Okja is a twist on the classic monster movie. It's also a twist on mad science movies, coming-of-age movies, and satires of corporate life. Things are so twisty because it's the latest offering from cult director Bong Joon-ho, who previously gave us wacky, dark science fiction movies like The Host and Snowpiercer.
Okja is the result of Netflix giving Bong $50 million and complete artistic freedom, and the results look just as bizarre as you might hope. The movie stars Ahn Seo-hyun, Tilda Swinton, and Giancarlo Esposito, among others.
The central struggle is between image-obsessed corporate scientist Nancy Mirando (Swinton) and a girl named Mija (Ahn). In this teaser trailer, we hear Nancy proclaim that she's put science and nature together to create something extraordinary. But that "something" is Mija's best friend, who also happens to be a giant monster. We only see a glimpse of the monster, but if Bong's previous monster movie The Host is any indication, this megabeast is going to look great.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday March 05 2017, @05:28AM (1 child)
I'll watch that.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 05 2017, @06:18AM
I'll watch anything by Bong Joon-ho. [imdb.com] His other non-sci-fi movies - Memories of Murder (which clearly inspired Fincher's Zodiac), Mother, Barking Dogs Never Bite - all of them are outstanding examples of korean new wave cinema. Even Antarctic Journal, which he only wrote but did not direct, is a great psychological thriller/horror.
Snowpiercer was his first english movie and it was pretty good too, maybe a little allegorically heavy-handed. But the studio really fucked him. He refused to cut it the way they wanted so they killed it by refusing to advertise it and only ran it on minimum number of contractually obligated screens in the US. So it was basically a direct-to-bluray film here, but worldwide it got a lot love.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Geezer on Sunday March 05 2017, @08:09AM (2 children)
If the show is a success, does that make it a Bong hit?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 05 2017, @08:16AM (1 child)
A Bong hit is better than a bang. [imdb.com]
(Score: 2) by JeanCroix on Tuesday March 07 2017, @05:04PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 05 2017, @12:49PM (2 children)
I do not recognise any of these names, bar "Netflix". Is this about those Chinese cartoons that I hear are quite popular on the Internet?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 05 2017, @03:53PM
From what I read its about mad science satire, what summary were you reading? If you need more anime there are stores... But 12 steps man,, 12 steps....
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 05 2017, @11:55PM
lol