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The Host [Blu-ray]
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Manufacturer: Magnolia
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Ah-sung Ko, Du-na Bae
Directed By: Joon-ho Bong
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Magnolia Home Ent.
EAN: 0876964001007
Format: Collector's Edition
Label: Magnolia
Manufacturer: Magnolia
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Magnolia
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-07-24
Running Time: 119
Studio: Magnolia
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Magnolia Home Ent. The Host - Collector's Edition (Blu-ray)
The film revolves around Park Hee-bong (played by Byun Hee-bong), a man in his late 60s. Park runs a smallsnack bar on the banks of the Seoul's Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, or maybe a tad bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong's elder son Gang-du (by Song Gang-ho) is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago.Nam-il (by Park Hae-il) is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo (by Bae Du-na) is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified mutant suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du's daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears.All the family members are in a great agony as they have lost someone dearest to them. But as they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her.
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Summary: One for the critics, not the punters
Comment: Western critics went ape for this Korean movie when it was released. Therefore, we can provide the following tips to those who aspire to make a critically-acclaimed monster movie:
1. Sideline the actual monster, which incidentally looks pretty good in Host (at least from a distance) in favour of a nasty, paranoid government-is-after-us thriller plot.
2. Have as central protagonists a bizarre and unsympathetically idiotic family who are poorly characterised and resemble hackneyed archetypes.
3. Make sure everybody other than the protagonists is either actively despicable or callously uncaring.
4. Include an excessive amount of, often embarrassingly unsuccessful, slapstick comedy sequences.
5. Lace the film with absurd anti-American themes and subplots.
It's also probably better that you don't have too much in the way of narrative structure or suspense--that would be all too "Hollywood".
For those who prefer their monster films a little more engaging and a little less aggressively middle-brow, I would recommend steering clear of this entirely. Get the fallible, but at least fun, Cloverfield instead.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Misses the mark.
Comment: True it has intelligence (the monster). But as monster films go. Give me the lovable roaring Godzilla or Gamera.
This is simply my opinion but it was like "Reno 911" chasing a monster.
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry most of the time. At the start I thought is was going to be a comedy given the clumsiness of the monster as it chased the people around. Second, where was the military? All I saw were people driving disinfectant trucks. And at no time does anyone attempt to figure out the creatures origin. This is a laughable movie.
Thankfully I merely rented it. Do yourself a favor and rewatch a Godzilla, Gamera or other like monster films.
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Summary: Very cool monster movie!
Comment: Save all the pompus, big vocabulary, I'm a critic reviews. If you like monster movies with awesome spfx then see The Host! If not then go watch the 56th remake of Pride and Predjudice. HD makes it look even better! We need more giant monster movies!!!
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Summary: Horrible, but intresting monster
Comment: When i bought this movie some guy had asked me if i was buying it for entertainment or just because. I told him i was hoping for a good monster movie; and boy was i wrong. I still haven't even watched the entire thing! It was so bad i actually turned it off before it was over(and i hardly ever do that.) The dubbing was worse than some of the old godzilla movies, the acting was phenomanally bad, the story was run of the mill, and the list goes on some more. The only thing i found somewhat good was the creature. The cgi wasn't the greatest, but it was alright. The way it traveled was actually quite creative, but it was still somewhat unimaginative. I can't believe they would say it's on a par with jaws; its not even close. This movie will most certainly NOT be a classic.
To sum it up, if your looking for a bad horror film with a different kind of monster, this will probaly satisfy.
I will also add that the prequel and i will be far away from eachother at all times when it comes out.
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Summary: Nicely done but lightyears away from great. Overhyped too.
Comment: I have no idea why this film is being compared to ALIEN or JAWS. It is offensively inferior.
Basically, there is a Korean family. Then there is this monster who captures the little girl. Family goes after the monster. Monster keeps the girl in its sewer hideout full of other victim's bones. Family finds the monster. Monster is attracted to the city where there's a trap. Monster gets killed.
The effects are nicely done and the crowd scenes where the monster runs at large and eats people are very well staged (and must have been expensive to shoot). That explains why there are only two of those big scenes in the entire film.
The rest of the film is just the family looking for the monster and little girl hiding from the monster.
The film lacks more spectacle (although the little it has is very well done).
And the acting is very strange. It is very histrionic... like if everybody were in a Masked Rider or Ultraman episode. In a way, it looked like those old Japanese TV shows... but made with CGI.
I got very disappointed after all the hype.
I am sure it worked a lot better with Asian audiences who are more in tune with many elements... like the histrionic acting, some characters, the fact that one of the protagonists is an Olympic bow and arrow winner (a big sport in Korea)... and many other things.
Rent. Don't buy.
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