Stephanie Meyer trades in vampires and werewolves for an alien invasion in The Host.
How cool would it be to see a movie that?s Twilight meets Independence Day. Really cool, except The Host is more like SYFY movie of the week meets a Hallmark teen love story.
The Host is almost flawed from the start. The movie takes place sometime in the near future where earth is invaded by Invasion of the Body Snatcher jellyfish who drive shiny cars. The film?s plot revolves around Melanie (Saoirse Ronan) who, after being captured by aliens, has her body inhabited by an alien creature named Wanderer. Melanie fights to stay alive and preserve herself, but mostly because her memories may lead the aliens to the resistance where her little brother and boyfriend (Max Irons) are living. Wanderer gains information from Melanie?s life through a series of dreams that look like deleted scenes from a Nicholas Sparks movie.
In case you?ve been keeping score at home, we?ve got one alien invasion, one resistance group, a boyfriend, a brother, one girl?s body, and two people living inside of it.
Fearing they?re both going to be killed, Wanderer and Melanie escape. Despite the poorly planned escape, they both reunite with the resistance group. Melanie can?t let anyone know she?s alive inside the Wanderer ? I?m not completely sure why ? but it does lead to Wanderer falling in love with Ian (Jake Abel). That?s right! Another Stephanie Meyer love triangle.
If you?re stills scoring at home we?ve got one body, two souls, two boyfriends, and one messy love triangle.
The love triangle lead to a few of the most ridiculous movie scenes I?ve seen in the past 24 months. Inner monologues while kissing, numerous kiss/punch combos, a tag team make out session, humans falling in love with aliens, and one painful ?I love you? speech. The mushy teen love angle is so annoying, I wanted the aliens to win just so it would stop.
Two people living inside of Melanie is where the film is fatally flawed. Director Andrew Niccol?s choice to use voiceovers to tell audiences what Melanie was thinking is bearable for the first 15 minutes her body is inhabited. After that, the constant voiceovers are annoying ? especially when you realize they will keep popping up the rest of the film.
I?ll be the first to admit that inner dialogue is tough to translate into film; it?s even tougher when the script doesn?t support it. ?The film can?t be totally blamed on the flawed premise, The Host waste opportunities to tell a compelling story and focuses on the puppy love story. If ?the movie was cut by 30 minutes and also spent a little time explaining the alien world they live in, I think the film is a lot more enjoyable.
What could be a cool concept for a sci-fi tween love story is ruined by bad dialogue and a forced love triangle. The Host doesn?t offer much, but a decent look at cool alien technology and plenty of shots of the desert.
Grade: D
Source: http://blog.seattlepi.com/peoplescritic/2013/03/28/review-the-host/
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