Remember The Twilight Saga? What good times we had with our buddies Bella and Edward. Well it turns out author Stephanie Meyer didn’t end her assault on literature with “Breaking Dawn.” The Host, based on the novel by Meyer, is about an Earth where aliens have invaded and take over human bodies in order to perfect the world. The humans understandably aren’t too pleased about this and resist. The story begins as there are only small pockets of resistance left. Saoirse Ronan plays Melanie, one such human who is caught and taken over by an alien. But she finds she can resist in the mind of the intruder.
The plot actually works relatively well, not going too in depth for a single installment. But it mirrors Twilight by emphasizing poorly written one liners and taking itself too seriously. The entire film is obviously meant to be some large commentary on life and love, but who really knows. The aliens live completely peaceful and generous lives, but they rid humans of free will. So I guess it means that we need to fight for the ones we love. But for the most part the “enemy” comes across as perfectly pleasant to be around. The result is the supposed good guys looking like jerks when they kill the blue eyed invaders.
Ultimately, the movie is fine. The actors do pretty well. Well except for young Chandler Canterbury, (Jamie) who gives a performance like he’s trying out to play Jake Lloyd in Star Wars: Episode I. The film’s drama level is low except for a handful of moments. When the most nervous you get for the characters is when they’re afraid a helicopter will see their secret crops, maybe it’s time to add something a bit more compelling to the script. Well we can keep talking about how the acting was decent.
Each film earns either zero, a half or a full arrow in five categories. The categories are Acting, Writing/Directing, Emotion, Innovation and Overall Impression. The arrows are added up to equal the full score.
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