252

2 жыл бұрын

Zombies are commonly used as an allegory for class struggle, so you weren't far off 😆

Someone mentioned this on a separate video but it’s very likely that the scholar’s rock was fake which is why it didn’t kill the son when he was hit in the head. It would fit in with the themes of the movie.

@eleonorastar4174

2 жыл бұрын

and also it was hollow and floating during the flood

South Koreans: "No I don't think the war with North Korea/stressful environment has impacted us negatively" Also South Koreans: *makes extremely depressing nihilistic movies that generally end on a bad note*

@joedyhenderson5084

4 жыл бұрын

You hate to see it but yes

@zeronova1484

4 жыл бұрын

Well, at least they're realists.

@gonzalogutierrez510

4 жыл бұрын

For real tho

@TheOnestArab

4 жыл бұрын

They also do silly Kpop stuff, and cute tv comedy shows.

@amtree6333

4 жыл бұрын

I personally interpreted the ending as a slight good note, that one day he will eventually rise up and break the divide between the classes and reunite his family

It's a story as old as time itself, and one all sentient life will continue to struggle with no matter how advanced the civilization.

@raynightshade8317

4 жыл бұрын

but they are still in a better situation than those of their class in the past

@megathelos4976

4 жыл бұрын

@@raynightshade8317 Are they? The greater the tech level, the greater the disparity between the haves & have-nots. The elites are already selectively breeding themselves with tech most do not have access to. Soon they will be able to engineer a completely subservient sub-species of human. They won't need to go through the trouble of inefficient slave plantations, or timely subversive social engineering. They'll be able to program joy of servitude. Then it will become a situation of the have-alls, and the have-nothings; throw away people designed to please their "gods."

@dohc1067

4 жыл бұрын

This status quo will always exist. In the USA, our system is defined by debt. Education, healthcare, and even buying a decent vehicle requires debt. I almost forgot credit as well.

@megathelos4976

4 жыл бұрын

@@dohc1067 Scarcity prevents true equality. Unless we can create things from nothing, it will always be present, and that means debt will always be present as well. And where there is debt there is soft slavery. Our fractional reserve monetary system is a truly perverse construct.

@dohc1067

4 жыл бұрын

@@megathelos4976 Biblical, poetic, and on point. You're right.

"Until then." The working class dream to make life better for themselves but clawing up the hole needs a lot more than sheer grit.

No wonder this was the first Korean foreign-language film to be nominated and win at the Academy Awards! It's far better than most of the stuff Hollywood puts out!

*American Films:* Movies that makes you entertained with excitement and fun. *Asian Films:* Movies that makes you think about humanity.

@eddy5750

4 жыл бұрын

Way to generalize.

@embracethenight1383

4 жыл бұрын

@@eddy5750 did it hurt your feelings

@eddy5750

4 жыл бұрын

@@embracethenight1383 Nah, but he was just wrong. There's wonderful movies from everywhere

@embracethenight1383

4 жыл бұрын

@@eddy5750 Okay, that's your opinion. We have a different one.

@vshazam

4 жыл бұрын

@@embracethenight1383 I mean, it's not really an opinion. It's objectively false to claim America doesn't produce movies that make you think about humanity or that South Korea doesn't produce movies that are just for excitement and fun.

When is it ever implied that Ki-Woo passed the entrance exams? I saw the movie twice in its native Korean, and I didn't once hear that. He's been preparing for the entrance exams multiple times for many years as of this point.

@Wasthere73

4 жыл бұрын

I got confused by that point too. It said that hed taken it multiple times but it was unclear why he hadnt gone to school (or the results of those tests).

Really awesome movie It's really impressive how smart everyone is It was also really funny Its kinda like that old will smith movie were he lies himself into peoples lives, it's called "6 degrees of separation"

@TCG9777

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know why, but I keep thinking of Hitch

@crimsonhunter7598

4 жыл бұрын

@@TCG9777 no not hitch

I believe this film is the modern day equivalent and equal of a shakespearian tragedy

@Wasthere73

4 жыл бұрын

If you pause on some of the frames, they look like a renaissance/baroque/neoclassical painting

@dvxAznxvb

4 жыл бұрын

More so of Shakespearean comedy

5:05 This is so real. I'm in college right now and I have seen people pass with traced artwork from stills of video games. It's nightmarish.

