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OK - I've been reading about this one for months. It's opening today at the local "Art" theater and a local "Art" weekly gave it a rave review. Showings are selling out like giant radioactive mutant hotcakes.
http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Arts/Film/2007/03/22/Monster_Mash/index.shtml# (http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Arts/Film/2007/03/22/Monster_Mash/index.shtml#)

Anybody seen this yet? Is all the good press to be believed, or is this a stinker?

I'm sure I'll go see this anyway, I'm just curious to everyone's reactions.

The Belcourt is a great theater, by the way. They're just wrapping up their Janus film festival, and they are about the only theater in this part of the galaxy that plays the latest Werner Herzog and Guy Maddin flicks.

 A giant monster movie from Korea? I MUST SEE IT.

Yep, it seems to be the critics' lil' darling. All the reviews I've seen have given it "FOUR STARS!" "A+!" ,  " :thumbup:!" etc.

Despite this, it looks like it's a lot of fun.  :bouncegiggle:  :twirl:

I've seen the trailers for this film and both of us (me and the wife) want to see it, it does look like a fun movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468492/

Tonight was the night it was playing locally, but I was too sick to make it.  :bluesad:

 Our omly theatre close buy is in Paww Paww,about 8 miles away,and,though back in the day it used to play lotsa movies I lenjoyed,they stick to more "family" oriented stuff now.Unless our van gets some work done,I may end up watching it on dvd or pay per view much later.
  Which is too bad,because giant monster movies are best viewed on the big screen,and with a  big audiance,(fer me,at least.) :bluesad:

I've been looking forward to The Host for what has seemed like forever.  It's not playing any where even remotely close to me, so I'm currently trying to import a Korean DVD of it. 

Can't wait to see it.

The Host is as good as you're hearing, maybe even better. I got an import DVD of it months ago and I've watched the movie multiple times. I can't recommend it enough! Sadly it wasn't playing in theaters anywhere near here or I would've gladly went to see it four or five times in order to jack up its theatrical revenue in order to make people SEE that we need more foreign films in our theaters!!!!!

Never fear Jordan, you will see The Host in theaters!  It's been picked up for an American Remake!  Yeah Hollywood!



*Please note the sarcasm.

 :bluesad: Sarcasm noted. I have known of this for some time and it brings great sorrow to my heart. May a giant amphibious beastie make a beeline for Hollywood and snack on the idiotic execs that are suffering from remake fever.  :hatred:

Seeing it tonight.  Hope its good!  :thumbup:

I just finished watching it.  I believe this is my favorite film of the year, so far.

I love the fact that the film doesn't care about hiding the monster.  Within the first few minutes, the carnage is happening and the creature is clearly shown. 

Another great thing about the film is that it's heartfelt.  By the end of the film, my eyes were starting to tear up a bit.   I don't want to give much information, for fear of ruining the film, but it actually is a tear jerker.  Fantastic film, can't wait to watch it again.

And I tell you, that whole 'mourning' scene, with the family writhing around on the ground near the first part of the movie is both heartfelt, and fun, despite the severity of the situation.  I felt like a bastard for laughing, but boy did I enjoy it.

I quite liked it too, maybe not the best of the year, but certainly one of the best so far.  You really do have to love the first 20 minutes of the movie.


Vague Spoilers:

On a side note, I was a bit annoyed at the whole Agent Yellow thing, what with no real big mutilations that I expected, but it didn't get in the way of enjoying an otherwise excellent monster film.

Big Spoiler!


My only problem with the film is the ending.  I really wished the daughter had lived.  I know that's the standard American ending, but it just made the events leading up to her death pointless.  We go through the whole film with the family trying to save her, and it ends up being useless.  I guess them saving the boy is a bit of a consolation, but we're not introduced to his character till half way through the film and I could have cared less if he died or not.

Oh well.

Still a great film.

Yeah, Big Spoilers here too:

Yeah, I would have liked to see her live, but at the same time I'm glad they had the balls to kill off one of the more 'important' characters.  It would have been far too easy to kill the brother or sister.  I suppose it also didn't end up useless since the daughter being alive meant that she saved the little boy.

Though the end slightly bugged me anyways despite that, with people bleeding out of their ears, I figured everyone should have died from Agent Yellow...

Ah well, at least the American scientist was hilarious.

i loved this movie (bought a dvd import bootleg at a convention) and i like the fact that it ends on a downer, its more realistic to me. they show the monster early on but the whole movie feels like they dont show enough (they show alot) it makes you yelling for more! overall it was a great movie dragged in some spots, felt a little long but overall excellent movie. i dont see why the f**k they would re-make it, why not just widley release it subtitled? i mean how many flicks have been widley released subtitled in the US? or dub it or something i mean get real, lets remake a movie that isnt even 2 years old with special effects and cinematography that is top notch.

I saw this a couple of nights ago, and it's very good.  Certainly worth seeing if you have the chance.  It's pretty tense at parts, and it's got some good laughs and some effective dramatic bits.  Remaking this is a BAD idea.