I missed this movie when it went up at the cinemas here in Stockholm but now I finally watched it on DVD. The Host is not as great as Jaws as one American movie critic claimed. But it's a good movie. One of many from South Korea lately. It's directed by Bong Joon-ho who's been very successful in his home country. The photography is fantastic as in most South Korean movies I've seen. And the pace is much more European than American. That's one of the things I like with Japanese and South Korean movies. Eventhough some Korean movies can be too slow and too gloomy for my taste. But that's not the case with The Host. It's an entertaining monster movie which uses the classic setting of the city sewers. This time the city is Seoul and the sewers leads to the Han river. It's a perfect movie for a rainy afternoon. And when you've watched it you can check out one of Park Chan-wooks movies too. Both Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance are brilliant.
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