The Host

The Host has an intriguing conceit. It is about a post-apocalypse where aliens take control on every human body then the remaining unpossessed humans fear them despite that these aliens only want peace. The story might have an idea that the humans could be the real enemy here or it's just both of them. The Sci-Fi bits are pretty interesting but it doesn't end there. It's based on a young adult novel so definitely there will be teenage hormones scattered around the context. It has romance that is suppose to save their world and change their lives, but once again just like any other young adult film, the romance is nothing more than a bunch of good looking people falling in love and doing romantic cliché stuff. Love may not be a problem to these stories but this romance is terribly empty. They're just making out and saying ridiculously cheesy lines. It would have been a fascinating idea but it just can't get away from its typical teen angst.

It is kind of similar to the recent young adult novel based film, Warm Bodies, except the antagonists in The Host are virtuous beings instead of ravenous monsters. It seems that both stories have the same morality. Humans are not the most peaceful beings either and maybe the order and mentality of both sides are the reason why they couldn't get along. When it goes to the romance, it says that Melanie and Wanda's love between the boys might revolt their world's condition. But it strays from its plot giving us a lousily told story and romance. Mostly the romance. It is noticeable that most of their "love" only rely on their lips. Which means they kiss a lot. We do not get to know much about why they care for each other, other than being one of the last normal human beings of their age. It is also filled with plot holes because of course it wants to appeal teens for the endless love that didn't even work. It is directed by Andrew Niccol who is somewhat a Sci-Fi expert but it looks like he's afraid that too much Sci-Fi than romance might disappoint these children. He could have been more indulgent.

The film has a solid cast but not all of them standout. Saoirse Ronan plays two roles here and she fills enough heart on both characters. Diane Kruger looks like she is enjoying playing the film's villain. The roles of Max Irons and Jake Abel seems to be only designed for kissing, slapping, and sometimes strangling, leaving William Hurt being the only likable gentleman of the picture.

The script explains some points of the concept which is fine in that way in spite of the plot holes but it gets terrible on the romance. There are dialogues that may get way out of hand, ends up being laughable. Even more laughable is one scene when the protagonist tries to wake up her subconscious by kissing her boyfriend. I don't know if I should blame anyone about it. I mean what choice does she have? Still, it's ridiculous. The film is at least stunning. It gets to explore something magnificent around. The exteriors serves a lot of intrigue to its world. It features shiny cars and choppers. Most of the action are well shot even though the action itself isn't really that interesting but everything in the film looks good.

The Host is not interesting enough. It thematically talks about peace and stuff. Well, you can make peace out of love but the film only shows kissing and I think there is more in love than just making out. Hormonally, this could be a perfect escapism for teens. An apocalyptic world about relationships of these good looking couples with fast awesome cars crashing on the road. But the story seems to offer more. Again, they are unable to show it because the only fan service for adaptations of teen books is to follow every single sequence from the book because they love comparing. Too bad, they could have also shown what's behind the words as well. The Host is another victim of a generic young adult film adaptation that doesn't understand much of the meaning of the story, and throw away the most bland of all romances.

Let us establish some facts here 1)The host is not twilight 2) Saoirse Ronan is not Kristen Stewart and 3) (Melanie / Wanda), well we can argue that point, is Bella 3.0t. If I had seen this movie first i would have definitely liked it more than twilight. I love the psychological play in the movie, i liked the story, but I really really really loved Saoirse Ronan in that role. She played it marvelously well, and the director did a great job portraying her two personalities. I can't tell you what it was missing yet; I am not getting payed for this so i am allowed to not know. I encourage you to see it, I was pleasantly surprised. It is a solid 7/10 for me.

This is very soft science fiction storyline meant for a teen audience including a silly love triangle.

This thing is so full of tropes and shallow characters there is nothing unique that can be said about it.

Its ok in that it's not particular boring and I'm sure if your a young female teenager it will resonate more strongly but for the general populace, there are far more entertaining movies available.