@alysiannnn8274

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no. I'm not in college though, only in highschool but most of my classmates would submit traced artwork and say its only 'referenced'. It's surprising my teacher let this happen despite the proof they traced it in their collages.

Glad it got an Oscar!

@5150Swordfish

4 жыл бұрын

Or 6.....

@shahabmohajeri3040

4 жыл бұрын

U mean 6

@vshazam

4 жыл бұрын

@@5150Swordfish Best Picture, Director, International and Screenplay. What were the other 2?

@5150Swordfish

4 жыл бұрын

@@vshazam It was a joke. But it do quite well

The forge documents scene reminded me of the "Catch me if you can" movie.

@kardiona

4 жыл бұрын

Heck, the whole movie reminded me of Catch me if you can. Just that you have a family of Frank/Leonardo

@DragonActual

4 жыл бұрын

kardiona catch me if you can but with modern tech(to reference: the scene with their phones trying to get wifi signal)

I was always interested as to what happens to the parks after, Mr Parks death.

@vahidavdic4534

4 жыл бұрын

I imagine that they'd be alright, which would confirm the message of the movie - that wealth isn't always earned.

@user-tx5vr2lu6e

4 жыл бұрын

Why? The children would just inherit his wealth/business

@ballwelder2857

4 жыл бұрын

sophia sini well there’s more to what happened to the parks, like the wife had passed out after seeing her husband killed, and they might not have made it to the hospital, as the nearest one was 15 minutes away and they have to do a 15 minute treatment or their dead.

@sot2853

4 жыл бұрын

Avery Avery but considering the poor son got treated who was last seen being carried by the rich daughter, then it’s safe to say the rich family got out relatively unscathed with the exception of the rich father.

@sunjoexys7251

4 жыл бұрын

They suffered from the events too as Mr. Park the main source of wealth is killed. But an educated guess would be they landed on their feet unlike the Kim family.

I loved that they took the time to portray the Kim family as smart people who wanted to work!

Glad you did a review of this movie. You did a great work explaining South Korean social issues that were at the core of the movie. Looking forward to your next video.

One of the smartest movies I've seen in a long time. A worthy winner of the best picture oscar. Was a big fan

Heart breaking, that’s all I can really say. It makes me think but also makes my heart hurt, this maybe what the director was aiming for in the audience.

One of best films of 2019 plus the one that everybody universally agreed it was best picture at the oscars of 2019 and director Boon Jong-Ho's is the best director of this century and this was my first movie to watch an boon Jong-Ho's film so happy it was this movie so excited to his next journey in cinema.

@falconlover1579

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure about this century. There have been many EXTREMELY good films. With great directors behind them

@PopCultureguy

4 жыл бұрын

@@falconlover1579 not century just 2019 in my opinion sorry should have been clear

@lordseaworth6055

4 жыл бұрын

If you mean one of the most boring movies of 2019 then you are right. This movie was a joke.

@vshazam

4 жыл бұрын

Check out his movie Memories of Murder. It's free on KZread. Licensed upload too, so it's not a crappy portrayed. Based on real events of an unsolved (at time of filming) South Korean serial killer.

@ramenmacaroni2081

4 жыл бұрын

@@lordseaworth6055 Said you and...no one else. I mean you're free to have your own opinion but most people disagree with you.

Wait. My interpretation was that Ki-woo was going to give the rock to the ex housekeeper and her husband as a sign of truce. Ki-woo didn’t grab the rock to kill them, wtf. Just like the sister Ki-jeong wanted to take food to them. After what the rain did to them they felt some empathy towards them.

@gonzalogutierrez510

4 жыл бұрын

Nah dude, it was clear he wanted to "deal" with them. It was his *plan*, contrary to his father whom was allergic to having one.

@drmosaddegh

4 жыл бұрын

Gonzalo Gutierrez he wasn’t going to kill them, stop

@gonzalogutierrez510

4 жыл бұрын

@@drmosaddegh then enlighten me

@jenita222

2 жыл бұрын

Super interesting take. That wasn’t mine but I didn’t take into consideration ‘Jessica’s’ change of heart

@jenita222

2 жыл бұрын

Lol a whole year later. I’m late late.

