Jun 25, 2026 · 52 min · 11 segments
Two films that explore the class divide as someone poor infiltrates the world of the rich and we discover the grass isn't always greener — it's *Parasite* vs. *It Takes Two* (yes, the Olsen twins…
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
It won for Best Picture, Best Director Bong Joon-ho, Best Original Screenplay Bong Joon-ho, and Han Jin-won, and Best International Feature Film.
And like the Interstellar episode, I cannot believe there were no acting nominees for this.
But I guess it's also harder when it's such an ensemble to kind of decide who to vote because everybody is just as good as everybody else in this movie, which is just everybody brings just incredible performances and characterization.
I stand by it because I do always like to think about films like there are things that critics think we should like, then there are things that people actually like.
And people especially who like a layered film, people who love cinema, like, There is a reason that cinephiles have kind of a bad rap.
And there's a reason I do a show called Tasteless, where I push back a little bit against this idea of what makes a film worthwhile.
But I do always appreciate it when the film community pushes back or uplifts something like Parasite, a film made by a foreign director starring foreign actors, because that expands the general populace's scope of film.
And I want to say, if you're somebody like me who tends to like cheesier movies, Parasite is still really great.
You could delve into none of the class division or themes that are very beautifully layered throughout and just enjoy it as kind of a crazy thriller which is brilliant that's why Bong Joon-ho is so brilliant and people who've never seen a Bong Joon-ho film probably saw this one people who didn't know the majesty of Song Kang-ho probably saw him for the first time in Parasite he's an incredible actor I love a movie that's kind of mean and Parasite is a mean it's mean to its characters it's mean to the audience it's biting It doesn't pull punches and it doesn't do any kind of save the cat.
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
It won for Best Picture, Best Director Bong Joon-ho, Best Original Screenplay Bong Joon-ho, and Han Jin-won, and Best International Feature Film.
And like the Interstellar episode, I cannot believe there were no acting nominees for this.
But I guess it's also harder when it's such an ensemble to kind of decide who to vote because everybody is just as good as everybody else in this movie, which is just everybody brings just incredible performances and characterization.
I stand by it because I do always like to think about films like there are things that critics think we should like, then there are things that people actually like.
And people especially who like a layered film, people who love cinema, like, There is a reason that cinephiles have kind of a bad rap.
And there's a reason I do a show called Tasteless, where I push back a little bit against this idea of what makes a film worthwhile.
But I do always appreciate it when the film community pushes back or uplifts something like Parasite, a film made by a foreign director starring foreign actors, because that expands the general populace's scope of film.
And I want to say, if you're somebody like me who tends to like cheesier movies, Parasite is still really great.
You could delve into none of the class division or themes that are very beautifully layered throughout and just enjoy it as kind of a crazy thriller which is brilliant that's why Bong Joon-ho is so brilliant and people who've never seen a Bong Joon-ho film probably saw this one people who didn't know the majesty of Song Kang-ho probably saw him for the first time in Parasite he's an incredible actor I love a movie that's kind of mean and Parasite is a mean it's mean to its characters it's mean to the audience it's biting It doesn't pull punches and it doesn't do any kind of save the cat.
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