Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Snowpiercer) could never be called subtle when it comes to his themes, and his Netflix original film, Okja, about the love between a little Korean farm girl and the eponymous giant superpig, is no different. It could be about any kind of livestock and consumer meat. But tonally, while he steadily gets us to a heavy-handed climax, the action, visuals, strange comic performances from the like of Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano and Jake Gyllenhall, keeps the audience in a state of amused delight until it's almost too late. And perhaps that unpredictability is what prevents it from turning into cheese. Okja is an adorable creature creation - like something out of Miyazaki, brought to life - and extremely well realized in terms of interaction with the real world. And as is often true with the best Korean directors, even shots of New York have a freshness. It's a beautifully designed film with an usual story that will probably tug at many a heart string. It didn't quite get to me personally, but there were salt-encrusted eyes in the room when the lights came up.
The movie is okay, some lines are cringy. I don't like that they negatively portrayed GMOs in general. We've been genetically modifying plants for thousands of years. There's nothing harmful about it. For example, without GMOs bananas wouldn't be edible to us—they were tiny and full of big seeds. Anyway, conversely, animal torture is pure evil; calling someone a pig is an affront to the pig. Until we learn to live in equilibrium with nature, humans are a malignant cancer.
"As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love." —Pythagoras (570 – 496 BC)
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Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Snowpiercer) could never be called subtle when it comes to his themes, and his Netflix original film, Okja, about the love between a little Korean farm girl and the eponymous giant superpig, is no different. It could be about any kind of livestock and consumer meat. But tonally, while he steadily gets us to a heavy-handed climax, the action, visuals, strange comic performances from the like of Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano and Jake Gyllenhall, keeps the audience in a state of amused delight until it's almost too late. And perhaps that unpredictability is what prevents it from turning into cheese. Okja is an adorable creature creation - like something out of Miyazaki, brought to life - and extremely well realized in terms of interaction with the real world. And as is often true with the best Korean directors, even shots of New York have a freshness. It's a beautifully designed film with an usual story that will probably tug at many a heart string. It didn't quite get to me personally, but there were salt-encrusted eyes in the room when the lights came up.Alec Chalmers
After the end credits, all the carnists repeat the mantra "But I just like the taste!"vendetta
a thoughtprovoking fairytale for adults...coffeejazzlofi
GO VEGANDodo199999
The moral of the story is: Money can get you anything you really wantand also "if it's cheap they're gonna buy it"
Pauljt1980
Super pig, super pig, does whatever a super pig does...Cynicus Rex
The movie is okay, some lines are cringy. I don't like that they negatively portrayed GMOs in general. We've been genetically modifying plants for thousands of years. There's nothing harmful about it. For example, without GMOs bananas wouldn't be edible to us—they were tiny and full of big seeds. Anyway, conversely, animal torture is pure evil; calling someone a pig is an affront to the pig. Until we learn to live in equilibrium with nature, humans are a malignant cancer."As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love." —Pythagoras (570 – 496 BC)
Rubenvd
Which idiot installed such a loud coffee machine in a meeting room?!OldLadyT-RexArms
More disturbing to me than A Serbian Film. Could not stop feeling sick during this movie. Ugh...Realenur
After the end credits, all vegetarians have a nice feeling in their tummy.MovieManMark
It's no "Parasite," but it's pretty good, and from the same director.Limbesdautomne
Golden calf at Soylent IndustriesRead more in French on La Saveur des goûts amers.
zanderino
Preachy, predictable, manipulative and maudlin.sillysausage
Boring, don't watch.sacmersault
Pretentious filmmaking at its worst.