Many critics and fans are calling the Korean horror movie, The Host, the greatest monster movie ever made. Thats not just hyperbole, The Host is fast, fun but still manages to sneak in some very astute social commentary on the side of both the Korean and US governments. The plot is simple, a creature was created due to a US military pathologist [played by Scott Wilson] pouring dozens of bottles of chemicals into a Korea based US military base sink, where they are then washed into the Han River. The creature smashes and...

SonOfAPunk

Maple Ridge, BC

January 2006

MAR 06, 2007 11:17 AM

Yeah I'm going to check this movie out.

And... Ummm...

Heheheeheeheeheeeheeeheee... "Bong"! Hahahahaha!

Illyria

SUICIDEGIRL

Vatican City

MAR 06, 2007 01:27 PM

"The Host" is a bad translation for this film's title. In Korea the title Gwoemul translates more into "monster" from what I understand (as a 4th semester korean student).

I don't know how it became "The Host' in English....:/

AndersWolleck

Astoria, NY

February 2003

MAR 06, 2007 01:48 PM

Illyria said:
"The Host" is a bad translation for this film's title. In Korea the title Gwoemul translates more into "monster" from what I understand (as a 4th semester korean student).

I don't know how it became "The Host' in English....:/

it wasnt translated, it is a new title

Cogito_Sum

Stockton, CA

March 2006

APR 07, 2007 10:42 PM

Wow, amazing.
I just checked this movie out a couple weeks earlier over at aznV.TV
I was quite refreshing, and hilarious
I Love Korean Movies, They're the Best

Evan

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUL 16, 2007 01:28 PM

id hit it

BOARDS:

TOPICS:

Daniel Robert Epstein: The Host director Joon-ho Bong

Zoetica

NEWSWIRE

Los Angeles, CA

MAR 06, 2007 06:00 AM

SonOfAPunk

Maple Ridge, BC

January 2006

MAR 06, 2007 11:17 AM

Illyria

SUICIDEGIRL

Vatican City

MAR 06, 2007 01:27 PM

AndersWolleck

Astoria, NY

February 2003

MAR 06, 2007 01:48 PM

Cogito_Sum

Stockton, CA

March 2006

APR 07, 2007 10:42 PM

Evan

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUL 16, 2007 01:28 PM