Comments on: This Clip from The Host Is Pretty Unbelievably Great

By: brucehood

brucehood — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:20:26 +0000

Beg Beg Beg to differ Cliff.... The quirkiness of "The Host" made it compelling and the ending is simultaneously tragic yet uplifting. It is unlikely to be made into a US version. I find the recent Hollywoodizing of Asian horror repugnant and so opportunistic and I worry it subverts Asian film-makers who may have a view of the US market when producing work.
But I respect it's not for everyone.
bruce

By: Cliff

Cliff — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:43:28 +0000

I didn't really like the rest of the movie. What can I say? Sometimes Asian cinema does it for me, sometimes it doesn't.
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I wasn't feeling it for "The Host."

By: Church

Church — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:04:16 +0000

BTW, it's an "oh." Like the Galilean moon.

By: Kemper

Kemper — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:13:21 +0000

When will the world wake up and deal with the mutant fish problem??The whole movie is pretty good. I think they cut some serious gore out of this clip though.
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BTW. Speaking of abominations in Asian filmmaking, anyone seen that Speilberg and Will Smith want to do an American version of Oldboy? While I'm a fan of those guys, they are far too Hollywood to even attempt to film any of the twisted stuff in that flick. Watered down disaster looms over that one.

By: Church

Church — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:30:57 +0000

I was rolling my eyes when I clicked through, but that was six kinds of awesome.