Parasite is Bong's best film to date and he will have a very hard time making a better one as the film is utter perfection. I sort of hating saying that because no film really is but I had a very similar reaction with A Separation as I did to Parasite and no other films really paid off as perfectly as this pair for me did this decade. Its funny that there are some vague similarities between them. They both deal with two families (one poor and one middle class in A Separation & one poor and one wealthy in Parasite) and class as well as having very easy to follow but heavily convoluted plotting that are meticulous in their execution. Though Bong's uses a much larger canvas.Sabin wrote:Wow. Can't wait for Parasite.Precious Doll wrote
Glad to see that my top two films of the decade (I really doubt anything will better them in the next six months) at least placed on the list at numbers 45 & 48.
And importantly both films hold up just as well on a second viewing. Parasite has a lot of twists and knowing them on a second viewing didn't matter one bit as the film is such a marvel but don't let anyone ruin it for you. However, a couple of female friends my age were indifferent to Parasite - they loved the first part but had issues with aspects of the second part. I also think Parasite is more a 'boys' film than a 'girls' film too, whereas A Separation works with both sexes.