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Parasite has won Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards
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Incredible. Fuck I need to see this film. So glad it got to make history, the director has done fantastic things.
I would also add that I don't think Snowpiercer is that good at all, which is probably his most accessible movie prior to this.
I also would've accepted 1917 but this is great, not to mention history making. Go see it if you haven't!
This was definitely my favorite film of the year. Crazy to see Bong's progression from The Host to Parasite. Well deserved.
I literally jumped out of my seat and threw my hands in the air.
Here's the thing, the Oscars mean a lot to me in a really strange sort of way. I know its a cliche, but they're my Super Bowl, even as someone who likes sports. It isn't that I think they pick great films. They do at times, but they also pick a lot of sentimental crap which is solely designed to win awards and not to be enjoyed as a film. The Oscars were my introduction to film though. At 17 I picked up a book on the history of the Oscars and I used that as a spring board to research the entire history of cinema. I made it a goal to see every Oscar nominee in the major categories ever made. I'm not too far off today, 15 years later, though I still have a bit to go.
Part of learning the history of cinema through the Oscars however was learning how often they're wrong and how many blind spots they have. How many great films went unappreciated in their time. How many great artists were completely ignored because they weren't making films that fit the mold the Oscars were looking for. The more I saw, the less my tastes lined up with the Academy. I still followed the Oscars and the nominees, but it had less to do with enjoying the films and more to do with appreciating what they meant to me as a young film enthusiast. Without the Oscars, I might not have my love of cinema, which has seen me through more in life than most anything else. Once in awhile a great film would even be close enough to Oscar friendly to win, or at least be nominated. No Country For Old Men won after all.
Parasite is a film I would never have predicted to be nominated for an Oscar, let alone win. I've been a fan of Bong Joon-Ho for years. Memories of Murder I saw back in 06 or 07 and it blew me away. It's still one of my 10 or 20 favorite films of all time. I've followed his career since, watching other masterpieces like Mother and now Parasite, but there was always a separation between great cinema like this and what could show up at the Oscars. Having that line vanish, even if just for one night, was moving in a way I can't really describe. I hope it will lead to more truly great cinema which gets dismissed as not Oscar friendly to be considered, but more than anything I'm just glad that it will make more people see this phenomenal film.
Here's the thing, the Oscars mean a lot to me in a really strange sort of way. I know its a cliche, but they're my Super Bowl, even as someone who likes sports. It isn't that I think they pick great films. They do at times, but they also pick a lot of sentimental crap which is solely designed to win awards and not to be enjoyed as a film. The Oscars were my introduction to film though. At 17 I picked up a book on the history of the Oscars and I used that as a spring board to research the entire history of cinema. I made it a goal to see every Oscar nominee in the major categories ever made. I'm not too far off today, 15 years later, though I still have a bit to go.
Part of learning the history of cinema through the Oscars however was learning how often they're wrong and how many blind spots they have. How many great films went unappreciated in their time. How many great artists were completely ignored because they weren't making films that fit the mold the Oscars were looking for. The more I saw, the less my tastes lined up with the Academy. I still followed the Oscars and the nominees, but it had less to do with enjoying the films and more to do with appreciating what they meant to me as a young film enthusiast. Without the Oscars, I might not have my love of cinema, which has seen me through more in life than most anything else. Once in awhile a great film would even be close enough to Oscar friendly to win, or at least be nominated. No Country For Old Men won after all.
Parasite is a film I would never have predicted to be nominated for an Oscar, let alone win. I've been a fan of Bong Joon-Ho for years. Memories of Murder I saw back in 06 or 07 and it blew me away. It's still one of my 10 or 20 favorite films of all time. I've followed his career since, watching other masterpieces like Mother and now Parasite, but there was always a separation between great cinema like this and what could show up at the Oscars. Having that line vanish, even if just for one night, was moving in a way I can't really describe. I hope it will lead to more truly great cinema which gets dismissed as not Oscar friendly to be considered, but more than anything I'm just glad that it will make more people see this phenomenal film.
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Man racists are at full speed tonight
I really liked the film, but it is not like I saw a lot of films last year. Well deserves I guess
I really liked the film, but it is not like I saw a lot of films last year. Well deserves I guess
why other international movies were never seriously considered for the oscars and parasite was? what happened
That's legitimately surprising. Glad Bong Joon Ho is finally getting the international success he deserves.
Congrats to Boong Joon-Ho and his team! A landmark win for Asian cinema.
My Blu-Ray copy should be coming in this afternoon, can't wait to finally see this!
My Blu-Ray copy should be coming in this afternoon, can't wait to finally see this!
A great fucking film happened. Also a modern rollout where it launched relatively quickly in the US market allowed it to be a major player in my opinion.
The announcement and acceptance speech
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combination of the academy diversifying their voting bloc in recent years and Parasite being a relatively huge popular success in the States
the word of mouth was also unlike anything i had seen for a foreign language film, at least not recently
Probably since Crouching Tiger but that was for very different reasons of the unique action. But yeh WoM has been wild.
Roma being attached to Netflix last year hurt it pretty bad. Parasite hit in a year where the old voters were likely split (1917, Once Upon A Time, and Irishman) and there wasn't a clear front runner. Parasite is a crowd pleasing ass film and just exceptionally well made. I watched it and knew everyone in my life would love it if they caught it. The word of mouth just kept piling on over the months.
It wasn't my personal favorite but it's a great fucking movie and I'm happy it won.
Maybe the old timers will stop dragging Netflix now that they're the last ones who will give the likes of Scorsese an actual budget
lol, fellini or bergmans flicks were never serious considered for oscars if at all. its not about the quality, sorry
Probably because of the quick launch and the academy finally decided to give a fair share to international movies
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Parasite is definitely the right time, right place. The changes to the academy, each of the three other front runners listed have a major fall and splitting the same base, add in Parasite hitting the right social cues for the time
I'm with you. Though my excuse for not seeing it is worse than yours.
I'd never say Okja or Snowpiercer are accessible, and they aren't better than Parasite neither, I agree on that, specially on Okja. But they have a quirkiness and crazyness that Parasite doesn't have (and that I missed so much in my first view btw - I need to watch it again with adjusted expectations), that I'm sure would turn a lot of people off even if the movies were better rounded. Parasite has that cleanness, that elegant flow that makes for an easier and more comfortable watch.
I mean sure there is plenty of foreign filmmakers who should of won, including Kurosawa, Truffaut etc. But Parasite is a phenomenal film, maybe you didn't like it but critics and audience scores for it are through the roof.