ManiakJiggy
This is How Movies Should Be Made
DipitySkillful
an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.
mraculeated
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
Janae Milner
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
areatw
If you ever need reminding that Korean cinema produces garbage too, then watch 'The Host'. As someone who has seen a lot of Korean films and generally thinks the standard of Korean cinema is high, this one was terrible. It's no better than a low-budget, crappy American horror with awful CGI and special effects, with the only difference being that 'The Host' has subtitles. If this had been an American production I have no doubt that people would be slating it for being cheap and trashy.The fact that many of the users who are raving about this film, awarding it 9 and 10 stars, have only ever written 1 review in their lifetime (which is for this film) tells you all you need to know - fake paid reviews. There is nothing even remotely good about 'The Host' that can justify such rave reviews. The plot is generic, the acting is terrible in parts, and the CGI/special effects are awful, even for 2006. Don't believe the hype and stay away from this film, this is Korean cinema at its very worst!
Omer Levent
I watched it for the first time in 2015. I had seen it on TV several times before. But I did not watch it because it did not keep my age. I watched it in 2015 and it did not affect me at first. I do not remember my date but I started to ascend on my list and watched it again. I did not know what it was. A movie close to perfection.Their music is excellent. Their characters, their sentences and events are excellent.The old dad is charming. The stage is really the best scenes I have ever seen.The feeling of truth that the movie gave me and the family drama were so beautiful. I did not like the last scene of the concert. The last scene of Filmin was beautiful, of course.
Incarna
I LOVE monster movies, and I've been looking for this movie for a while, but I couldn't find it because of Stephanie Meyer's movie with the same name. Finally, Netflix added it. I really wanted to like it, but despite the other reviews, I've found the FX bad. The animation was amazing, but there was something odd and the monster seemed out of place, I think it was the texture. Maybe if it had some scales instead of polliwog skin (I guess that is what they wanted to achieve?) it would have looked better.Anyway, that wouldn't have matter if the movie wasn't boring. I just didn't feel anything (except from the scene with the pictures). The tense moments didn't feel tense, or maybe it is just my love for monsters. And some parts were too slow. But I had already watched half of it so I had to finish.However since there are people here that loved it so much, I suggest you to watch it, maybe you are one of them and pass a good time.
Dan Phillips
The first time I tried to watch this, I was drawn by all the raving reviews and the eye-catching special effect sequences in the trailers.But I just couldn't last the whole movie. The messy, over-the-top, all-over-the-place performances of the lead adult actors combined with the messy, unfocused narrative just turned me off. It was hard to focus on a main character; but each candidate (apart from the little girl) just was the sort of person who, in real life, would make you back away slowly so as not to attract attention, and find something entirely else to do, far away.So years later, again caught by all the praise the movie gets from all quarters, I made myself try again, and sit through it.This time I got it, I caught the sort-of center to the plot, and more or less enjoyed it. (The 7 is generous.) But I warn you. Aesthetically, it's not unlike watching a runny nose for two hours. If you would do such a thing.
