a5c7b9f00b When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about, proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world.
A race of non-corporeal, parasitic aliens who go from planet to planet looking for hosts have come to Earth and basically taken over the human race. It's believed that, once inside a body, all memories of the host human are gone. Some few free humans remain hidden from them, forming a resistance group. When an alien Seeker captures a girl named Melanie and puts a Wanderer in her body, she hopes to find out where the remaining humans are gathered, but Melanie, a strong fighter able to converse with the alien in her commandeered body, convinces the Wanderer to say nothing. Disappointed by the lack of progress (though suspecting an empathy for the human), the Seeker informs the Wanderer that she'll be removed and placed in a new host while she herself will enter Melanie. With human lives at risk, Melanie convinces Wanderer to run away and hide out with the humans, but finding them doesn't mean they'll allow an alien presence among them. Jared (Melanie's boyfriend) wants her dead, but Jeb (Melanie's uncle) wants to wait, and Ian, tasked with guarding her, finds himself siding with Jeb. As Ian begins to fall for Melanie, a strange love triangle develops, with Ian wanting Wanderer (inhabiting Melanie's body), Jared wanting Melanie (imprisoned inside her own body), and no one knowing any way to separate the two without killing both.
I almost did not watch this movie. I've written, edited, devoured, and critiqued the Science Fiction genre for decades and it only takes a glance at this title to slip the movie into a narrow field of plots that have been done and re-done for years, and rarely are the re-makes an improvement over the earlier versions of the plot.<br/><br/>It was actually a long road I traveled to get to watching it. First was The White Queen. With shows like Game of Thrones so popular, White Queen caught my attention. Then looking at the cast I saw Max Irons. I only remembered "Irons" and missed that it was not Jeremy Irons. One of my favorites. I enjoyed White Queen and did a double take because "Jeremy" was no where to be found. So I refocused and caught on that Max was one of the main protagonist in White Queen. Then while looking him up I noticed he was in The Host, which was already on my radar. So, I put it on a watch list.<br/><br/>Last evening, I was in the mood for a movie. Something to simply enjoy and spend a couple hours. There are lots of good movies on my watch list with ratings above 7 of 10. The Host's 5.7 of 10 was almost a deal breakerit had been a while and I'd forgotten about "Max Irons". I decided to 'sample' the first several minutes to give it a chance.<br/><br/>The movie takes quite a jump for the normal "Body Snatcher's" plot by starting where most movies with that plot nearly concludes. So, I was pleased I would not be bored silly with another Body Snatcher's re-make. And I was intrigued. Early in the movie I realized this is the kind of writing and acting that very quickly has you internalizing the drama and relating to characters. Then Max Irons showed up, a common face for me after my White Queen adventure, so the normal anxiety of watching a horrible movie slipped away and I settled into "enjoyment" mode.<br/><br/>I enjoyed The Host. A bonus… William Hurt turns in another great performancewell that makes some of the plot twists easier to accept.<br/><br/>My first reaction after watching the movie was "5.7 of 10?" Who is watching this movie? After I had watched it, I read a review or two that were simply mean to the movie with words like "cheesy" and such, I thought maybe these folks really didn't watch the movie. Want "cheesy" tune in to any Syfy Channel movie production. This movie isn't by Syfy Channel. And, again, after the movie, I do a few other searches with the intention of buying the book and I come to realize Stephanie Meyer also wrote the Twilight series (books). I watched the first Twilight movie… now that movie had some cheesy in it, but was a widely admired love story. Evidently something Stephanie Meyer is pretty good at is love stories despite any genre barrier. She sold The Host to movie producers and her Twilight serieswell. A pretty good "score card" for any writer. Well all this info came to me after I've watched and enjoyed The Host.<br/><br/>I'm always afraid I'll plop in a spoiler without realizing it, so let me just say that 5.7 of 10 is unfair to this movie. In this case I think the rating reflects more on the reviewer than the movie. It isn't Body Snatchers, and if you relax and go for the ride I think you'll enjoy the moviewell.<br/><br/>#<br/><br/>Amendment: I read the book, and have re-watched the movie. Now I'll revisit that "Cheesy" statement.<br/><br/>I spent a lot of years writing and trying to write for money. I was horrible at it. Had a job once selling how-to pieces but they couldn't be longer than 50 words. Sometimes they allowed 75 words. I sold several pieces but it was some of the hardest work I've done, and I've dug latrines and tore off roofs. Cutting a 3-400 word piece to 75 words is extremely hard. To 50 words… It would take days sometimes. I'm not prattling about myself for no reason. The Host was a 600 page book. The screenplay, I'm guessing, was not more than 120 pages. I've thought of an analogy. <br/><br/>Watching a movie is like seeing someone quite attractive that you would like to know intimately. You use your imagination and it is a nice experience. Reading the book is like meeting that beautiful person, falling in love, getting married, and walking through the valley of death together. <br/><br/>That's the difference between the book, The Host, and the movie The Host. While now I'm less enthusiastic about the movie, it stands on its own. It is that pretty person you want to know so much better. They did a great job in adaptation. Naturally, they cut almost 400 pages out and had to do some point of view changes and cut 20 or 30 characters. My rating is the same 8 of 10. My recommendation is that you watch the movie first. Then, maybe again after the book. It won't be the book, but you'll still feel the things you did in the book and the movie actually has a some classic exact quotes from the book.
We could only stomach the first 10 minutes or so of this movie before we walked-out and asked for a refund. The story gave such potential to a movie blockbuster, but instead, this just flops like a dead fish. The acting was terrible. The structure and presentation of the movie was horrible. The inner dialogue being spoken out by the main character after she was assimilated by the aliens was bad enough to make us laugh out loud (I'm sure the fans didn't appreciate our outburst). As for the visual artistry/special-effects? Actually fairly nice stuff – but that's the only good thing I can say about this movie; it sure wasn't enough to keep us in our seats. The dialogue, action, and acting all remind me of some mediocre after-school special. Our 9 year old niece might find it fascinating, but not us. Save yourself the $25 and watch it when it becomes a freebie rental.
An "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" retread told from a postoccupation vantage point, this adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s YA romance novel unfolds in a dystopian future when alien parasites have nearly won the battle for Earth.

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