fuck this movie, seriously.
so i watched it for 2 reasons:
1 - it was supposed to be hot
2 - i promised @marlon to watch a korean movie
well … it WAS hot … gave me a boner a few times
and although it was only about 50% Korean ( it’s Amazon studios and part Japanese ) considering it’s almost 3 hours long i would say it counts as a full Korean movie.
in fact the movie was pretty much everything i expected and more but with one gigantic problem …
MISANDRY
this movie isn’t just Lesbian. it HATES men. with a vengeance.
of course this is sort of to be expected from an Amazon studios movie but i didn’t realize it was an Amazon studios movie when i started watching.
the last Amazon studios movie i saw was “Suspiria” ( 2018 ) and that one was entirely female. so much so that the only male character in the movie was actually played by a woman.
well “The Handmaiden” hates men more than Suspiria does.
bottom line - this is a GREAT fucking movie so long as you’re a lesbian that absolutely HATES men.
if you are man on the other hand - do NOT watch it.
simple as that.
please note - i have nothing against Lesbian movies. i enjoyed “Blue is the Warmest Color” which is a 90% lesbian erotic movie … i don’t have ANY problem with movies like that …
“The Handmaiden” isn’t just Lesbian … it really, really, REALLY hates men … there is a difference.
it portrays men as soulless parasites whose extermination is to be celebrated and laughed at.
NO I AM NOT EXAGGERATING
if i was a militant lesbian feminist i would give it 5 stars without hesitation.
but i’m not and i’m going to give it 2 stars on movielens … maybe less.
i still think Korean movies are cool, but this one was clearly corrupted by militant feminists.
in fact i will go and lower my rating for “Suspiria” as well … i thought it was cool that a man was played by a woman because i literally didn’t realize it until i watched the “analysis” video - but now i am realizing the reason they did it is because Amazon Studios simply hates men so much … and i’m not cool with this …
i wish MovieLens had a feature to automatically add all Amazon Studios movies to ignore list … and Netflix originals too …
they’re just so loaded with BS …