A Tale of Legendary Libido

Currently watching one of the most funky and weird sex comedies I've seen till now. 'A Tale of Legendary Libido' is a Korean movie and as Korean comedies go,  this one doesn't disappoint. There are tons of moments that leave you wondering -did I just really see that? - and then wishing you hadn't (well, sometimes you do wish to see stuff again. Some women in the movie are, not to put too fine a point on it, smouldering).

The story is about this nice, innocent, thug-punching guy who has problems getting things to work down there, in a village ruled by women. And the women don't exactly make life easy for him (some pretty brutal bullying happens). He gets this magic potion which overcompensates for his past impotence and co-incidentally, all the men in the village are drafted and away for a war. So he's now this virile young man in a village minus its men but full of women who know what they want and will do anything to get it. You get the idea.

So far there have been scenes of a woman discovering a magic dildo, naked people performing synchronized swimming in the village pond, women singing and dancing happily after catching a glimpse of the biggest penis they've ever seen ("I've heard it's five inches." "That is just the head."),  a bunch of women almost raping a man, a scene where the protagonist's peeing puts out a wildfire and cools down the burning sun.....at one point you start wondering whether it's the director who's smoking some great weed or you. I had to pause the movie where the village bartendress (new word!) is seducing the guy with lines like "I've ridden more men than there is hair on your head".

I mean there's only so much you can take in one sitting.  No pun intended.

After Gangnam Style and this movie, Korea suddenly seems like an interesting destination.

Watch this space for an extended review of this fascinating piece of art.