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Manufacturer: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Directed By: Bong Joon-ho
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MAGNOLIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0876964000994
Format: Anamorphic
Label: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-07-24
Running Time: 120
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Editorial Reviews:
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A creature plunges from the Han River Bridge into the river emerging on its shores for a feeding frenzy upon onlookers. When a young girl is snatched in the melee her family set off to recover her from the monster that the government claims to be a host of an unidentified virus. This special edition is loaded with bonus content.System Requirements:Running Time: 119 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 876964000994 Manufacturer No: 10099
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Summary: LUCKY IT CAME WITH A NICE, EMBOSSED, MATTE/GLOSSY COVER...
Comment: ... Or I wouldn't have anything good to say about this movie which seemed to me to be half way between foolish and moronic, with writing that was between illogical and inept, acting that was between somnambulistic and hysterical. Entertaining half way between root canal and terminal constipation. (I am sooo mad at m'self for 'just taking a chance'.)
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Summary: Grossly over-rated bore!
Comment: Except for the CGI effects, this was no better than one of those 3rd rate Godzilla sequels. Don't waste your time or money! Dialog? Laughable! Idiot plot? You bet. Comparisons to true classic monster/horror/sci-fi movies? Laughable! There was more tension in final installment of American Idol than there was in this "fish story." The holes in the plot are too numerous to mention! If you must see it, rent it from Net Flix but I warn you...The Host is one of the lamest sci-fi/horror movies made in the last quarter century!
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Summary: One for the critics, not the punters
Comment: Western critics went ape for this Korean movie when it was released. Therefore, we can provide the following tips to those who aspire to make a critically-acclaimed monster movie:
1. Sideline the actual monster, which incidentally looks pretty good in Host (at least from a distance) in favour of a nasty, paranoid government-is-after-us thriller plot.
2. Have as central protagonists a bizarre and unsympathetically idiotic family who are poorly characterised and resemble hackneyed archetypes.
3. Make sure everybody other than the protagonists is either actively despicable or callously uncaring.
4. Include an excessive amount of, often embarrassingly unsuccessful, slapstick comedy sequences.
5. Lace the film with absurd anti-American themes and subplots.
It's also probably better that you don't have too much in the way of narrative structure or suspense--that would be all too "Hollywood".
For those who prefer their monster films a little more engaging and a little less aggressively middle-brow, I would recommend steering clear of this entirely. Get the fallible, but at least fun, Cloverfield instead.
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Summary: Misses the mark.
Comment: True it has intelligence (the monster). But as monster films go. Give me the lovable roaring Godzilla or Gamera.
This is simply my opinion but it was like "Reno 911" chasing a monster.
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry most of the time. At the start I thought is was going to be a comedy given the clumsiness of the monster as it chased the people around. Second, where was the military? All I saw were people driving disinfectant trucks. And at no time does anyone attempt to figure out the creatures origin. This is a laughable movie.
Thankfully I merely rented it. Do yourself a favor and rewatch a Godzilla, Gamera or other like monster films.
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Summary: Very cool monster movie!
Comment: Save all the pompus, big vocabulary, I'm a critic reviews. If you like monster movies with awesome spfx then see The Host! If not then go watch the 56th remake of Pride and Predjudice. HD makes it look even better! We need more giant monster movies!!!
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