http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/03/07/the-host-more-than-just-a-monster-movie/ Uniting the Asian Conscience Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:59:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/03/07/the-host-more-than-just-a-monster-movie/#comment-275 Scaramanga Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:57:29 +0000 http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/03/07/the-host-more-than-just-a-monster-movie/#comment-275 I eagerly await the gaggle of voices condemning this film for it's naked 'anti-americanism'. I eagerly await the gaggle of voices condemning this film for it’s naked ‘anti-americanism’.

]]> http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/03/07/the-host-more-than-just-a-monster-movie/#comment-274 atlasien Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:23:30 +0000 http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/03/07/the-host-more-than-just-a-monster-movie/#comment-274 I just saw this movie tonight. It's fantastic! I'm not a Spielberg fan because his emotional manipulation of the audience is always too naked and heavy-handed. The Host is thankfully more subtle when it comes to characterization. But the political message is quite blunt: "the American military wants to poison Korea with toxic chemicals!" I just saw this movie tonight. It’s fantastic! I’m not a Spielberg fan because his emotional manipulation of the audience is always too naked and heavy-handed. The Host is thankfully more subtle when it comes to characterization. But the political message is quite blunt: “the American military wants to poison Korea with toxic chemicals!”

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