Parasite

All I have to bring to the table is that guy goes a little too far down on his banana bites.

Before I saw this I was speaking with a friend and he gave this review: "It was fine." I was a bit shocked. "Really? Everybody says it's great." He answered, "Yeah, everybody that's never seen a Korean movie before." I was happy to enter the cinema nowhere near as cynical as he, but I'll be honest, I think he might've been right. Still much better than The Uninvited Guest though.

I'm a sucker for a premise where people are trying to get away with a web of lies and where the slightest wrong remark or action could collapse the whole scheme. So not only was I enjoying the wonderfully set up shots, convincing acting and social commentary, but I was getting nervous as hell as things progressed. ...And then there's that reveal halfway through and things just spiral downwards beautifully from there.

Much like Snowpiercer, Parasite has the structure of Class Satire, without actually having anything interesting to say on the topic. The humour is broad and weak, and the "surprising" narrative "twists" and cartoon characters cannot support the misguided attempt at gravitas. The movie has no control over its tone. It's a tedious mess, empty, meaningless.

now that’s what I call a hit from bong