Oh my God that ending
Why kill the pops though?!?!?!
shareIt has to do with two things:
the smell, which indicated the belonging of the poor family, and crossing the line.
The driver concluded a few times to Mr. Park that he really loved his wife. For Mr. Park it was entering his private territory, which he could not accept from a servant, because he thought of himself to be the upper class. At the party Mr. Park told the driver to do his job, which he was paid for. He didn't want to get close to him on a human level.
When the killing happened, the driver was grieving about his daughter, and Mr. Park didn't care about her, and only wanted to save himself and his son. While it's right for the father, he should have thought of taking the wounded girl to the hospital as a human being, or saving others, but not running away. He didn't ask to drive him away, but rather demanded the keys from the driver, leaving everyone behind, and was disgusted by the smell.
In this critical situation he didn't care about his manners and showed his arrogance and ignorance. He still considered himself to be supreme. The driver lost his daughter and decided not to let the rich guy get away. He assumed the role of God and killed him.
So the main parasite (Mr Kim, the driver) eventually kills his host, Mr. Park. It refers to the title of this film, "Parasite".
Good reply but still doesn't justify murder. The man really helped him.
shareI agree, Mr Park helped Mr Kim by giving him a job, but once Mr Park was willing to let Mr Kim's daughter bleed out to death, Mr Kim snapped, and basically crossed the lines of sanity. It was definitely a crime of passion, and not justified in any way. But, this is "why" he did it, not whether or not he was in the right. :-)
shareI interpreted the smell as coming from the killer - after few days in it's own blood and probably not only blood, not the driver.
He killed Mr Park to take attention away from his family, he was never identified as the head of the parasite family.
An excellent analysis, fzane! And an excellent film, I give it an 8.5/10.
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This is minor tick, but Mr. Kim didn't assume the role of God. He just went bonkers in a fit of rage and killed Park. When you say someone assumed the role of God or judge, jury, and executioner, it means there is some kind of mock trial.
While we know what Mr. and Mrs. Park thought about their driver and his smell, Kim doesn't know about the Parks. Thus, he ends up crossing the line and I think they were going to eventually fire him.
You're right about Park and taking the wounded girl to the hospital. It was inexcusable of him to just leave someone who needed help behind. That made him a parasite. It's the parable of the Lazarus and the Rich Man from the Bible.
My main point is the movie makes you think who the main parasite is at the end of the film.
He did ask to drive him away, but when he saw Kim wouldnt do it he asked for the keys. He wanted to leave the daughter to bleed to death. He can always just hire another.
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