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Monday, March 19, 2007

Movie Review: The Host

Finally, a Real Monster!

The Host is a great movie, even if it does make Americans look like evil, polluting, cowboy bullies. [Editor's Note: We're Not?] The plot is simple, the characters are believable, the monster is incredible.

There were only two things that bothered me about the movie. First, the mix of the sound was strange. At times when there was no dialog or sound effects, the musical score was Obscenely Loud. This happened several times during the film, so I cannot believe it was an accident. The rest of the volume was fine, so it was not an issue with the theatre sound system.

Also, the sense of humor was strange. Some things I thought were funny...well, I'm not sure they were *intended* to be funny, if you know what I mean. The other way 'round too, some things I think were meant to be funny, but I didn't get it. I suspect Sense Of Humor is the most difficult thing to translate between cultures.

But these are trivial issues. Some people will let the subtitles dissuade them from seeing the movie. Fine, then wait for the DVD, but if you love a good 'creature feature', you won't want to pass this one up.

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-CZ

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