😂😂😂"Well actually how do we KNOW this is his Seventh film? Nowhere in the film does anyone discuss how many films were made by him prior to this."
😂😂😂"Well actually how do we KNOW this is his Seventh film? Nowhere in the film does anyone discuss how many films were made by him prior to this."
Out of curiosity - because this is a subject that interests me- what specific marketing makes you think it's a "horror movie"? Here's the trailer for the film:
It seems intense and suspenseful for sure. But what about it seems like a "horror"? Do people get that from the title? Do they think there's a monster that's a literal parasite?
I thought Snowpiercer was terrible, lol. Definitely have to try and see if I can find Mother somewhere, though.
Out of curiosity - because this is a subject that interests me- what specific marketing makes you think it's a "horror movie"? Here's the trailer for the film:
It seems intense and suspenseful for sure. But what about it seems like a "horror"? Do people get that from the title? Do they think there's a monster that's a literal parasite?
Exactly, the fact that we're saying the poor are even parasites is just a failure of this movie's visual language and script to me. The rich benefit from the poor. It's not a parasitic relationship. We see maybe a 1 minute total of what happens when the rich are without the poor.
On the advice of Era I never watched a trailer so I only had the thumbnail to go on and yeah the title of the movie tends towards the feeling of something a bit horrific occurring. That trailer also mentions it being Hitchcockian which if I'd seen that would have reinforced that general vibe. The music too. Oh and the blood splatter too. And horrific things do happen at the end of the film so.. I'm not saying it looks like an out and out horror but clearly something using horror as part of its make up. I don't think getting that vibe makes any of us stupid.
What do you need to actually see in the movie for it to click with you?
Out of curiosity - because this is a subject that interests me- what specific marketing makes you think it's a "horror movie"? Here's the trailer for the film:
It seems intense and suspenseful for sure. But what about it seems like a "horror"? Do people get that from the title? Do they think there's a monster that's a literal parasite?
Saw the segment live. Especially liked the shout-out to the main cast (very touching).
Sorry can we talk spoilers openly yet?
A reversal of the strong AND LINGERING metaphorical visual language that was used to depict the poor to show the rich as the actual parasitic force of the film. It's not even about the title; I'd have the same critique about the visual language regardless.
Again I think certain depictions are very strong but the film doesn't linger and are not as blunt and heavy-handed, so they are lost on viewers until repeat viewing. I'm not saying anyone is coming out of the film thinking the rich were the "good guys" although we do have posts failing to see the rich as parasitic or defining the poor as a parasitic relationship or taking a both sides stance, so maybe the message is muddled.... It falters on its emphasis of character flaws, showing indifference instead of exploitation.
I sort of take a better safe than sorry approach with spoilers and just use the spoiler tag in case others are curious and read this thread but haven't seen the movie. I don't want to accidentally ruin it for folks
If you click on your face in the top right hand corner, then click on your account, then pre-orders it should have a date. I assume with then 15+ rating you might be in the UK and I think it's just released in cinemas there so might take a while.
Out of curiosity - because this is a subject that interests me- what specific marketing makes you think it's a "horror movie"? Here's the trailer for the film:
It seems intense and suspenseful for sure. But what about it seems like a "horror"? Do people get that from the title? Do they think there's a monster that's a literal parasite?
If you click on your face in the top right hand corner, then click on your account, then pre-orders it should have a date. I assume with then 15+ rating you might be in the UK and I think it's just released in cinemas there so might take a while.
It releases here in NZ digitally on Thursday and I can't wait to see it again.
I'm going to 100th this.Seriously. Go in blind. It's the kind of film that really is more impactful the less you know about it.
Cool, well hopefully it is not too long a wait for you then.Denmark, it released officially in cinemas shortly after Christmas over here, but it was a very limited run since foreign movies in anything except English don't really perform well here.
The entire movie is a twist...
It's his worst movie (edit: maybe not Barking Dogs. I haven't seen that.) Try any of the others.
Is snowpiercer worth watching? It's on amazon prime in the uk.
Is snowpiercer worth watching? It's on amazon prime in the uk.
I guess I meant I was suspecting one that completely recontextualixed the entire world the film took place in.
My mom also assumed it was a horror movie, I had to assure her it was not lol. There must be something about the name and the way the trailers are edited.
Has anybody put any thought into the significance of
Ki-taek previously working st the cake shop the crazy guy owned, and what happened to the old housekeeper that made her look so crazy/unhealthy after a couple weeks of unemployment after she gets fired?
Not saying you're stupid-I'm just seeing this come up over and over again. "I heard this movie is fantastic - but I'm not going to watch a horror movie." I don't get it. It would be like if I told someone - "hey you need to watch True Grit-it's a phenomenal movie." "Nah, I don't watch westerns."
To just dismiss the acclaim and accomplishment of a recommended film based simply on it's assumed genre is just weird to me.
Has anybody put any thought into the significance of
Ki-taek previously working st the cake shop the crazy guy owned, and what happened to the old housekeeper that made her look so crazy/unhealthy after a couple weeks of unemployment after she gets fired?
One of the things that I noticed while listening to some podcasts about the movie was the mentioning of the Taiwanese sponge cake. I'm not sure if the English subtitle translated it differently, but Taiwanese sponge cake comment directly refers to a specific Korean social phenomena. In the movie, the father of the Kims is said to have tried and failed in the Taiwanese sponge cake (Taiwanese "castella") business. The guy who lived in the basement of the Parks also mentions he had failed in the same business, resulting in a lot of debt.
Taiwanese Castella is more of a huge Chiffon cake-ish bread that supposedly is a very common street food in Taiwan. Korean tourist just started calling those "Taiwanese castellas" and spread words that it was the go-to street food in Taiwan. Having tasted it, it is less sweet than the Japanese "castellas" but has more egg-taste, which some people like. Naturally, it found its way into Korea around 2016.
Korea has had a social issue with people (usually people retiring from office jobs in their 50s) spending all of their retirement funds in small food businesses (especially fried chicken shops), or any other food business that's popular at that specific time. Obviously, MOST of those people end up losing money and the business folding. A LOT of Taiwanese castella shops started popping up around 2016 and it was the craze of the country for a very short while. People would line up around the building so that they could buy one. And then the AI (Avian Influenza) hit Korea. Egg prices skyrocketed and a lot of Taiwanese castella shops folded. A TV report about how low quality cooking oil was used in making those Castellas didn't help either.
So with that as the background, the fact that two poor husband/father of a poor family making poor money/business decision in starting a food business because it's the "hip" thing to do at the time and failing miserably... is something that's pretty close to a lot of Korean's heart.
Damn, wouldn't have known that if it weren't for the thread.It's not supposed to be the same cake shop. Those types of castella cake shops were booming for a while in South Korea until the bubble burst and lots of people lost big on their investment. The movie is drawing a parallel about how both families fell victim to the same fickle economy and it foreshadows Kim's further social descent.
Here's a longer explanation about the cake shops from reddit:
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Just saw it in the theaters. What a wonderful movie, and such a fantastic feeling of seeing a Korean on a big screen.
I do wonder about a thing regarding the ending though:
Why didn't the father just sneak out of the house at the first opportunity? Was it because of the shame and guilt that he felt for killing the house owner?