Comments on: the host http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:28:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: southcarolinasite.info » the host http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-14596 southcarolinasite.info » the host Fri, 18 May 2007 20:37:10 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-14596 [...] the host the host Published March 4th, 2007 in general and nerds & geeks. 0 Comments being a sucker for giant monster movies, i feel obliged to post about… [...] [...] the host the host Published March 4th, 2007 in general and nerds & geeks. 0 Comments being a sucker for giant monster movies, i feel obliged to post about… [...]

]]> By: giantmonster http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11939 giantmonster Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:03:16 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11939 have yet to see it - thanks for your input guys! i'm happy to hear it's watchable. have yet to see it - thanks for your input guys! i’m happy to hear it’s watchable.

]]> By: DerekMonster http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11781 DerekMonster Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:53:33 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11781 i saw it on Saturday...monster movie matinee! i wish i could say i loved t. there were lots of great moments in the film, but i think the effort to bridge COMEDY and HORROR was not so successful. i generally appreciate when a movie can shift in tone...but this was practically scizophrenic. really emotional scenes were undercut by practically slapstick antics...i thought that SHAUN of the DEAD straddled the two worlds better.... that said, i was still grateful for an honest to goodness old-fashioned monster movie! it was probably a bit too long, but there are really some great moments and i thought it was well shot...the creature was weird and broken and clumsy in a a cool, mutated way...the family was interesting and i appreciated the effort to make their relationships strong... if only... i saw it on Saturday…monster movie matinee!

i wish i could say i loved t. there were lots of great moments in the film, but i think the effort to bridge COMEDY and HORROR was not so successful. i generally appreciate when a movie can shift in tone…but this was practically scizophrenic. really emotional scenes were undercut by practically slapstick antics…i thought that SHAUN of the DEAD straddled the two worlds better….

that said, i was still grateful for an honest to goodness old-fashioned monster movie! it was probably a bit too long, but there are really some great moments and i thought it was well shot…the creature was weird and broken and clumsy in a a cool, mutated way…the family was interesting and i appreciated the effort to make their relationships strong…

if only…

]]> By: blogfoot http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11773 blogfoot Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:42:10 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11773 I saw it today and dug it. I saw it today and dug it.

]]> By: DerekMonster http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11446 DerekMonster Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:37:32 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11446 the HOUSE will be still there saturday morning, along with catfish omelettes!!! the HOUSE will be still there saturday morning, along with catfish omelettes!!!

]]> By: giantmonster http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11445 giantmonster Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:46:12 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11445 can't .. make .. it ... must .. work .. on .. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/giantmonster/286892446/" rel="nofollow">house</a>. i'll be there in spirit though as i plan on eating catfish friday night. can’t .. make .. it … must .. work .. on .. house.

i’ll be there in spirit though as i plan on eating catfish friday night.

]]> By: DerekMonster http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11440 DerekMonster Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:36:41 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11440 see you at the Monster Movie on Friday night mark! see you at the Monster Movie on Friday night mark!

]]> By: giantmonster http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11423 giantmonster Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:14:15 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11423 okay - with the comments so far, i will definitely have to see this movie. plus everything i'm reading & hearing about the host is thumbs up. i just won't be able to see it this friday when it opens. but the hype - it's sweet seduction - it tempts me so! good write up on the creature developement (warning: creature spoiler shots!) from <a href="http://www.vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=319b255d&atype=articles&id=2963" title="vfxworld: The Host - Creepie Korean Creatures" rel="nofollow">vfxworld.com</a>. talks about weta & the O (that's the orphanage, yo) work on the project. okay - with the comments so far, i will definitely have to see this movie. plus everything i’m reading & hearing about the host is thumbs up. i just won’t be able to see it this friday when it opens. but the hype - it’s sweet seduction - it tempts me so!

good write up on the creature developement (warning: creature spoiler shots!) from vfxworld.com. talks about weta & the O (that’s the orphanage, yo) work on the project.

]]> By: blogfoot http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11421 blogfoot Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:09:45 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11421 I'm dying to see this movie too. Thankfully it arrives in Mpls this weekend. I’m dying to see this movie too. Thankfully it arrives in Mpls this weekend.

]]> By: giantmonster http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11420 giantmonster Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:00:59 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11420 oh man, i <i>do</i> really love catfish ... <a href="http://giantmonster.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/catfish-1.jpg" title="yeee-ha! catfish" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://giantmonster.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/catfish-1.jpg" alt="giant catfish" height="277" width="382" /></a> <a href="http://giantmonster.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/catfish-2.jpg" title="big ole’ catfish" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://giantmonster.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/catfish-2.jpg" alt="big ole’ catfish" height="498" width="381" /></a> <a href="http://giantmonster.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/catfish-4.jpg" title="hella catfish up in h'yah" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://giantmonster.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/catfish-4.jpg" alt="plenty o’ catfish" height="288" width="382" /></a> <a href="http://giantmonster.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/catfish-3.jpg" title="did somebody say ‘catfish’ ?" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://giantmonster.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/catfish-3.jpg" alt="did someone say ‘catfish’?" height="199" width="384" /></a> oh man, i do really love catfish …

giant catfish

big ole’ catfish

plenty o’ catfish

did someone say ‘catfish’?

]]> By: akugel http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11419 akugel Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:48:17 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11419 This was on the cover of last month's artinfo. seems pretty sweet. This was on the cover of last month’s artinfo. seems pretty sweet.

]]> By: sweetiepop http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11416 sweetiepop Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:52:44 +0000 http://giantmonster.com/2007/03/04/the-host/#comment-11416 This is great, saw it at a special screening last summer when I first started working at the O, as they did all the visual effects. Seriously fun giantmonster movie, ESPECIALLY if you love catfish! MMM.... catfish... This is great, saw it at a special screening last summer when I first started working at the O, as they did all the visual effects. Seriously fun giantmonster movie, ESPECIALLY if you love catfish!

MMM…. catfish…

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