THE HOST
괴물
Un mostro marino, la cui nascita è probabilmente imputabile allo smaltimento abusivo, avvenuto anni prima, di agenti inquinanti da parte di un'equipe di scienziati, emerge dal fiume Han, a Seul, attaccando e uccidendo i villeggianti intenti a godersi una bella giornata di sole: la creatura mutante, dopo aver mietuto numerose vittime, prende prigioniera una bambina.
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Cast
송강호
Park Gang-du
변희봉
Park Hie-bong
박해일
Park Nam-il
배두나
Park Nam-joo
고아성
Park Hyun-seo
오달수
The Monster (voice)
이재응
Se-jin
Lee Dong-ho
Se-joo
윤제문
Homeless Man
임필성
Fat Guevara
김뢰하
Yellow Suit at Funeral
고수희
Hostage nurse
김학선
Civilian Military Kim
Scott Wilson
Douglas
Brian Rhee
Young Korean Doctor
Paul Lazar
American Doctor
David Anselmo
Donald
백도빈
Fumigation Truck Skinny Man
Martin Lord Cayce
U.S. Senator (uncredited)
최대성
Man from Duck Boat (uncredited)
Troupe
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Peter McGinn
This is a monster horror movie that really tries, to the point where they don’t give a clear view of the creature in the previews, presumably not to ruin the initial shock moment for the viewer. It is in Korean with English subtitles, with a few bursts of English with Korean subtitles when the speaker is American.
The movie focuses on one family’s ongoing battle: not merely against the monster but also struggling against the authorities who want to capture them, suspecting they have been infected with a virus by coming in contact with the creature.
The dialogue is pretty ordinary. I seem to recall a few unintentionally funny moments, though I cannot say for sure that it wasn’t due to the translation. I don’t intend to be hyper critical here: I sort of let the movie wash over me to get to the end, and you may or may not need to do the same.
I found I was a little confused as to the final fate of one of the family members at the end. Perhaps I was inattentive and it would have been cleared up if I backed it up and watched again, but unfortunately I wasn’t quite inversted in the movie enough to do that. I put in my time and that was sufficient unto the day.
GeekyRedhead
These sites all missed the point. It's farce, it's funny. I actually liked the creature! He's kinda gruesomely-cute! Don't expect drama. It's all tongue-in-cheek, reminiscent of the old Godzilla creature films.
badelf
Summary: 8/10: inventive, genre-defying filmmaking that uses monster movie conventions to deliver sharp political critique and genuine emotional resonance.
A U.S. Army coroner orders an underling to dump many toxic chemicals into the Han River. Six years later, a monster crawls out and starts destroying people. If this were an ancient folktale, or even a Bong Joon-ho film (which, of course, it is), the monster would be a metaphor for the anger of the water spirit, nature's violent response to human desecration.
The best part of this movie is the impressive creature design and animation. The creature looks like no film monster before it: amphibious, awkward, surprisingly fast, with a prehensile tail and a mouth that opens in ways that violate every expectation. It's totally creative, a testament to Bong's vision and his creature design team's execution. Joon-ho proves once again his creativity and willingness to surprise the viewer, refusing to give us a Godzilla knockoff or a standard kaiju.
And also, typically for Bong, the film doesn't fit neatly into any genre. Not really horror, not quite a monster movie. It contains elements of horror, comedy, pathos, social commentary, and has something to say not only about the big issue of environmental catastrophe but also about family, loyalty, and the ways ordinary people respond when institutions fail them. The Park family at the center, bumbling, dysfunctional, deeply human, become unlikely heroes not through competence but through sheer desperate love.
Bong's social commentary targets what the U.S. and other advanced civilizations have done to clean water worldwide. The film's opening, based on a real incident of U.S. military pollution in South Korea, sets the stage for everything that follows. The statistics are damning: approximately 50% of assessed river and stream miles across the U.S. (703,417 miles) are classified as "impaired" due to pollution. Agricultural runoff, mostly by agribusiness, is estimated by the USDA to account for 80% of water pollution in U.S. rivers and lakes. Millions of Americans are exposed to forever chemicals. The Host asks what "invisible monsters" are we creating through our carelessness, our arrogance, our willingness to poison the natural world for convenience and profit.
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