Comments on: Korean ‘Host’ to Have Sequel, Not Remake

By: The Comedian

The Comedian — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:45:40 +0000

Saw The Host twice in theaters and couldn’t get enough. Bought it on dvd. Though, I felt that the part in the end where the beast is on fire looked like the graphics team ran out of money. Know anything about that? I too found the characters believable and endearing. God that was a good movie. Screw Cloverfield. Though I was entertained by Cloverfield, it doesn’t bring up the kinda helpful chatter that The Host might exorcise from people.

Loved High Tension, some graphic shit in there. Ever think about how the violence doesn’t start till after that girl masturbates. That can give quite an odd SM feel to the movie. Why does Aja do that? Any thoughts?

Oldboy was genius though sad. Saw it a while ago, thus nothing wiley to say about it right now, except that hammer scene is nuts.

Oh, I would watch a sequel I guess, but I am curious how it would tie in to The Host.

Thanks Paige as always.

By: The Comedian

The Comedian — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:45:00 +0000

Oldboy was genius though sad. Saw it a while ago, thus nothing wiley to say about it right now, except that hammer scene is nuts.

Oh, I would watch a sequel I guess, but I am curious how it would tie in to The Host.

Thanks Paige as always.

By: Rob Hunter

Rob Hunter — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:08:35 +0000

Good call on “The Host” and “Oldboy”… both incredibly brilliant and entertaining movies. “High Tension” rocked until the stupefyingly lame “twist”. I shudder at the thought of remakes of the two Korean films.

And if you haven’t seen it yet, check out Joon-ho Bong’s amazing “Memories of Murder” which he made before “The Host”. Fincher’s “Zodiac” reminded me of it quite a bit, and I loved “Zodiac”.

By: Rob Hunter

Rob Hunter — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:08:00 +0000

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:48:53 +0000

Oh yeah… last I heard, Oldboy and The Host were due for Americanized remakes.

Sorry Paige.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:48:00 +0000

Oh yeah… last I heard, Oldboy and The Host were due for Americanized remakes.

Sorry Paige.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:47:53 +0000

I LOVED the original film, one of the best monster movies out there, and that’s mainly due to the family themes that dominate the story. I believed these people, and I cared wether or not they survived. The only thing that really sorta annoyed me was some of the comedic tone during the film (the scene with the picture of the little girl in the gymnasium was a little too much). Other than that, a pitch perfect film.

As for a sequel? I’ll give it a shot. I’m kinda wary seeing how the original director isn’t involved, but I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:47:00 +0000

As for a sequel? I’ll give it a shot. I’m kinda wary seeing how the original director isn’t involved, but I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt.

By: Paige MacGregor

Paige MacGregor — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:49:26 +0000

It’s awesome to come across someone else who’s actually seen and enjoyed it!

By: Paige MacGregor

Paige MacGregor — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:49:00 +0000

It’s awesome to come across someone else who’s actually seen and enjoyed it!

By: Jason Reneau

Jason Reneau — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:23:27 +0000

The Host was awesome, I tried getting friends to watch it after I bought the DVD but they weren’t into it, but I thought it was different and pretty cool, wouldn’t mind seeing a sequel.

By: Jason Reneau

Jason Reneau — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:23:00 +0000

The Host was awesome, I tried getting friends to watch it after I bought the DVD but they weren’t into it, but I thought it was different and pretty cool, wouldn’t mind seeing a sequel.