Without a doubt another brilliant piece of work with stunning cinematography was delivered by Park.
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clydeebarretto — 9 years ago(October 29, 2016 02:14 PM)
Here's the thing, I'm "Asian" (Filipino) and have seen hundreds+ of Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, etc. films and whenever an Asian director who's had the luck to being able to get their films shown here in the states, I hate to use the word, but white critics just oooze all over it as if it's something new. Park Chan-wook is a great director, he's got a solid filmography. But to me, The Handmaiden wasn't one of his best. It's good - so all of these high scores and praise sometimes befuddles me. Stoker too was just meh.
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coleburnz07 — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 03:32 AM)
Here's the thing, I'm "Asian" (Filipino) and have seen hundreds+ of Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, etc. films and whenever an Asian director who's had the luck to being able to get their films shown here in the states, I hate to use the word, but white critics just oooze all over it as if it's something new. Park Chan-wook is a great director, he's got a solid filmography. But to me, The Handmaiden wasn't one of his best. It's good - so all of these high scores and praise sometimes befuddles me. Stoker too was just meh.
Has less to do with it strictly being an Asian movie..The white liberal hipster critic/journalist are going apesh-t for this movie because it was adapted from a popular book and it has themes that fit the currenty social topics/trends.. female empowerment, lesbianism, etc. Movie is bascally a feminist wet dream
"Money's flowing, everything is fine; Got myself an Uzi and my brother a nine" -
clydeebarretto — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 07:15 AM)
And have you seen the other 95% of Korean cinema? Because it's the same thing. Garbage and you have your few bright spots here and there. The Handmaiden is a solid film but it's not the end-all-be-all or anywhere near it.
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ForrestHump — 9 years ago(October 29, 2016 07:55 PM)
Even if all the critics on Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 7/10, it would still equate to a 100% on RT. It's an aggregated score.
What you can take away from it, is that only a handful of critics thought it was a bad movie. You need to look at the average score out of 10 to get a more accurate assessment of the quality. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find it on the Mobile version of RT. It definitely exists on the Desktop version. -
chaserslo — 9 years ago(November 19, 2016 01:34 PM)
I immediately thought of Wild Things and Blue Is The Warmest Color (for obvious reasons) with a slight resemblance to Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, but I really enjoyed it. The only thing that bothered me were the numerous little twists towards the end.
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susanaramjim-28-751563 — 9 years ago(January 19, 2017 04:42 PM)
Someone else already mentioned is based on a 2002 novel by Welsh author Sarah Waters, The Fingersmith, adapted for the TV screen in 2005:
http://www.imdb.com/board/10423651/