The Host (2013)

Simply A Masterpiece

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Movie Review: "The Host" (2013)After his lasting takes on sophisticated motion picture entertainment with "Gattaca" (1997) and "Lord of War" (2005), author director Andrew Niccol continues to share intriguing approaches of engaging another accomplished science-fiction thriller, yet missing the target to come full circle with his recent projects in the decade of 2010s with "In Time" (2011) being as unfulfilled as "The Host" (2013) due to misgiven young male character casting decision with actors Jake Abel and Max Irons hardly prevailing in tension-building chemistries with actress Saorise Ronan, who performs picture-carrying and scenes-owning in a split-characters' role of Melanie and Wanda; a character invaded by alienated body-snatchers-reminding metaphysic spirits, which inhabit human bodies as peace-, balance- and stability-loving entities, which leads to a science-fiction drama, accompanied by single undecisive, no connection-building action scenes, where Melanie's nemesis actress Diane Kruger performs as the alien character "The Seeker", when Director Andrew Niccol and initial writer Stephanie Meyer on her same-titled 2008-published novel completely fall-out to present one striking stake-raising scene in an too slow-received editorial by editor Thomas J. Nordberg of unless professionally captured footage by cinematographer Roberto Schaefer.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Designated as an action/adventure/romance/sci-fi/thriller film it does not have any of that. It's a mix of everything that in the end equates to none of it at all. Never in my life have I seen such an illogical story in a movie so slow and boring and without action. Probably the teenage girls will be able to find some adventure/romance here because the main protagonist is going to flirt with two guys at the same time throughout the movie in "Twilight" style, which is not surprising if we take into account that this movie is also based on a work of that same author. This is just a really cheap bad romance (the focus of the movie) while aliens try to annihilate the last humans (scenario, and very secondary). The performances are also not convincing at all. Completely unbelievable.

The critics did not treat this film well, however, after re-watching it a couple of times, I will admit, I find it mostly a entertaining and solid effort, with the impeccable impressive Saoirse Ronan headlining the cast. I cannot think of one thing I've seen her in, that Im not impressed by her acting abilities, including this. While not per se, a great movie, it deserves a solid rating. Mildly entertaining romantic sci fi dust-up. Overall? Worth the Watch

You remember the TV show V with aliens invading our earth, taking our bodies and resources while crushing a brave resistance? Well, this is pretty much the same idea here, with the funny idea of Inside out about having much people driving one body ! The other difference is that the movie is rather philosophical and analyses feeling instead of being a hollow action movie with guns fights, car fights, etc… The good thing here is that the cast is excellent : Saoirse has everything for her as she excels in physical stuff and has drama knowledge as well… For one time, Kruger finds the perfect part as the seekers chief because she has indeed a cold, unfunny, strict and not cool personality. However this canyon location and cave settlement is not really enjoyable, all the more than the movie used too much the dreadful orange / blue palette… So it's an original SciFi piece but at the end, just honest and not worthy to be labeled as a Classic !