Bong Joon Ho, I RESPECT you. But this film is not perfect as everyone thinks it is. While it does function flawlessly as a black comedy thriller (quite frankly, I've never felt this entertained and thrilled in years) with gorgeous cinematography and Pulp Fiction-level acting, I have some gripes in this film that made me bring this down from an easy 4.5-star rating. To name a few (I've left out context that would give away spoilers):
1. Kim-sook's romance with…
Mindless entertainment. The film is indeed entertaining, but not really in a good way. It has lots of old-school fart, piss, and porn jokes for immature teenagers. Every joke is a hit-or-miss — at times it felt like the filmmakers were desperate to get you laughing by accompanying said jokes with laughing tracks and goofy Looney Tunes-esque sound effects.
While I do admire the creativity at play in this film, plot and character-wise, some characters are very underdeveloped, like Joy…
What the hell was Gadgetin doing here? His cameo literally came out of nowhere and felt so unnecessarily forced.
The title of this film is misleading — the whole theme about seeing people's colors are pretty much forgotten about after the first act. Even the song playing during the credits is unironically better at conveying the film's themes than the film's main theme song.
While I do can confirm that this film is feel-good, it's really underwhelming and more shallow than a children's swimming pool.