You're such a genius Niyat. This video was great. I saw Parasite in the theatre a week or so before it won its Oscar.

This is one of the best movies I've seen in my lifetime thus far.

For 8:50, I initially thought that Kim Ki-woo (Kevin) would actually want to give the rock to Gook Moon-gwang (previous Housekeeper) in hopes that their situation will improve - rather than to actually kill them. I thought that Kevin initially sympathizes with them since he also knew they were in the same plight. Just my thoughts.

@logankowalyk2580

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought too

Woohoooooooo! New Niyat content, my boredom is temporarily cured!

0:00 my favorite scene lol.

This was a well made synopsis, thanks. The circumstances in the movie play out countless times in real life, although most victims would not turn so violent. Their victimhood became destructive in the end.

With desperation comes innovation. Human society is literally just the rule of nature paraphrased

Thanks Niyat for the explanation. This was amazing.

Every foreshadowing in this movie is so deep and timely.

Welp, that was absolutely fucking depressing. Time to have a lie down so I can have an existential crisis coupled with a few anxiety attacks.

Yes! Please do more of these types of movies

Sir, Your explanation and analysis made this movie 100 times more meaningful for me. Thank you very much....

@amalkallarackal9293

4 жыл бұрын

Why calling him a Sir though?

i was waiting for this videooo!!!

I found your channel a few days ago and I am really impressed with your work keep it up

This video made me watch Parasite, and I'm very thankful for that

I love this movie because its so gripping and good yet it left me with an empty feeling of sadness

Ooof.... this killed my buzz with depression.

I think this one deserves the Oscars trophy for the subtle way it showed the satire of inequality between the status of people

Just saw this movie. Jaw dropped. Very powerful movie. A must watch.

Haven't seen the movie but this vid was awesome. I love this channel

@vahidavdic4534

4 жыл бұрын

Totally should not have watched it if you haven't seen the film, though, lol

Really well done video mate, explained the plot points out greatly. I'll show this video to my mom. She really enjoyed the film but did not understand the culture behind South-Korea.

Like universe, the gap between the ultra rich & the rest is not only expanding; it is accelerating after each major crisis.

Very enjoyable watch along mate. You broke down the film hit by hit. It’s one of the rare films I watch that actually sticks with me after I witness it.

Truly love your videos man, keep up the amazing work! If you ever get a chance could you do a video on The Wandering Earth?

Never seen the movie but definitely enjoyed your video, keep up the good work👍.

Great video Film bro

What about Danny DeVito’s penguin, the island of Dr Moreau and the invisible man

@Carpediem357

4 жыл бұрын

SR Striker invisible man is shit have you seen the trailers there’s no point in watching it since they basically give us the movie from the trailers

Never seen a movie so well attached to the real world. Thanks for the explanation

Bro. I hope this comment reaches you. You have been doing a lot of foreign films, and I feel you should look at " My Way. " it's a true story about a korean soldier in ww2. Everyone might have seen it before or might not have, but its such a good movie. I want to see someone else's analysis on it. The subject of losing your family, your best friend, and still being humble enough to a person who abused you and is the reason for all your losses, is intriguing. Its gives a look into history from 2 nations and has a beautiful soundtrack to match. Please please please cover it on tour channel.

I luuuv your voice, your accent and ofcourse your context

I'm watching this with the volume off. I still need to watch the movie, but I also wanna give you the views.

An important note here is that the moment the son got a way in, he started bringing the rest of his family inside too. So...nepotism is the tried and true method.

I swear, the way the family got rid of the housemaid was fucking dirty. The peach dust (or fuzz) is just so brilliant but such a low blow

i felt so bad for the maid when she got fired and then...

Grew up on food stamps, welfare, and WIC. Read books, watched PBS, and was entrepreneurial. Also, sacrificed to dress well at certain schools. Decades later. Still poor. Unable to afford the same opportunities, profiled, even had teachers speak openly about my poverty. Pushed down, down, and down. Told by wealthier people who have time to lounge all weekend instead of working that I should work. You rich bastards first.

@eshwar6969

3 жыл бұрын

Your words hit me in my core

@mywifesboyfriend5558

Жыл бұрын

The rich always win.

Venom: PARASITE!

