The Host Comments

  • Michael 2022-04-20 09:01:43

    Absolutely the most different monster movie I have seen this year, indescribably...

  • Nakia 2022-04-20 09:01:43

    A very representative monster movie in Korea, very...

  • Ulises 2022-04-20 09:01:43

    I still remember being forced by my best friend to watch with her, only my best friend has bright eyes in my...

  • Maynard 2022-04-20 08:01:04

    The second time I watched it, I found something...

  • Jedidiah 2022-04-20 08:01:04

    Science fiction commercial films can also achieve the effect of political satire. Koreans are really obsessed with criticizing conquest and the state machine, but it also shows how loose the censorship...

  • Nigel 2022-04-20 08:01:04

    B+ / The metaphorical level of the overall play wants to rely on the memory of murder, but the political and class satire of the helpless and exposed and the excellent depiction of the bottom group portraits comparable to mothers are not as good as Yuzi. Combined with a very stereotypical Korean performance and sensational mode, the first hour or so was a disaster. However, the super five-star control of the third act saved the whole film. The rhythm of several darkest moments and the smooth...

  • Berta 2022-04-20 08:01:04

    I feel very anti-government, and I really like the way that a is actually scolding b! It looks very...

  • Martin 2022-04-20 08:01:04

    Bong Joon Ho is a genius. At first I thought it was a satirical comedy dressed in horror, but I couldn't laugh when I laughed. A lonely hero who was forced into a desperate situation, rode alone for thousands of miles to save his relatives, broke through many difficulties, and was full of strength, and finally caught the monster in the Han River, and shot... a mouthful of phlegm. He also vomited on his shoes. The fate of the little people in the big background is tragic and ironic. He held his...

  • Elroy 2022-04-20 08:01:04

    There are indeed a lot of metaphors, and in general they belong to literary films. The criticism of the American emperor and the South Korean government is very obvious, and the left-wing stance, the Korean people at the end of the film have stopped watching the news broadcast. This piece and Kim Jong Il planned "Pyongyang Monster" to form a...

Extended Reading
  • Charlene 2022-04-20 09:01:43

    Anti-Hollywood Hollywood Genre

    "Monster of the Han River" breaks through the classic model of American Hollywood monster films. It uses Hollywood's film grammar to combine oriental family ethics, national narrative of national trauma and the horror consciousness of monster images. Through the marginal colors and bottom-level...

  • Bernhard 2022-04-23 07:02:17

    Is this really a good movie?

    This isn't just a disaster movie, it's a movie against dark powers. Wow, it's up to you to get a good grade, hurry up and get a high score. I'm blown away, my heart is broken. Are black movies really good for the sake of black? Is a group of silly protagonists really good? I'm speechless anyway. In...

The Host quotes

  • Girl: Daddy!

    [the sound of her voice wakes Gang-du from his sleep at the counter. He looks around, dazed]

    Park Gang-Du: Huh? Hyun-seo? Hyun-seo?

    [He finds that the voice is instead from a young girl, not his daughter, walking past the counter with a popsicle]

    Girl: Wait for me!

    [Gang-du sighs and lays his head down at the counter]

    Park Hie-bong: [annoyed] Now that you're finally awake...

    [He hurls a packet at his son's head]

    Park Hie-bong: I need three squids for Mat 4.

    [He bends down to get a can of beer and mutters to himself]

    Park Hie-bong: God, how much sleep can a body take?

  • US Doctor trying to operate Gang-Du: [to Gang-du, in English] Now, Mr. Park... I heard that your daughter is still alive.

    Young Korean Doctor: [translating in Korean] "I heard that your daughter is still alive".

    [Gang-du looks up at the doctor. Finally, someone believes him!]

    US Doctor trying to operate Gang-Du: [in English] Is she really alive?

    Young Korean Doctor: [in Korean] "Is that true?"

    Park Gang-Du: [slowly but desperately, in Korean] Yes! My daughter is... now... in the sewer under Wonhyo Bridge...

    Young Korean Doctor: [in English, to the US Doctor] He says his daughter is in a sewer near Wonhyo Bridge.

    US Doctor trying to operate Gang-Du: [in English] Jesus! Why didn't you report this the police, or the military?

    Young Korean Doctor: [in Korean] "Why didn't you contact the police, or the military"?

    Park Gang-Du: [in Korean] B-because nobody...

    US Doctor trying to operate Gang-Du: [in English] Haven't you considered contacting a television station, or a human rights organization?

    Young Korean Doctor: [in Korean] "Have you considered contacting a television station, or a human rights organization?"

    Park Gang-Du: [sobbing, in Korean] Because nobody fucking listens to me, damn it!

    Young Korean Doctor: [in English] "Because nobody fucking listens to me!"

    Park Gang-Du: [still sobbing, in Korean] Please don't cut me off! My words are words, too! Why don't you listen to my words?