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Title: The Host (2013)
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| Rachel Roberts | ... | Soul Fleur | |
| Shyaam Karra | ... | Soul Anshu | |
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Brent Wendell Williams | ... | Soul Winters |
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Jhil McEntyre | ... | Soul Lake |
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Jalen Coleman | ... | Soul Nafisa |
| Saoirse Ronan | ... | Melanie Stryder / Wanda | |
| Diane Kruger | ... | The Seeker / Lacey | |
| Stephen Rider | ... | Seeker Reed | |
| Jaylen Moore | ... | Seeker Song | |
| Stephen Conroy | ... | Seeker Sands | |
| Marcus Lyle Brown | ... | Healer Fords | |
| Michael L. Parker | ... | Seeker Wolfe (as Michael Parker) | |
| Phil Austin | ... | Seeker Waverley | |
| Chandler Canterbury | ... | Jamie | |
| J.D. Evermore | ... | Trevor Stryder | |
A body-snatching alien takes possession of a young woman who refuses to surrender her mind, and together they seek out the man they both love as Writer and Director Andrew Niccol (Gattaca (1997), In Time (2011)) adapts Twilight author Stephenie Meyer's New York Times best-seller. The majority of the human race have been possessed by unseen invaders, leaving only small pockets of "wild" humans like Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) scattered throughout the world. Upon being captured by the invaders, Melanie finds her body claimed by Wanderer, a spirit that has been warned of the difficulties that come with claiming a human host. In the process of inhabiting Melanie, Wanderer is deeply affected by her vivid dreams and memories. And when Melanie fights to maintain control of her mind even as Wanderer possesses her body, the sympathetic entity joins her on a journey that will reveal the unfathomable depths of human love and compassion.
I have read the book before the movie came out, but ill give a movie review separate from my book ideals of what it should have been.
As a movie on its own, its good. Not great. They have a little bit of action, and when i say little, i do mean little (under 5 minutes). There are some chrome vehicles, modern looking bland clothing etc. This movie is really about what makes us human. With a love triangle. Not nearly as dominant as it was in twilight. A very interesting premise for a movie. The acting was great, I really loved Jake Abel as Ian O'Shea. Dian kruger added some depth to her seeker attitude. Max Irons I found to be the weakest actor of the bunch, some of his lines were delivered poorly ("so help me"), but what really ties the cast in is William Hurt.He ties them all together, and ads some charm to his cliché lines that makes him very likable. Other noticeable actors were Scot Lawrence (Doc) and Francis Fisher (Maggie), but neither were given the screen time needed to develop any sort of charter, although it would have been ve3ry interesting to see. Nice scenery, and nice shots. The music (and some scene lacking) was great and added a indie touch to it.
Now, based off the book this movie kinda blew it. it was extremely different, cutting out characters and adding things that never were. I personally felt that by making all the Aliens dress the same, drive the same vehicles took away from the depth of the battle between the resistance and aliens. They were supposed to be creative, and find individualism in human hosts, which was very lacking. Instead the movie went in the direction of aliens turning humans into one mass of boring un unique sheep. I also wish they had kept a few of Wanda's experiences from other worlds in the movie, even as flash backs etc. This movie lacked as a sci-fi, as all we see are humans with contacts. It lacked as a romance as her love interest was gone for most of it.
If anything its a good movie about : "what is considered human? a and how shall we react that makes us human".
Not bad, i enjoyed it anyways, and my husband actually stuck around to watch it too lol./