@damonwalker2988

4 жыл бұрын

nightmare nadder the dragon, Also Venom: APOLOGIZE!

@caseclosed9342

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine a Parasite/Venom crossover...that would be EPIC!

I love the movie so much if the movie gets released black and white version in cinema, I'll watch it

Can you tell me the name of the track you use at 11:30?

Why is Mrs. Park nodded out when we first see her. That part is so odd to me.

@katielarson3833

4 жыл бұрын

Heather Holt drugs

@Cthulhuvong

4 жыл бұрын

@@katielarson3833 Or just got drunk and passed out. There was an empty glass on the table she was napping on.

@bibilove9074

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's to emphasize how easy her life is that she can nod off whenever she wants.

@mkinkade7103

4 жыл бұрын

Heather Holt this 2hr movie had a 6hr story which is why the more you pay attention the more the unanswered plot threads stick out.

@vahidavdic4534

4 жыл бұрын

Katie Larson, she does ask her husband for drugs as they're getting intimate on the couch, so perhaps you're right.

The Park (rich) kids are rarely mentioned, but I thought both actors were excellent too. The girl was very expressive without saying much, and the little boy sniffing the Kims was my fave part of the film :)

Great video

it's a wonderful film.. very smart and i loved how it was shot as well.. The message is a major downer... but I do think it's true.. we're going to have to start really examining and breaking down income inequality if we ever want a better world, where atrocities like the one's in this film take place on the regular...

I'm a huge fan of your horror movie analysis videos. If you haven't already, would you mind doing a video on The Shining?

This theme is basically in every other Korean film or TV show.

Yup. Simply yup.

Hey, could you explain the Bong Jo Hoon classic ,THE MEMORIES OF MURDER,I still can't really draw out the ending the left me on a cliff hanger on repeated rewatching.The movie is really a masterpiece of suspense,thrill and drama , PLEASE 🙏🙏 LOVE YOUR CONTENT ,LOVE YOUR AWESOME CHANNEL THAT REALLY MADE ME A MOVIE NERD AMONG MY GANG OF MOVIE CRAZY PSYCHE GRAD FRIENDS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Nice explain.....

SPOILERS 5:35 - 5:45 I would disagree with this - I think the father is the only one who isn't talented, hence he's the one who messes the pizza boxes up and is the one who ''breaks the character'' at the end.

My cousin went from a 25k pay job to a 300k paying job...it’s possible but it requires a lot of effort.

@filmcomicsexplained

3 жыл бұрын

That’s great for him. But for most people it’s not as simple as putting more effort in, as is the case in South Korea. Which is the whole point of this film! :)

@eshwar6969

3 жыл бұрын

@@filmcomicsexplained Absolutely right. This idea that's so wrapped up in capitalism that if you work hard enough anyone can climb to the top fairly is such a blatant lie. The rich don't care just like how you see Dong-ik not even notice that Ki-jung is loterally bleeding to death.

Very sad reality hit me, i wish people didn’t have to live like the south korea’s working class

@dillan2.032

4 жыл бұрын

A lot Less Laws more capitalism laws are just push by Mega corporations to make it to where the little man can't be a capitalist because law destroy capitalism for everybody except for the 1% And lower taxes Then they'll be doing just fine

@jpetras16

4 жыл бұрын

Plot twist, everyone is living how the South Korean working class are. It's called wage-slave.

@ladycheyne5607

4 жыл бұрын

This is definitely how America has become and things are going to get worse if we don't make some serious changes.

@mywifesboyfriend5558

Жыл бұрын

​@@ladycheyne5607 Too late.

@ladycheyne5607

Жыл бұрын

@@mywifesboyfriend5558 Depressing topic, but your screen name and picture made it a little better 🤣☺️

What an emotional gut punch of reality.

Please can you finish part 2 of Interstellar explained? I am hanging out for your interpretation of the tesseract :)

I just watched this movie and I really didnt see the Kim's or the parks as parasites. The only parasite was the man living in the basement.

Have you done a video on Extinction? If not I'd like to request one.

So it's basically about real life

glad it won 4 oscars. so well deserved!

