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The Host (Korea, 2006)

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What a bad-ass monster movie. Right up there with the first Alien.
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That makes me want to see this.
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YES!!! This movie is so incredibly great! At least the best monster film since Alien.

Five out of five stars...

(I had no expectations, though)
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"On a par with Jaws"?
yeah, but you see the creature a helluva lot sooner. And it's still good and creepy.
I think Alien's the better comparison, but that's just me.
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Jaws wins this duell if you ask me, thanks to its whole package, music, everything... I love Jaws!

Alien is the better comparison, although the Host has a comedy touch to it..
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I started watching this yesterday. Will finish tonight. Enjoyed it so far.
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Thunder";p="899379 wrote:Jaws wins this duell if you ask me, thanks to its whole package, music, everything... I love Jaws!

Alien is the better comparison, although the Host has a comedy touch to it..
the music in The Host takes it, over Jaws, especially during that last half hour.
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I liked it.
A lot of Anti-American propaganda in it too.
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Political comedy wrapped in Godzilla-paper.
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erutlucorgga";p="902558 wrote:I liked it.
A lot of Anti-American propaganda in it too.
a lot?
you mean besides the opening scene,
and maybe the one in the infirmary?
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The Host rawked. Unconventional.
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Alien was laughable.
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No, YOU are.
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Whoever got Geiger to do the art direction is.
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...to be commended for making 1979 a good year for sci-fi horror movies.

Giger didn't do the art direction. He just designed the bad guys.
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Whatever, it's still hugely over rated. Darkstar was far better.
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judasmuppet";p="902936 wrote:...to be commended for making 1979 a good year for sci-fi horror movies.
Were there many of them, in '79?
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Cronenberg's The Brood
Tarkovsky's Stalker
... and a bunch of other b-grade films.
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Tarkovsky's Stalker - One of my all-time favourite movies. But seriously, sci-fi horror? It's like we've watched different films.
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it's like you prefer cock to feme-pudding
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:lol:
Redundant user";p="903070 wrote:Tarkovsky's Stalker - One of my all-time favourite movies. But seriously, sci-fi horror? It's like we've watched different films.
I haven't seen it. I intend to.

I was just using my IMDb skillz0rz to extract sci-fi films from 1979.
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:lol:

I guess one could describe it as sci-fi horror. It's just that I don't it as one at all. You definitly should see it, unless you found Solaris boring and don't like being bored.
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Solaris is one of my all time favourites.
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Then you'll die of pleasure when you see Stalker. Tarkovsky :love:
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