The Host
Not your mommy's monster movie, this mutant monster flick combines family drama, comedy and melodrama all in one. You get a dysfunctional family of unlikely heros and heroines attempting to rescue their youngest member from the slimy maws of a mutant piscine/reptilean/Alien monster. The monster spawned from an overdose of formaldehyde dumped into the river under the orders of a cocky ang moh scientist. (Be warned - ang mohs are portayed 2/3 unfavourably in this movie).
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll swear. All at the wrong times. Which is what makes this film unique.
The monster is a proud creation of the WETA workshop no less, although the less than convincing CG needs more work especially during the monster's demise. Oh I hope I did not spoil the surprise but guess what, monsters in monster movies die 99.9% of the time while they produce vile offspring 60% of the time. Monster movies are unfortunately quite predictable, but The Host does have some elements of surprise.
What spoiled the movie is probably the amount of hype you read/see/hear, so don't go in there expecting Alien-esque faceoffs please. Go in for a movie that will make you feel good/bad/angry all at the wrong times.
Personal Trivia:
Killerchick's favourite monsters are:
- Alien from the Alien Trilogy (don't correct me here I know there are 4 movies but this shows you how I feel about the last movie)
- Predator from Predator
- Mecha-Striesand from South Park
- Fluke from the X-Files
- Gremlins from Gremlins
- Dinos from Jurassic Park
- Zombies from Resident Evil
- Hollows from Bleach
- People with over inflated egos who are liable to eat you alive from well, practically everywhere. Worse of all these are the ones you cannot kill. Grrr.
Not your mommy's monster movie, this mutant monster flick combines family drama, comedy and melodrama all in one. You get a dysfunctional family of unlikely heros and heroines attempting to rescue their youngest member from the slimy maws of a mutant piscine/reptilean/Alien monster. The monster spawned from an overdose of formaldehyde dumped into the river under the orders of a cocky ang moh scientist. (Be warned - ang mohs are portayed 2/3 unfavourably in this movie).
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll swear. All at the wrong times. Which is what makes this film unique.
The monster is a proud creation of the WETA workshop no less, although the less than convincing CG needs more work especially during the monster's demise. Oh I hope I did not spoil the surprise but guess what, monsters in monster movies die 99.9% of the time while they produce vile offspring 60% of the time. Monster movies are unfortunately quite predictable, but The Host does have some elements of surprise.
What spoiled the movie is probably the amount of hype you read/see/hear, so don't go in there expecting Alien-esque faceoffs please. Go in for a movie that will make you feel good/bad/angry all at the wrong times.
Personal Trivia:
Killerchick's favourite monsters are:
- Alien from the Alien Trilogy (don't correct me here I know there are 4 movies but this shows you how I feel about the last movie)
- Predator from Predator
- Mecha-Striesand from South Park
- Fluke from the X-Files
- Gremlins from Gremlins
- Dinos from Jurassic Park
- Zombies from Resident Evil
- Hollows from Bleach
- People with over inflated egos who are liable to eat you alive from well, practically everywhere. Worse of all these are the ones you cannot kill. Grrr.
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