wow, this is one that will stick with me for a long while.
the one-shot is impressive, and while i do understand some complaints that it drew things out too much, the intent of making this feel like a "real" situation worked imo. because this IS a real problem popping up all too often with today's youths and their parents.
episode 3 was by far the stand-out, the acting and layers to it were so intense. it didn't feel like…
i get what this film was going for, which could have been brilliant, but it definitely fell flat for me (and multiple times). but not a bad watch by any means, just left me feeling unfulfilled as a viewer.
bong joon ho, love of my cinematic life (a title shared with a few, to be fair): he really knows his way to a lower/lower middle class girl's heart. his messages of class inequality are a karate chop to my windpipe every time. the satire makes me laugh while also blinking back tears.
not me looking up timelines on when this finished filming (i vaguely remembered it being delayed) and when a certain orange man with tiny hands got his…
