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This movie doesn't actually rise in "excitement" until the end of act two. They don't give Oscars for the first 60 minutes of a film...
I mean he was in a coma for a month and had to have brain surgery... crazier miracles have happened.
She said she thought she had a concussion. She was feeling dizzy/couldn't get up. She doesn't disappear, Kim-Woo walks up to her body at the end right before her husband puts the noose around him.
Also how could have delivered the letter? You think he was going to go to the post office and risk getting caught? Come on now...
It seems like he would only send these messages late at night when he knew the family was asleep. I think sending them was more for himself to show appreciation rather than for Mr. Park to actually decode and understand them. In the same way you make an altar for someone, you don't need them to see it for it to mean something to you.
I think them being drunk and also having no reason to think ill of the former housekeeper was also a part of it. They knew they completely framed her and she never showed evidence of being a bad person.
I thought about that too. Maybe the boy hadn't learned English yet? It could have been just gibberish to him.
In the news report in the end the reporter traces his last steps to coming down the stairs. They had video footage of him taking that route, but the camera to the garage was cut so they could only assume he escaped through the alley. There's no reason to believe he would go back into the house after killing the owner...?
Why should black people be expected to be everyone's cheerleader? What's stopping Asians from doing the same for their own? Just because black people are more outspoken doesn't mean they're obligated to speak for everyone else.
Yeah black people really loved getting dragged into white societies in chains against their will.
<blockquote>Yup rich people are idiots and poor people are geniuses who are down on their luck.</blockquote>
Well at least you got something right.
It didn't float when he placed it in the river though. I don't think we're supposed to assume it was fake. That may have just been an oversight.
This film is so layered and well done that you would have to be deeply lacking comprehension skills to think it didn't deserve to win.
The only negative aspect of the rich people in this movie was that they disliked the smell of the poor people. That was literally it. They were never painted as being snobby. You need to re-watch the movie (while reading the subtitles this time).
Also you won't find positive movies about "American exceptionalism" because in order to accumulate wealth you have to do negative things along the way. Every millionaire is proud of how they made their first million but none will go into detail about how they made their second.
Do you remember the scene where the family discussed how money "irons out" your problems? When you're wealthy there's no need for resentment. The poor family knew they were assholes but also knew it was the only way for them to get ahead. I swear some of these comments seem like you guys completely missed the message of the entire film...
This is the best reply about this. I didn't for once think he was going to give it to them as a gift. Ki-Woo was a hustler from the beginning, even with trying to get hired at the pizza place. He would never give away something that he thought would bring him and his family wealth.
The second they were running through the rain and Ki-Woo stopped at the stairs, that's when I knew he was going to try to kill them. It was the only thing he could do to save his family. Without them being alive their plan would have continued without fault.
Political correctness? Seriously? This film wasn't about politics, it was about people. Humans creating relationships with each other based on perceived status. If you didn't watch the film you probably shouldn't be commenting.
It looked like it was just leaders and historical figures from around the world. I'm sure he was scraping for any kind of cultural ties to the real world.
That's my whole point--you know them, they just keep it to themselves.
Looks like someone didn't watch the movie.
I actually believe the contrary, bisexuality in men is extremely common but isn't able to be expressed because of how our society is set up. Even moreso with this film taking place in the early 80s.
Also, what if both of them were gay? Plenty of gay men fake interest in women just to do what's expected of them. Both of their sexualities were never directly established so we'd never know.