The Host [DVD]

Love this, beautiful and haunting, one of my favourite films.

I’ve seen this film so many times I know it word for word. This is an awesome film a great next film for Stephanie Myers after Twilight.When it comes to alien invasion this is probably what would happen lol and it’s lovely that they showed what our plant would be like with no violence. The characters are great as you would expect from Stephanie’s amazing brain.This is also a great family film.This definitely gets a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rating from my household.

The Host is a film based on a science fiction novel by Stephenie Meyer, best known for writing the Twilight saga series of books.Details of the dvd:Languages: English.Subtitles: English.It begins with several trailers, but you can skip these by pressing the next button on the dvd remote.The only extras are: A commentary from writer/director Andrew Niccol. Producer Nick Wechsler. And Stephenie Meyer herself. Who was also a producer on the film.Four deleted scenes. These can only be watched individually, not in a row. But none last more than ten to fifteen seconds approx.Bringing the Host to life. A seven minute long making of featurette. As with most of these nowadays, it's short but quite decent viewing.A review of the film for those who haven't read the book:Gattaca/Truman Show/In Time creator Andrew Niccol returns to the big screen, with an adaptation of the science fiction novel by Twilight writer Stephenie Meyer. That tells of a rather different kind of alien invasion.Earth, we are told in opening narration, is at peace. There's no war. Crime. Intolerance. Everyone is polite and trusting. Pollution has been dealt with. All because the human race has been taken over. By parasitic aliens who bond with human bodies. You can tell if this has happened to someone by the colour of their eyes. When taken over, human personalities and memories will either fade away. Or resist.Naturally, some humans are resisisting. Such as Melanie [Saoirse Roman] who we first meet leaping to her death to try and escape from seekers. White suited possessed humans who root out resistance.Melanie's body is still strong enough to take in a host, and after it's healed up for that a Seeker [Diane Kruger] watches as one of her bretheren takes it on. This alien takes the name wanderer. It's role is to search Melanie's memories to find clues and information that will lead to the location of the human resistance.But Melanie's mind is stronger than anticipated. And her personality and memories are still there. Wanderer has to get used to the voice in her head that will lead the two of them to discover more about humanity, the aliens, and themselves, than they ever anticipated...You do initially wonder if the way the opening exposition is handled is the right way to go, but it does swiftly become apparent that it works. The focus is on Melanie/Wanderer and Saoirse Roman does a very good job in depicting a very alien creature and the human who still lives on inside her. Her memories of humanity and falling for a man are gradually revealed.You might think, once she is reunited with a resistance group run by her uncle Jeb [William Hurt] and the seekers goes after her, that this will go love triangle route, but it never plays out that way. It's all character drama as everyone involved gradually learns more about the others and grows and changes as a result.This all takes place in some stunning locations.Saoirse Roman and William Hurt turn in superb performances, and the child actor who plays Melanie's younger brother is also very good indeed. There are a few stoic male rebels who dont quite stand out because they all look a bit similar, but that's only a minor complaint.It's a long movie and one that does ask some interesting moral questions along the way, so it's for those seeking cerebral science fiction character drama rather than action or an unusual love triangle, but it does have an interesting twist on that, and it is another movie that has a little difficulty knowing where to end. It's also not gone down too well with critics. But you have to wonder if it would be different in that way if didn't mention twilight on the poster.The score is a bit distracting at points. But superb at others.All in all though, a solid science fiction character drama, and well worth a look.A review for those who have read the book:How to get over six hundred pages of mostly internal monologue into a film of roughly two hours? Without Wanderer's thought processes. As she narrated the book and it described what she was seeing, thinking and doing, all that is just taken up hy seeking the action with her in nearly every scene. And the audience hearing Mel's voice when she has something to say.An adaptation of a long book won't be able to fit everything in, but this doesn't do too badly. It does keep the central character drama. It does beef up the role of the Seeker to allow for a little more action. And change some of the visual descriptions from the book. Some things are lost, but as mentioned a lot remains.The main actors are all very good. Although some of the young male rebels don't perhaps come to life as much as they could have.How successfully a book is brought to the screen will always be a matter of opinion for those who have read it. Personally I thought it to be a largely successful adaptation and worth 4/5.

Looking for something different well come along and let this be your find. This show is very unusual and equal to all others in the same frame. The story is fantastic and the actors do it great justice with their acting making it what it is. Story goes aliens start taking over the planet by taking over the human body, now there is action all the way through and mistrust while the last survivors must fight and try to live in hiding while these things control everything around them. Now that is all I am revealing as not to kill your interest in a wonderful movie that deserves to be watched and judged by you, so what are you waiting for go get it then relax to a fabulous night at home with your feet up eating the popcorn. I rated this an A grade plus for keeping the interest alive in the movie, that keeps you riveted to the chair and for full on entertainment that you can enjoy.

Firstly, I haven't read the book (yet) so I can't compare but I loved this film, sure there were gaps in the story but the film as a whole really impressed me which was really unexpected.I liked the twilight films but didn't love them so I didn't have the highest hopes for this but my sister asked me to see it with her so I did and I honestly wanted to see it again as soon as the credits rolled. The cinematography is amazing as it's set in a beautiful location and all the actors involved did a great job, particularly Saoirse Ronan who pulled off a difficult character with a very complex personality.I would recommend everyone see this for themselves and not listen to others opinions as many of them are tinted with either twilight hate or twilight love and this is nothing like it and deserves to be judged for it's own qualities.

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Me ha gustado!

Movie's storyline is average, but plus point of this movie is music and its location.

