The Host - DVD in December

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 31 Oct 2006, 00:50

Yahoo!!

http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.as ... 004538807/

Will anybody get this or wait for some kind of limited gift box set?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 31 Oct 2006, 01:22

Don't care about no gift set.
I'm buying the first DVD that comes out.

Feels like we've been waiting for this movie forever.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 31 Oct 2006, 01:29

tom2681 wrote:Feels like we've been waiting for this movie forever.

We have, haven't we?

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 31 Oct 2006, 06:27

Great film - I might wait to see what the UK DVD is like before purchasing.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 31 Oct 2006, 11:38

What's it about?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 31 Oct 2006, 13:01

Err... lol... funny, because it is like the most anticipated Korean film ever. Why? To me definitely because it is the latest film in which Song Kang-Ho is starring. And because it is directed by Bong Joon-Ho. The two have previously worked together on "Memories of Murder".

Korean Trailer It shows the monster:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bNbZE8NX0nk

Lame International Trailer It shows the monster:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IfNg_BveIks

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 31 Oct 2006, 13:16

Aw ic ic... Looks spooky. I'm not a big fan of the genre) although I enjoyed War of the Worlds when I saw it in the cinema), and I'm not a big fan of the main actor, but could be good.

Are there any reviews out yet? And if so, is it any good? How's the overall opinion about this flick?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 31 Oct 2006, 13:19

People love it. Number one box office smash hit in Korea. Trust me, it is not nearly close to what "War of the World" is like. The film is supposed to be 20% comedy and 80% drama/action. And it is supposed to be very critical towards the Korean government.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 31 Oct 2006, 16:38

Kinda over-rated. It's definitely good, but I don't see why people are going crazy about it. Pretty good cgi, lots of good (and sometimes surprisinly dark) humour and nice criticism towards the USA, but that's pretty much it. It's quite entertaining and avoids the genre cliches, but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece

I love this poster, though

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 31 Oct 2006, 17:47

Memories of Murder is for sure a better film but I really enjoyed the Host.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 31 Oct 2006, 19:19

Guess what!

THE UK PRESS JUST RUINED THE FILM FOR ME!

The scumbag UK press have spoiled the film as I have been waiting to see the film, I have avoided everything and have esspecially avoided seeing the monster. So what do the UK mags do! they post pictures of the monster! without even a spoiler tag wankers........

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 31 Oct 2006, 21:09

Ah dude... that sucks donkey balls...

You have my sympathies.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 31 Oct 2006, 21:10

What's the fuss?

It looks like ANOTHER Ringu (for want of a much better word?) clone.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 31 Oct 2006, 21:16

You're so wrong. Watch the film before saying what it looks like.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 31 Oct 2006, 21:36

@Brad:
The Host is not a horror movie.
Not by a long shot.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 31 Oct 2006, 21:38

bradavon wrote:What's the fuss?

It looks like ANOTHER Ringu (for want of a much better word?) clone.

Whaat?

That's like saying Dawn of the Dead looks like another Predator clone

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 31 Oct 2006, 22:01

Okay then what's it about?

BiscLimpkit wrote:Watch the film before saying what it looks like.

LOL, if I people did that for every film they saw forums like this would barely exist. Besides you did notice I was asking a question? So what's the fuss about?

Any proper trailers? I can't be done with UTube.com.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 31 Oct 2006, 22:12

I've posted a nice little trailer in my french thread.
Kinda spoiler-ish, but all trailers are when it comes to this film.

Okay then what's it about?

From what I've seen, it's a controversial monster movie.
The reason why i'm interested in it:

1. It's directed by Bong Joon-Ho (close friend of Park Chan-Wook's who loves to give his actors lots of freedom).
2. It's a korean monster movie. How many korean monster movies are there ?

3. It's got Song Kang-Ho and Bae Du-Na in it.
4. Everybody at Cannes loved it.
5. The monster was designed by Weta (Lord of the Rings).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 31 Oct 2006, 23:03

It's serious right? No comical.

Cheers for the trailer.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 01 Nov 2006, 00:42

Am I being ignored ot what? It is supposed to be 20% comedic.

THIS FILM IS NOT A HORROR FILM!

It is about a Korean city being attacked from a monster that comes from the nearby stream. The controversial thing about it is that in reality the monster stands for any kind of enemy and we see how it is being handled by the government.

But that's only what I gathered from a few news reports when the film was in early production.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 01 Nov 2006, 08:27

So wait, is this a 100% realistic and serious horror movie, like Ringu?

BTW, has anyone seen LD posting lately? You'd think he'd be posting in a thread like this...

This reminds me of that South Park episode where all the kids decided to totally ignore Cartman, and he started to believe he had died and was a ghost

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 01 Nov 2006, 09:05

How did brad get the impression that it looks like a Ringu movie?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 Nov 2006, 12:23

thelostdragon wrote:Am I being ignored ot what? It is supposed to be 20% comedic.

THIS FILM IS NOT A HORROR FILM!

It is about a Korean city being attacked from a monster that comes from the nearby stream. The controversial thing about it is that in reality the monster stands for any kind of enemy and we see how it is being handled by the government.

But that's only what I gathered from a few news reports when the film was in early production.

Sounds like a bit like Godzilla (Japanese version).

Blaizeyboy · Post by **Blaizeyboy** » 01 Nov 2006, 14:37

i believe the film is released theatrically in the UK on Nov 10
according to empire and total film

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 01 Nov 2006, 18:27

brooce-leroy wrote:How did brad get the impression that it looks like a Ringu movie?

Beats me... really short sighted observation imo.

"The Host is a family based melodrama."

Those are the exact words of the director and I couldn't agree more. Hell, it's not even a monster movie. The monster just acts as a catalyst to bring a dysfunctional family together.

Also there are political and social messages in there somewhere.