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For The Love of…You Handmaiden!!!
It’s been month…MONTHS!!!
Why am I embarrassingly whipped with such a simple tease of an image like so!?! What the hell are they even teasing?! Where has this image been all these months?!!! Those clothes are from a press event that was in early June for crying out loud!?
Kim Min-hee…
*cries*
Them hands…
*bites nails and cowers*
Such a great image…
*bawling*
My emotions!!!
So, About that aBandOned PB
You thought I had “abandoned” it, didn’t you! Not a chance!
I am still kind of disappointed that there was no such thing as an unrated DVD for the PVs but I have decided to boil it down to false information. What we got was great already and I refuse to be like some people that are just so ungrateful. it would have been so easy to make just another het PV but they went ahead and gave us this, especially in a country that is still very strict on content rating.
So thank you very much Malaysia. This MV is in the top two, if not my favourite yuri MV. I am pretty sure I have listened to the song more than 1000 times already, that is how great the song is in and of itself. Add in the very healthy dose of moving picture yuri, with an element of horror in there (my favourite genre) and this is an MV going straight for my very soul!
Actually scratch that indecision, aBandOned is my Favourite yuri Music Video as of right now!
And so I am very happy now and don’t care much anymore about that non-existent uncensored MV. I will think of this PB as the leau of that. Now the PB is mostly filled with scenes from the MV but there is something about having a physical thing that is all new and different bringing another feeling of appreciation for the already great fandom.
Yeah, I think of this MV’s world as a fandom. it is that good! it managed to create a world with just two 5min videos that to me I might as well have watched a TV series. Actually, why not do that Malaysia? I will even take a web-series! get to it!
Enough talk, jump over for what you came for…
[Ahgassi] God is in Heaven, All is Right With the World!
Oh God, the happiness! The happinessssss! I am so very happy dear Readers! Oh my Lord! I love this movie so very much! I love everything about it! Nothing, and I mean nothing, has been a let down for me when it comes to The Handmaiden! Everything is just so perfect! So perfect I decided to but everything related to this movie! I don’t care that I don’t understand the language the good are in (I am looking at you Script Book), and I don’t care how much I need to dish out (bought four versions of the OST just to get the two above posters), this movie deserves everything after making me so damn happy!
And so today here comes the second swag of Ahgassi (the first being the Photobook). And my God, I feel like I just upgraded to higher plane of happiness than the one I was in before. And I thought I wouldn’t be more happier when it came to this movie! I was so wrong.
I had my doubts! Actually, as I opened up the box, my happiness plummeted quite a bit because there was only one poster holder. I was like – A_ah, I knew it! They would only give me one poster per purchase, doesn’t matter if I bought both the Hideo and Sook-hee version of the CD. It never even occurred to me that there might be more than one poster inside!
There were two posters inside! And you already know which ones!!! Like, how even?!! Let me tell you now, I am never lucky in things like this that require chance! I bought four version (other two from YesAsia) because I wanted to increase my chances! Well dear Readers, it looks like I don’t even need the YesAsia CDs anymore! In one hit, I got all the posters I wanted! In one hit…I don’t believe it!
I can only think this is because of The Handmaiden! This movie has been so good to me that it has even now increased my luck! Like, how am I supposed to love Ahgassi even more?! I already love it like no other!
With the posters, of course came the two CDs – The Hideo ver (with Sook-hee on the Disc) and the Sook-hee version (with Hideko on the Disc). The version sold on itunes store is of course the Hideko ver (as seen by the Sook-hee image used).
The other good that came with is the Script Book for the movie. As expected it is in the original languages only. By that I mean Japanese and Korean of course. But I am pretty sure that we will be seeing an English ver later on, especially after the movie hits English theatres from September and more hearts are stolen by The Handmaiden! For now I can only guess scenes from the Japanese, like the scene I took the photo of. That is the Scene where Sook-hee barfs at The Count’s attempt at seducing Hideko during the fruit painting lessons in the living room.
As for the OSTs, you already know what I am going to say in regards to the music – perfection! I have had the CD (Sook-hee vers since I have Hideko ver on Digital) playing all the day non-stop since I got the goods! It is oh so good! So good that I did not even bother skipping those lewd tracks as well even with other people in the house, because IIDGAF!
Ah, those tracks I am talking about are the ones with the sounds of Hideko and Sook-hee during that last sex scene with the bells! Yep, that is a track on the OST! Just pure sexy sounds that maybe anyone who hasn’t seen the movie would not know what they are doing! I mean, they are hearing bells, what could they possibly be doing with bells? (heh)
The music is just so good! And continuing on the awesomeness that this movie already is, they gave musicians a present out there by including sheet music for some of the songs so they can play themselves! Like, how not to love that!
To the less educated, there are lyrics (in Korean of course) and some pics in the booklet! They have everyone covered!
As for differences, I am sure there is something different from the Hideko ver as opposed to the Sook-hee version (other than the visible of course) so I will just keep on searching for them.
Meanwhile, I am still listening to this soundtrack and have already found my favourites, while I decide what to do with the yesAsia purchase. I don’t need it but the orders (yes, two of them) are already on their way here. I wonder if I can return them and get a refund? I will maybe wait and see what posters I get. If I got the 3P one, I will keep them. Otherwise, they are returning!
As for my favourite tracks:
- My Tamako, My Sook-hee (Track 31)
- The Footsteps of My Dear Love / Imi Oneun Sori (Track 38)
- Wedding (Track 18)
- The Tree From Mount Fuji (Track 01)
- You’re My Baby Miss (Track 07)
- Four Small Silver Balls (Track 36) <- DON’T SAY A WORD!!!!
I love The Handmaiden. I love Ahgassi!
My Ahgassi, My Handmaiden!
Good night!
[Ahgassi] A Huge Round of Applause!!
For Winning Best Actress and Best Female New Comer of the Year!
Like, I don’t mean to brag but I so saw that coming!
Kim Min-hee was the one who won Best Actress and Tae-ri Best New Comer, in case anyone was remotely confused.
Sadly, Park Chan-wook couldn’t join them in winnings as best Director (That went to the director of The Wailing). The Handmaiden already snabbed the Cannes Prize for Technical Design (A first in its category I hear) and I am pretty sure the Music Score will win something too.
Could the movie win Best Movie sometime this year or next? I am sure it will, even though Park Chan-wook not taking Best Director is kind of discouraging. But really, what we have got is cause for much celebration! An R rated movie taking awards with both our lead Ladies winning is nothing to sneeze at!!
I haven’t felt this great since the 2008 CBS Drama awards when Moon Geun-young and Moon Chae-won shocked the world by winning Best Couple for their roles as Yun-bok and Jeong-hyang in my favourite drama of all time – Painter of The Wind!
Now then, to wait for the Director’s Cut, that should be out by the end of today, if all goes according to plan! Not that I am ready for it. I still can’t handle the ‘normal’ version. There is no way I can handle the Director’s Cut!
Any way, night!
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