Tuesday 9th April 2013The HostFrom the book of the same name by Stephanie Meyer. Time of show, 1305hrs, Cost of Tickets $6:00 each.Cinema AMC Colonial 18825 Lawrenceville-suwanee RdLawrenceville, GA 30043After all the hullaballoo surrounding the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer, of course I had a little look at the books at the library. I'm only marginally interested in what has become Young Adult writing, and I've never had any interest in Vampires whatsoever. They weren't my thing at all.I wasn't much interested when the book, "The Host," came along, but the original cover was so creative and was such a beautiful haunting image, well, I bought the book.So sue me. I had no idea it would become my favourite book ever. Even eclipsing the riotous, "Fat Ollie's Book," by Ed McBain.They HAD to make a film out of it. For some time, despite the clamour of the fans, not much happened until Saoirse Ronan signed on in about 2010. It meandered about in development hell until we were finally informed it was coming out in 2013.It is fair to say that the critical acclaim has been missing. At Rotten Tomatoes the procrits give it 11%, while the audience gives it closer to 60%. Both are ridiculous low numbers, and would be for films which are utter crap. There's something else going on here, as if someone doesn't like Meyer's view of the world, or what, I don't know. The critics are unreasonably harsh, when they were gaga over the complete tripe that was, "The Avengers."Do we not seek drama with tragedy and a happy ending any more? Do we just want explosions and gals dressed in leather? Big, hairy men dressed in spanx?Maybe that is what we want. Shoot, weez in trubble.The Host's essence is love, or perhaps the power of love. I have opined many times that it has parallels to the story of Jesus of Nazareth. That view has been universally mocked. Which makes me think I am an alien or as mad as a box of frogs. The similarities in the stories, the sacrifice, the re-incarnation, the trans-substantiation of a spirit/soul into another body?Seems clear to me. Hah, wouldn't be the first time I've disagreed with the entire world.The action takes place in some Western Desert location, later revealed to be New Mexico. I liked the peculiar white look of the scene making and the simple construction of the shops and their contents. Susan, my spouse stated that perhaps there could have been more introductory exposition as to why the Aliens/Souls came to Earth and took it over. On that point, there wasn't much exposition in the book, so if Director Niccol added it, I would have found it outside his aegis. Which is to tell the story in the book, even if he must truncate that, as film must.Wanda's wander into the desert is much shaved from the book, which is a good thing. The spectacular car crash was a bit daft. Safe Volvo's might be, but surviving a roll-over at that speed would be beyond any human I know of. Dis is da movies, don't try that at home.William Hurt out-Jebbed Uncle Jeb. He was perfect in a role which could have been cloying, but it was deftly done. Excellent work by a fine actor. Susan thought Hurt was Jeff Daniels. (She identifies anything in a beard and above 40 as Jeff Daniels.)The young men, were handsome young men. Very tall logs of wood. Not required to do much acting, as is the modern way, and they had spent much time in the gym getting ready for their roles.Diane Kruger was excellent as The Seeker. Not quite the creature of the book, but compelling and vulnerable at the same time. Long and lean, the camera enjoyed looking at her and her impossibly long, graceful legs.To be fair, so did I:)There's been a lot of rabbiting about how the double indentity of Wanda/Melanie was to be handled. Some people have been critical, but here's the thing, if you can't tone down your skepticism for a movie about Aliens coming and taking us over, when is it that you do? You must suspend disbelief, or no movies makes sense at all. Movies are about magic, and this was magic.I found the voices off, with a different tone and accent to delineate the two characters convincing. Saoirse Ronan's facial expressions during this difficult technique just right. It was a fascinating challenge for the film maker and the actor, and they pulled it off. I have always said that I would have chosen Summer Glau for this role. Glau is perhaps too subtle, very technical and has an ethereal nature that would have given the role a different feel, for me.Ronan was chosen and that's it, she did a great job. Whaddoino? I'm no director.There is a scene in the book, in, "The Docs," room. Wanda stumbles on humans attempting to extract souls from taken over human bodies. This process kills both parties. It is a pivotal and tragic scene. The filming and drama of this scene and those that follow, with the representations of the souls/aliens was very convincingly done and beautiful, if tragic. It reflects the question Capt Adama asks at the beginning of Battlestar Galactica. "What we did, what we do, there has to be a purpose, what is it and is it worth it?"At the end of the movie, I asked a few people close by what they thought of it. Most gave it 8/10. Maybe they were reacting to the rather strange man with the odd accent who isn't from rahnd heah. I choose to hope they were being honest.I said right from the start that I would be happy if Niccol and his band of players took the project seriously and addressed its themes with care. They did that, in spades. In my opinion, it made a super movie. The haunting themes of vulnerability, love and the power of that love to supersede everything came through loud and clear.I loved it. Ignore the critics and go and see it. 9/10brendan

Non condivido minimamente certe recensioni lette sopra, 4 stelle se le merita tutte !! Io l' ho apprezzato molto piu' di Twilight, è un film incentrato sulla storia d' amore della protagonista, se avete visto l' invasione degli ultracorpi, be, questo film non centra niente !!non ci sono scene splatter o di tensione, non è un film di fantascienza action (genere che adoro) ma ha un ritmo piu' lento e si sofferma di piu' sui personaggi e i loro sentimenti, la storia l' ho trovata molto bella, originale e per nulla scontata, non è un alieni VS esseri umani, almeno all' inizio puo' sembrare cosi' ma poi si evolve molto bene.Film : 8,5 se amate il genere ve lo consiglio vivamente, il regista è quello di In Time (altro filmone)Video : 9 sempre molto dettagliato e ben definito.Sonoro : 8 molto belle le musiche, gli effetti speciali non sono niente di che, il subwoofer non entra quasi mai in azione, l' audio cmq è in DTS-HD MASTER AUDIO quindi ottimo.