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The Host (2013)
Taking a good idea and ruining it
I don't need to read any of Meyer's books to know that she can take a good idea and spoil it, the Twilight saga is evidence enough. The Host is no different, take an awesome genre and a decent enough premise then ruin it by throwing in some soppy romance, just as she has done previously with vampires and werewolves.
Damn, Meyer's own official website states 'science fiction for people that don't like science fiction'. Well here's an idea for you, stick to writing soppy romance stories but stay away from ruining respected genres!
In my opinion the only person that was ever able to carry it off credibly was Phil K Dick with 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' and Ridley Scott's masterpiece screenplay of it 'Bladerunner', nothing has come close, ever.
The Host starts off okay(ish) but descends to what can only appeal to teen-aged girls, it takes some time before that happens though and you're waiting quite a while in anticipation of something exciting happening before you come to the realisation that you've invested so much time in it that you might as well see it through to the bitter end. The cinematography isn't anything special and the acting although reasonably good (watch Hurt out act everyone else purely by his screen presence) just isn't supported by any depth of character. I think I might have been a little generous by scoring it a 3.
Freight (2010)
97 minutes of my life wasted!
Freight probably rates high on the list of worst movies I've ever viewed. Are the reviewers who gave this movie the thumbs up high on LSD? Okay, so the concept is great and has potential however the poor acting, poorer casting, complete lack of depth to main characters, bad cinematography and gaping holes throughout the narrative ruin any chance of obtaining ANY potential the concept has. My wife has now banned me from deciding our next films to view choices (I'm ashamed to admit it was my idea to watch Freight, I can't even lay blame on another!). How on earth the producers managed to gain finance for this film is completely beyond me. WARNING! LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WASTE TIME WATCHING BAD MOVIES ;)