I watched this a couple weeks ago for the second time. Knowing what was coming was compelling, as some of the shitty attitudes of the rich family were more obvious.
This is an absolutely great film. Please tell me you are doing this for the Watchcast. If you theme is Korean Horror, please also do The Wailing (2016). That movie is criminally underrated or underwatched.
Song Kang-ho's story about calling Bong and being like "I want to play a cool person that everyone likes" and Bong goes "You're a smelly man, who lives under a house."
It is definitely a movie best experienced first without much foreknowledge of what's actually going on, but there's just a tremendous amount to drink in when you know what's coming.
I think I watched this three times the year it came out. once in theatres, once as a shitty telesync because I had to watch it again knowing what happens and then again on bluray. it goes so hard.
I still can't get over the thrill I got when that fish monster jumped out of the water and started running around on land eating people in The Host, but anything with giant monsters gets a huge multiplier from me so I am not even trying to be objective.
Doing my first Bluesky posting to say hell yes to Mother, a truly exceptional film. I think about it often, it’s a masterpiece. Looking forward to the Parasite chat (and hopefully more international films as the wonderful Watchcast progresses)
Before I watched it, I thought it was a different film entirely, as I knew nothing. Didn't watch trailers. Just heard it won awards.
Then I watched it, holy hell, what a film.
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I remember during lockdown thinking how if movie theaters die, at least my last experience was watching an amazing anti-capitalist banger.
Go and watch it guys. It's a really good thriller mystery.
Then I watched it, holy hell, what a film.
I love this movie so fucking much!