The Host (Gwoemul) (2006)

Saturn Award for Best International Film (55 movies items)

"NOMINEE"

Seen in 2013 (136 movies items)

"04/09/13 - The cast and effects are great but the film is very aimless and mostly underwhelming."

Cinemassacre’s Top 10 Giant Movie Monsters (10 movies items)

"Tadpole Thing"

Movie Diary 2013 (202 movies items)

"24.2. Ihan katsottava vaan harmillisen epätasainen katastrofifilmi ei sitten kuitenkaan tunnu miltään poikkeukselliselta tapaukselta. Amerikkalaisista vastaavista poiketen päähenkilöt tuntuvat sinänsä miellyttävän tavallisilta, vaaratilanteissa erehtyviltä ihmisiltä, mutta pintavaikutelmaa syvemmälle ei heidän kohdallaan pääse. Samoin käy valitettavasti kantaaottavuuden kohdalla. Enkä ollenkaan osaa sanoa, miten päin elokuva itse on arvelluttavan loppuratkaisunsa kohdalla - t"

Watched in 2013 (271 movies items)

"24.2.2013 The most interesting thing about The Host is that there is so little revealed about the main threat, except that it is some mutation that came from the toxins dropped to the sewers. It doesn't make it any more ominous or threatening though, because of the film's style. I don't know if it is intended, but most of the time this felt more like a full comedy or a parody of the genre, than actually a serious thing. Thinking how much humor there was in Memories of Murder for example, it's n"