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The Host, a popular Movie that everyone payed to see

The Host. 11 Million people have watched it and most of them thought it was good. This Korean movie is going to be out in theaters in North America in September. Why they keep insisting, I don't know. Yeah yeah it was the biggest movie hit in history of Korea and almost half of the population have watched it... So? An Anti-America movie, describes a Man who has lost his daughter to a Monster. A Monster created by the Americans when they poored highly dangerous chemicals into Seoul's river. I didn't like this movie but other 11million people did, so I must be a retard or something. Oh and something interesting: this movie was rated in Korea "12 years old and over" but It seems that in North America, it is going to be rated R. I have no idea the people would want to make this movie go into North America, yes it is a good movie and I loved it until I felt like I hated it. But did it suceed big time in Japan and Europe? No....

I  seriously hope this won't be the official movie poster. It looks like an old King Kong kind of a movie.

This is the most popular version of the Poster in Korea

and now the one that I really hope will be the official poster of The Host in North America:

O.o It's lurking behind you how scary;;;

Anyways I wouldn't call this a horror movie. More like Drama of losing their daughter to a Mutant that the Americans have created. The Americans pouring chemicals into the water is actually true. Now the film asks the audience, what if that chemicals made some fish grow and become a monster.

Now here is a Synopsis:

Synopsis

Food-stall owner, Gang-du (Song Kang-ho) walks out to the crowded Han Riverbank, when he suddenly sees a never-before-seen “something”, hanging from the Han River Bridge, and moving. The fascinated crowd around him start taking shots with their phones and digital cameras… until the “thing” climbs up onto the riverbank and begins to slash into the crowd. Gang-du has just enough time to witness the Creature snatching his daughter way and disappearing back into the river. 
Chaos reigns over Seoul. The Han River area is under quarantine. Gang-du receives a phone call from his daughter Hyun-seo, frightened but very much alive. Against all odds, with the help of his remaining family members, he plans to infiltrate the forbidden zone near the Han River and rescue his daughter from the clutches of the horrifying Creature.

Yep it sounds exciting doesnt it. Yet I would like to stress that this is NOT a horror movie. As you probably have guessed from the Korean version of the poster (some dirty retarded looking asians with a gay background picture yeah yeah I know)

I don't know how I should feel about this movie. It is the opposite feeling that I got from Casino Royale. Casino Royale, when it finished with "The name's Bond, James Bond", I could only think that what kind of a gay movie was that.... After thinking a while, I thought it was a really good movie! For The Host (Gweomul is the Korean title for the film), I felt like that was an awesome movie... But after a while I thought it was kind of a bad movie. I loved it, but hated it.... Well I think I'm going to recommend it to you guys. If you like monsters, controversy... Survival, drama... I seriously recommend this movie. If you have children, well, if they are in Junior High, there is no harm in taking them to this movie. No sexual content, very occasional blood and gore and thats it!

Thanks guys, that was my longest blog ever. I think I might go see this movie again with my friends in September... Which is a long time and I might not be alive by then -_-;; but ok thanks for listening to me~~