The Host

Critics have been raving about this film, some calling it a modern day Jaws, other hailing it as the new Godzilla. In my opinion, this movie should have gone straight to the late night sci-fi channel pile. The only thing I really enjoyed about this movie was the first 15 minutes of the film. In it, a sequence bordering on genius flashed across the screen where a sea monster runs rampants through the streets. The rest of the film was tired, poorly constructed, and not worth watching.

The main issue I had with the film was that the plot didn't have a spine to hold it together making the movie very disjointed and incohesive. It tried to mix in too many elements like environmentalism, family dynamics, humor, drama, horror, conspiracy, government miscommunication, etc. (the list goes on and on). The movie should have just stuck with one these theme to stay consistent. Campy horror humor and a creature story for instance. That would have worked great with the characters and creature special effects.

The entertaining elements of the movie were the creature and the witty humor scattered throughout. But these weren't enough to keep the whole movie afloat. The scenes with the trapped kids was engaging as well because it keeps you guessing on what their fate is going to be.

Overall, this movie is not worth seeing and I personally don't understand what all the hype is about.

Rating: 3 out of 10