The rare movie that made my chatty family shut up by the end 😂

There's some great visual storytelling in this film. The classes are literally depicted on levels, with the rich always above the poor (even in that scene with the poor father sleeping below the rich couple when he's hiding). Stunning looking movie. Definitely worthy of its best picture win (for whatever the Academy is worth).

14:26 damn thats exactly what Bong (the director) said in his interviews and it is basically the meaning of the movie and he also said the sister is the most talented one

I grew up in a crappy little house/cottage that would flood all the time. that scene hit me hard. Our toilets used to explode. And had a huge fire from the shoddy wiring. Shitty landlord who was a rich business owner. The term “parasite” to me represents that “class” of person.

Mr kim said "the best plan is no plan at all". At the ending scene, kevin letter starts with "i have a plan.." which mean mr kim would never escape the basement

The brilliance of this movie is that it starts out as a comedy and ends in horror. It was a perfect movie! Enjoyed y’alls reactions and commentary guys. If y’all haven’t watched The Glass Onion-A Knives Out Mystery is brilliant as well. It has a stacked cast and it’s over the top fun. I recommend Bullet Train as well.

You didn't seem to make the connection between "the ghost" and the guy in the basement. HE is "the ghost" that the little boy had seen years earlier (as he came up for some food) and that's why the little boy passed out when he saw him again during the birthday party.

Nice reaction, fellas. Just one point of note. 7:34 I don't think the mother's words here are to be taken at face value. While she does verbally express that she doesn't care about diploma documentation, there's a reason the director had her give it the once over before making that declaration. She does indeed care about credentials but was playing it off like she didn't. In other words, if he hadn't come prepared with that forged documentation, she'd have humored him but would've made up some excuse about why she wouldn't be hiring him. This is part and parcel with the director's critique of that society. That a family with the obvious skills to provide value were struggling because they lacked establishment credentials. It's not that the family chose to focus their talents solely on deceit and fraud, but that talent and ability alone were not always enough for people to make it in that societal structure.

I live the connotations of the stairs.... whenever a character goes up the staris, theyre progressing up a class, and when they go down, theyre falling a class. Throughput the entire film it constantly changes, but in the end, the father and the rest of the family are back where they begin.... at the bottom

I recommend the same director's hidden masterpiece Memories of Murder (2003)

Their flooded basement house is actually unfortunately very realistic in South Korea and after a big storm that flooded a bunch of basement houses in Seoul not even a year ago, they are now trying to ban those basement style houses. But unfortunately it’s usually low income families that live in these style of houses because they are affordable for them, so the ban on these style houses although may have good intentions, will also leave thousands of people without affordable homes.

I'd recommend next -- Bong Joon Ho's Memories of Murder, about a true serial murder case.

34:06 more often than you think. very realistic. 35:07 no, that's like an evacuation place 37:30 it's because they're in a pretty similar situation too 40:28 well also obviously because from Mr. Kim's perspective, is smell all that he can think about after all that? 44:05 yeah. he never did haha. 47:56 the "bell ringing" by the old housekeeper (right at the middle of the film) was the cue for the movie to switch the tone (from comedy to thriller)

Ooo a new react channel to watch, love your energy! I love revisiting Parasite because of new details I missed out before. Very compelling directing, amazing cast and great message. (also my same reaction to the allergy and taking away someone's job!)

A bit late but you mentioned the random english words thrown in the language. I live in korea so not talking out of thin air ^^ there are actually a loooot of english words in the korean language (modern one). Theyre mostly pronounced with a korean accent but theyre pretty common especially in the spoken language, not so much in the written. For writing the korean equivalent is used And to your question about how realistic the floodings are.. well those underground apartments used to be the cheapest you could rent (for obvious reasons) but after the gangnam floods last summer people actually did die so they became illegal. Now there are some semi underground apartments that are cheaper than the rest but not as cheap as the underground were

Korean and Japanese have a lot of English loan words that can be used synonymously with their native words which is why you kept hearing them.

Finally a good reaction with a good analysis of the class dynamics in this movie.

I recommend Burning (2018) by Lee Chang-Dong if you liked this. Has a similar theme to Parasite, is definitely different tonely and structurally tho. Has Steven Yeun (Glenn from Walking Dead) in it. Lee Chang-Dong is heralded alongside Bong Joon-Ho as one of the great contemporary South Korean Directors.

If you want another fantastic Korean film with some similar themes, highly recommend "The Handmaiden"

Oddly came across this the day after the actor that plays the rich husband/dad passed away. So sad. Also, if you liked this you might like the movie Saltburn. Very weird lol

at the ending, he is narrating in future tense.

Do they know the meaning of the background pattern in the middle? I think they probably watched a Korean movie without knowing it. Japan's influence is surprising. There is no reflection on the past history, but rather, seeing that background pattern used for many products and marketing.

A lot of simple and more advanced english words are daily used even on the news in Korea!

"How 'bout red food coloring?" - Nate, you have a devious mind. I'd of used real blood from a piece of beef. Funny how this movie gets us rooting for the perpetrators of the deceit or at least keeps us curious on how/what they'll do to keep from being exposed. This movie also reminds me of a 1970 black comedy/drama (there is death & murder involved but not graphic) called SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE starring Michael York and Angela Lansbury. It takes place in a Germanic (probably fictitious) country. Michael York worms his way in as a butler and schemes his upward social and financial mobility throughout the film.

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34:07 very realistic in the third world it happens all the time

Great guyss

Train to Busan next ? :o

Yayy

loved this reaction!! and i COULDNT take my eyes off the dude with the long hair. lawd hes so fine😭😭

We all see each other as parasitical

You should watch RRR it is the top best movie .. you will like it and i think more viewer will come

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Are you guys a couple or just friends?

The pizza girl is the girl from Squid Game. *edit (apparently she's not)

You guys are so busy talking that you miss all the important scenes.

Are these guys lovers?