Looks good visually, has some good ideas, and a few individually entertaining scenes, but overall it was a little disappointing, and easily my least favourite of Bong Joon-Ho's feature films.
The pacing was what killed it for me. It didn't feel like it told a complete and satisfying story, but neither did it feel engaging as a series of vignettes, or shorter stories that all coalesced into one.
I can still give it a decent rating because it was good by first film standards. It's technically very impressive for a first film, and features pretty good performances overall. It just didn't add up to something I could really get into, and even got a little dull in places (it's probably too long at 110 minutes, to boot).
The pacing was what killed it for me. It didn't feel like it told a complete and satisfying story, but neither did it feel engaging as a series of vignettes, or shorter stories that all coalesced into one.
I can still give it a decent rating because it was good by first film standards. It's technically very impressive for a first film, and features pretty good performances overall. It just didn't add up to something I could really get into, and even got a little dull in places (it's probably too long at 110 minutes, to boot).