The ending really ruins this. It's stretches the imagination that humans are the most special species the aliens have ever encounter and that they change everything. We are the only ones who fight back within the mind. It's self indulgent nonsense.

I was invited to "The Host" premiere last night and was very impressed by the film. I'm not a Twilight fan and have not read the book; If anything I was very suspect of this film and for whatever reason even felt negatively towards it (in an eye-rolling manner).

That said, I found myself walking out of the theater quite surprised. And yes, I still have my manhood and haven't transformed into "A Hoster" or a "Hostling" or whatever they may call the new breed. Honestly, I thought it had a wonderfully intriguing plot, good acting, and I was completely engaged. Yes, there was a bit of "romantic cheesiness" but it seemed to handle itself well and even poked fun of itself at times for this fact. I think if it wasn't for the excellent work of Niccol and Saoirse it might have easily slipped into laughable cheese, but amicably doesn't. Plenty of sophisticated action as well as thought-provoking concepts of love, loyalty, perseverance. A well rounded film overall. I especially enjoyed William Hurt but all the acting was on par.

Perhaps the Twilights were focused on teenagers but as a 30something guy I really liked it. I would definitely recommend giving this movie a chance to all. I'm just in the market now for a shiny silver Lotus.

The Host is a science fiction romance adventure based on the bestselling novel of the same title written by Stephenie Meyer, author of the ¨Twilight¨ saga. The majority of the human race have been possessed by unseen invaders, leaving only small pockets of "wild" humans like Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) scattered throughout the world. Upon being captured by the invaders, Melanie finds her body claimed by Wanderer, a spirit that has been warned of the difficulties that come with claiming a human host. In the process of inhabiting Melanie, Wanderer is deeply affected by her vivid dreams and memories. And when Melanie fights to maintain control of her mind even as Wanderer possesses her body, the sympathetic entity joins her on a journey that will reveal the unfathomable depths of human love and compassion. Melanie is chased by the Seeker (Diane Kruger) in order to discover the location of a pocket of non-assimilated humans. Wanderer does share with the Seeker that Melanie was traveling with her younger brother, Jamie (Chandler Canterbury) and her boyfriend, Jared Howe (Max Irons), to find Melanie's uncle Jeb (William Hurt) in the desert. You will be one of us !. Love never dies !. Choose to believe !. Choose to fight !. Choose to love !. Choose to listen !. Choose your destiny !.

The film is intensely romantic , but Wanderer and Melanie's twisted love stories with his young lovers turn out to be ridiculous and bewildering at times. Concerning a body-snatching alien takes possession of a young woman who refuses to surrender her mind, and together they seek out the man they both love . Here writer and director Andrew Niccol : Gattaca (1997), In Time (2011) adapts Twilight author Stephenie Meyer's New York Times best-seller giving a passable and acceptable rendition but average . Thinking woman's sci-fi (read : no spaceships or explosions) along the lines of love stories like ¨Twilight¨. This infamous The Host version displays a great main and support cast providing nice interpretations , stars the usually serious Saoirse Ronan along with Diane Kruger , William Hurt , Frances Fisher , Chandler Canterbury , Max Irons , Scott Lawrence , Emily Browning , Bokeem Woodbine, among others .

It contains glamorous and colorful cinematograpy by cameraman Roberto Schaefer. As well as New Age and metaphysical score by Antonio Pinto . The motion picture was original but heavily directed Andrew Niccol . He directed television commercials for over 10 years prior to his directing debut Gattaca (1997) . This great director , expert on Sci-Fi and fantasy movies started as a prestigious writer in Truman Show . But Niccol actually made his screenwriting and directing debut with Gattaca (1997) , a superb, well-acted sci-fi movie that raised issues of genetic engineering in a totalitarian environment. The plot of his films often revolve around artificial reality, such as gene manipulation in Gattaca (1997), the life of "Truman" in Truman Show (1998), the computer-generated actress in Simone (2002), the nature of aging in "In Time" and the fantastic extraterrestrial romance of "The Host". Rating : 5.5/10 . Passable and decent , but overlong and a bit boring .