The 92nd OSCAR Awards is finally over and all the celebrities are almost on their way home! And what a night it was! With some of the movies dominating the awards night completely by winning not just one but multiple awards, while some actors finally got to take home their first OSCAR awards after years of hard work and acting with an open heart. Yes, Joaquin Phoenix won the best actor award at the OSCAR and Laura Dern finally won an award as the Best Supporting Actress award tonight. But what really caught everyone’s attention was the film that won the best film award. Yes, it was not Marriage Story or Joker or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but it was Parasite that actually won the award of the best film tonight at the OSCARs. And this only intrigues our interest more to learn about the movie, its cast and story. So, if you haven’t watched the movie yet, here are 4 reasons that should help you get inspired more to watch this movie soon.
NUMEROUS AWARDS WON BY THE FILM
92nd OSCAR Awards – 4 Awards
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Original Screenplay
77th Golden Globe Awards – 1 Award
Best Foreign Language Film
73rd British Academy Film Awards – 2 Awards
Best Film Not In The English Language
Best Original Screenplay
SAG Awards – 1 Award
Best cast in Motion Picture
5 minute long standing ovation during its premier at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival from all worldwide celebrities
MADE WITH A BUDGET OF $11 MILLION
The South Korean movie is deemed to be one of the greatest films ever made in the decade. The movie was made with a basic budget of USD $11 million and has already reaped USD $167.6 million worldwide, making it the third highest grossing South Korean film ever. It is also director Bong’s highest grossing film ever. The realistic approach in the movie, is what makes it stand out from the other films.
THE STORY IS SOCIALLY RELEVANT
The audience today is more into realistic films that also conveys a decent social message with its story. Parasite perfectly fits into this mindset and offers the audience not only a great story with a message but also great performances by the entire cast of the film. The story of the film is about Kim Ki Taek and his family who live in a semi-basement apartment and is unemployed. Kim struggles to make a living and earns just a little amount by folding pizza boxes and picking free wi-fi signals from around then to watch anything that is available to them. However, luck comes their way when Kim’s son is offered the job of tutoring the daughter of a very wealthy family, the Parks and is gifted a Scholar’s Rock that assures wealth to its possessor. What follows is a stream of lucks for Kim’s family followed by a thrilling plot that changes the movie’s light and satirical start. The ending of the film shows Kim’s son as the survivor who wakes from coma and is taken into probation for fraud while Kim now lives in the hidden bunker in the Park’s mansion.
WATCH IT FOR DIRECTOR BONG JOON-HO
Bong Joon ho is a very famous and successful screenwriter and director. Bong garnered a lot of global appreciation for his stories and films, especially Memories of Murder (crime drama 2003) and the sci-fi movie Snowpiercer (2013).In fact, two of his films were screened at the Cannes Film Festivals which were absolutely loved by the audience and the panel of experts.
So, if you haven’t watched Parasite yet, make sure you watch it at least now that it has won the OSCAR for the best film.