It may have been in subtitles but damn it was a cool

Fantastic interpretation of Parasite, I love that you delve into the underlying messages of this story but this story is a very true scenario of the future for the poor! I think it won't be long before the poor rise up and there is civil war because of the enormous difference between the rich & poor!! I think our modern culture is doomed unless wealth inequality is addressed and we control our population and consummation of resources!! Our species is doomed because of greed & selfishness towards others and our planet as a whole!!

I loved watching this at the bears tooth

Hey there’s a pretty good zombie movie on Netflix called life after Beth, do you think you could explain the virus on it or something?

You should do The Jacket with adrian brody's. Great movie.

And people say greed is a virtue. From what I see both in real life and the movie, this is a complete lie. There is no virtue in a unhealthy desire for wealth and material. A sin it remains and for good reason. Live frugally and live humbly, do not pursue endless goals as the greedy have and will do.

@Jirodyne

4 жыл бұрын

It also depends on how you use it. Without Greed, you might not have the motivation to work harder, do better, and improve. Sure, the goal would be to get more money in the end, but it's still improving yourself and your work. It's when it becomes a Vice, when you're doing harm, degrating yourself and others, that it becomes a problem. Like everything in existance, too much Greed is a bad thing, but having a bit can be very helpful. It's the same with Anger. Lots of uncontrolled anger leads to lashing out and being enraged, which is very bad. But you could also channel that anger into Competitiveness to self improvement, wishing to improve yourself or your product to 'stick it' to whoever is made you mad. Such as wanting to rub it into you're insulting boss's face that you can do your job better than he can. It's all about moderation, and how you use it.

@bdragonseven

4 жыл бұрын

Stupid sentiment. People who make millions upon billions of dollars a year create excess value the world sees fit to take part in. A billionaire can't just bank roll his entire net worth in one go and say fuck it I'm out. That's not how any of this works. Imagine the type of shit person who judges someone else off of a figurative number in someone else's bank account.

@johnmarquez7413

4 жыл бұрын

@@bdragonseven Thats actually literally how it works kid, learn about the world before you go trying to shoot down other peoples opinions.

@billmaster1157

4 жыл бұрын

jirodyne the seven sins of man are the excess, there is no moderation with greed, lust or wrath. There is no middle ground, you either live absent of them or consumed by them, satisfied lust, tamed wrath and content greed are oxymorons. Contradictions. They cannot exist in moderation with their opposites.

@bdragonseven

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnmarquez7413 LOL yeah I'm a kid alright. In this life you're either a loser or a winner. Sounds to me like you're on the losing side hating other people cause they figured out how to play the game of life better than you. Equality of outcome is bullshit and it's a cancer with people like you. To think a billionaire would/could liquidate everything they own is not only naive, it's flat out ignorant. If their money is inherited, like most people seem think is the usual occurrence, there money WILL be tied up in trusts, companies, land, and other assets that can't be liquidated all at once. But keep hating people who have more money than you, you'll be broke the rest of your bleak existence.

Hey I was wondering if you can do the Netflix film called the silence

Was this video re-loaded ?

Ngl at first I thought this movie would be boring but holy crap is it amazing I'm still kinda sad about the ending but honestly the sister was amazing loved her in every scene she was in

Pleas do “Train to Busan” next!!

Can you please do a video on the movie “Battle Los Angeles”.

@neddlangley5991

4 жыл бұрын

HAHAHHAAHHAH

@kurro6317

4 жыл бұрын

lmaoooo

@vexile12

4 жыл бұрын

Hasn't it already been done

@dizk5283

4 жыл бұрын

@@vexile12 no

@vexile12

4 жыл бұрын

I could've sworn that he did

man you should make a video about System Shock 1 and 2

Bait and switch...this is just a summary of the plot

Patience is a Virtue

You should explain the chitauri Leviathan

Will there be a sequel

Very good work. I give you an A.

Hey why don't you do a video on the lighthouse 2019.

@Jormyyy

4 жыл бұрын

That movie has become one of my favorites ever.

11:24 dream sequence he turned into a K Pop singer to buy that house for his family.

Good movie

@damianstarks3338

4 жыл бұрын

duckmz that is what I’ve heard.

@vermont6260

4 жыл бұрын

Damian Starks I know right

@damianstarks3338

4 жыл бұрын

duckmz I haven’t seen the movie yet.