Must Watch - The Host

[WrikaWrek]

Fuck Cloverfield, fuck Godzilla, fuck all that shit.

You guys need to see The Host. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468492/

This movie is unlike anything you would ever see from Hollywood. This movie is clever, funny, and thrilling, and has a couple of sequences that will stay with you long after the movie is over.

Must Watch.

[Mr. Gundam]

Saw it in the theater last year, really enjoyed it.

[Smooth Groove]

Hated it.  The SFX were garbage.

[Tucah]

I love the Host, one of my favorite monster movies.

[Mupepe]

I didn't really think it was anything special.  It was sufficient.  Then again, I'm not much of a monster movie guy.

[chronovore]

I didn't really think it was anything special.  It was sufficient.  Then again, I'm not much of a monster movie guy.

I was going to say "I've been meaning to watch that movie for a while now..." and then was distracted by the lovely Munn-juggling:

[Human Snorenado]

Yeah, it was alright.  Sure it's better than Godzilla or Clovercrap, but so is 90 minutes of my dog running around barking at shit.

[TVC15]

Hated it.  The SFX were garbage.

It's Korean, what did you expect?  Well, cheeseburgers, I guess, and I'm sure you were let down there.

The Host is neat.  A lot like Oldboy, it's basically completely unpredictable, going from wacky family comedy to monster movie to wacky family monster movie.  This is why I pay attention to whatever the hyped Korean movie of the moment is--it seems like cinema in Korea is to basically take the successful elements of foreign cinema and stick them in a blender.  Actually, that same metaphor works for Korean music and video games, too.

[Human Snorenado]

Hated it.  The SFX were garbage.

It's Korean, what did you expect?  Well, cheeseburgers, I guess, and I'm sure you were let down there.

The Host is neat.  A lot like Oldboy, it's basically completely unpredictable, going from wacky family comedy to monster movie to wacky family monster movie.  This is why I pay attention to whatever the hyped Korean movie of the moment is--it seems like cinema in Korea is to basically take the successful elements of foreign cinema and stick them in a blender.  Actually, that same metaphor works for Korean music and video games, too.

But does that metaphor work for their cheeseburgers?  Let's prioritize here.

[Eric P]

Hated it.  The SFX were garbage.

It's Korean, what did you expect? 

i think weta did the effects

[Human Snorenado]

Hated it.  The SFX were garbage.

It's Korean, what did you expect? 

i think weta did the effects

The Orphanage did the fx for The Host, actually.

[Eric P]

In The Host, Weta was given responsibility for constructing exceedingly detailed and realistic miniature models of the Creature

ah, my mistake

[jiji]

Whenever I see that Munn loop, I'm always drawn more to the parade of expressions that cross her face than what's in the lower half of the frame.  There's a moment of dawning comprehension, then a flash of what looks like disgust, then an overcorrection into a forced playful response.

Oh, yeah, The Host was playful and fairly intelligent, but at the end it veered right off a cliff into that sort of tragedy the Koreans seem to love to include in just about everything.  Not my cup of tea, especially when I can predict it.

[chronovore]

It was my first time seeing that Munn loop. Who's fondling her, and how do I get that job?

[Bloodwake]

The Host = awesome.

I actually watched it for the first time in a film class.