>_< my review for The Host movie...

[tomas_room2]

(this is exactly how i felt after the movie. lol. liz lemon gifs are the best. NERD RAGE!)

i just watched the movie yesterday. after around 1 month of being excited about it, i was extremely, completely, utterly disappointed.  was i really stupid for expecting more from the movie? i mean, the book is great!! =( and worse of all, for some reason i really had to pee around halfway through the movie, even though i barely drank any water before that!! blergh!! O_O

What upset me the most was that I love Ian x Wanda, but they barely developed their relationship at all. Nothing much happened between them, and then one day they're suddenly in love. what the hell?? at least they had more scenes together. jared and wanda barely interacted. just a bunch of jared x melanie kisses from flashbacks.

i wrote a review at The Host's yahoo movies page, and i gave it 2 out of 5 stars (the average, 3.5 stars, is too generous!). this is what i wrote:

As a fan of the book, I knew coming in that I would probably be disappointed in the movie, especially after hearing about all the bad reviews. But I was still shocked at how bad the movie was! Everything happened too fast, they left out important parts, added some pointless scenes, there was no real character development, and they oversimplified things.

The best part about the book was Ian and Wanda's love story, but they barely developed their relationship at all in the movie. But even though he didn't have much screen time, I enjoyed the Ian parts. Jake Abel did a great job. Actually, they are all great actors. It's such a shame that their talents are wasted in this terrible movie.

They should have just focused on the 3 (4) main characters and their love triangle (rectangle). Just make a good romantic movie instead of making a rushed romance/sci-fi/action movie that no one will be happy with.

-it really felt like they had a checklist of scenes they wanted to include, and they just quickly squished in everything. it felt so rushed and jumpy, it didn't flow well.

-a lot of parts were even more corny than even the book, though I guess the aliens being too nice was hard 2 take seriously...

-but the Ian parts were pretty good, i guess. jake tried his best...even though he didn't have much scenes, he managed to put so much genuine emotions into those moments

-the fake caves were not so impressive. they should have made things a little darker or digitally changed them or something, so they wouldn't look so obviously fake

-there was a closeup shot of wanda/melanie moving around in bed while dreaming that was awkward and unnecessary. but i love that shiny, silver nightie that she was wearing!! i want one!! xD


the movie just felt like a very short, poor outline of the book. i was truly surprised how terrible it was, even though i knew a lot of people were saying that it's bad. i guess it's partly because i read most of the book before watching, that i was more disappointed than someone who knew nothing about it, but even those people hated it. sighhhhhh.

the only good thing about the movie being so awful and totally bombing at the box office (6TH PLACE FOR ITS 1ST WEEKEND) is that it probably means there will be no movie sequel. which is something i do not want, because a certain actress (she looked so weird and creepy in this movie and her acting is just ok!! WHY DID THEY PICK HER??!!) will be in the sequel, playing a very important character.
i really hate this actress, so i do not want a sequel unless they replace her with someone else. even though i'd love to see jake as ian again (and saoirse as melanie, max as jared), but she would just totally ruin the movie for me!! she already ruined the ending of this movie for me (though i have to admit, the ending was kind of stupid. maybe it's better in the book).

but i probably will still end up buying the dvd months from now, since i'm sure there are deleted scenes of ian x wanda and cute behind the scenes stuff of the cast. haha...i just love Ian x Wanda too much!!! <3

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[airupnorth.livejournal.com]

What?! You've already seen the movie!!
I'm getting around to it, probably won't be until next week or so though (have to clear my schedule with a friend) so bookmarking this post to read once I've seen it.