http://newcritics.disqus.com/the best in web criticismenFri, 13 Apr 2007 09:53:41 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/04/09/the-host-a-mini-review/#comment-1374685<p>Sean, I read about his 2005 film and it looks really interesting. I'll have to check it out.</p>ClaireFri, 13 Apr 2007 09:53:41 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/04/09/the-host-a-mini-review/#comment-1374684<p>The Host is certainly worth its time. Bong Joon Ho also made 2005's polcier Memories of Murder. Aside from the creature which is tactile and believable, each character has his or her own quandry: immaturity, unemployment, failure, etc. Bong also has a good sense of humor: the media's rush to sentimentalize the Han memorial service (all those flashbulbs popping) is as clever as the kids who contaminate the crime scene in Memories.</p>seanThu, 12 Apr 2007 20:09:15 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/04/09/the-host-a-mini-review/#comment-1374683<p>I didn't read too many reviews, so I wasn't too keyed up, and my brother knew nothing about it. I hate when reviews ruin the movie for me.</p>ClaireThu, 12 Apr 2007 11:27:29 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/04/09/the-host-a-mini-review/#comment-1374682<p>I think some of the reviews, such as the one in The New Yorker, may have talked this one up too much for me. I wasn't as bowled over as I'd expected to be.</p><p>Which is not to say it isn't good and well worth seeing. I'm hoping repeat viewing will let it sink in and take its place in my mind with classics such as <em>Them!</em></p>Kevin WolfThu, 12 Apr 2007 09:25:42 -0000