Homo phobia (2017)

Had potential

This movie had potential of being what the synopsis told us about and the potential of being quite the good movie that depicts real relationships and tell the inner struggle and changing perspective of a homophobic man. But it sadly didn’t come through. The actors did a pretty good job with the working material but I couldn’t get past that this movie had potential that it didn’t deliver. In a conservative country like Korea that are moving forward with the modern world and it’s growing perspective of the LGBTQ community and its workings to a part of decent human rights all over the world, this movie had the potential of depicting the struggle and also the fear that comes with homophobia, and that with the will of understanding you can come a long way.

Although I understand the ML’s reasons of homophobia, since he had the bad experience after the other with gay men, but it just left a bad taste in a mouth since it really did the oppositive of what it could have done. Would it be too hard to show that gay love is just regular normal love like any other love? At least one positive experience of a gay man would have left the movie in a completely different light, and would have made it hugely more realistic. Two examples of the gay men in this movie depicted having romantic feelings for the ML and although lust can do a lot with your mind, I find it poor in taste that they choose to make both of these men blackmail, sexually harass and at one part of the movie hint towards actual rape of the ML. These two also showed very little understanding or realization of what they had actually done to the ML too, which really irked me.

What gave me little hope that this movie will not be just another in a growing list of movies where gay men (and women sometimes) are used as the villains, or individuals that can’t control their sexual urges and instead rapes or sexually harasses the ones that they are attracted too, no matter the sexual orientation on the man they are attracted to, was the end credits. The ML, although, resentful towards the men that had traumatized him (which is perfectly understandable) still thought that he would still try to understand gay men. I applaud the ML for not getting bitter due to all the bad experiences and actual hints of rape, sexual harassment and usage of seniority that he was victims of, and still trying to understand them. I however, do not applaud this movie. It’s watchable, but not as entertainment, and not as a good representation of a BL movie or LGBTQ, but as an education on the progression of hopefully more movies that actually depicts this concern right.

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Pretty main lead but nothing else

So, It was an absolutly horrible movie. Filled with harassment, mental abuse and r*pe in parts. I was actually so shocked by the ending when he said he could understand gay men now. Like what? It made all the harassment okay? Like just because you are gay doesn't mean you go around abusing people. Like this movie was so dumb I can't even. It was terrible. I wish I hadn't watched it. It was pure disgusting at times as well. I hate it so much. like he just kept having bad experiences one after the other. They kept coming and he had to deal with it. Horrible ending as well. Horrible, don't watch at all. The only good thing about this movie was the main guy was very cute and handsome at times. That's it.

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The movie didn't quite suit me, it wasn't to my taste, I felt a kind of slight emptiness while watching it, even though it describes three periods of homophobic Young-Taek. High school and the first encounter with a young student who fucked his father, then college and his gay senior who was "made into" and the war, where his bisexual sergeant wanted to cut him. The film wanted to show how a homophobe can change and start at least a little tolerating the sexualization of a minority, and for that I appreciate him. But the way the creators showed it is just average for me.


Film mi úplně nesedl, nebyl dle mého gusta, cítil jsem při sledování jakousi mírnou prázdnotu, i když popisuje tři období homofobního Young-Taeka. Střední školu a první setkání s mladým studentem, který šukal s jeho otcem, potom vysokou školu a jeho gay seniora, který byl do něj "udělaný" a vojnu, kde ho chtěl přeříznout jeho bisexulání seržant. Snímek chtěl ukázat, jak se dokáže částečně homofob změnit a začít alespoň trošku tolerovat sexulání menšiny a za to si ho cením. Ale jakým způsobem to tvůrci předvedli, je pro mě jen akorátním průměrem.

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Don't waste your time......

I found this movie on the gagaoolala app and decided to watch it just based on the fact it was in the gay section and the title of "The chronicles of a boy (homo phobia)".

The description seemed semi promising (from gagaoolala): "Young-taek is one day visited by one of his schoolmates who claim to be his fathers lover. Young-taek unable to bear this fact decides to do something. In college, a senior boy comes relentlessly at him, to get the test questions, Young-taek lets him do what he wants to him, only to be blackmailed. In the military, while on leave, he goes out with his sergeant and the mans girlfriend, but in the night, the sergeant takes advantage of him".

So I decided to have a watch thinking this might be one of those I hate gays, but in the end realizes he likes guy's.....

Nope!!! Not even close!!!

The description of the movie is very misleading compared to what you actually get, which is a lot of Young-taek getting hit on, sexually harassed and him choking people out. (Oh and him biting his sergeant's penis, but yet he still talks to him??). This has to be in my top 3 never to re-watch again gay movies.

As my title says, don't waste the 1:24:44 of your time to watch this garbage, unless you are homophobic.

I feel bad for the actors that did this movie, hopefully the pay was good!

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