The Host (2006)
The Host (2006)
“The perfect film is the silent film, just as the perfect sequence is the silent sequence. Dialogue is inferior to picture in telling a film story.” -David Mamet
BY THE RIVER HAN AT THE SNACK BAR:
I like that you don’t have to wait for the monster!
Blondie, village idiot, zonked at family’s snack bar: Check.
Eyes shut, mouth open, head flat on counter: Check!
Little Homeless Orphan (LHO) (we’ll meet later) walks up and tries to filch something: Check!
Little Homeless Orphan (LHO) (we’ll meet later) chased away by Grandpa: Check!
A woman walks up, buys something and
gets her change which was retrieved from
underneath Blondie’s inert head on the snack bar.
"Let’s try to be broadminded about this": "Start pouring."
"Is this alcohol?": "You're in middle school now!"
"Three squids for Mat 4."
“Timed out in the Finals.”
“Park doesn’t release soon enough.”
“He’s swimming over”: "Everybody Run!"
Everybody Runs!: Fall on your face!: Grab the wrong girl!
Then the monster grabs her with his prehensile
tail and dives into
the river by the pedal boats:
No pedal boats were harmed during the filming of this picture!
THE MOURNING SCENE IN THE GYMNASIUM WHERE THEY ROLL AROUND ON THE FLOOR:
Mourning in the gymnasium: Holy Rollers!
“Morons: To the very end.P
“What’s so interesting?”: “**** off!”
“It’s been thirteen years since she popped out the baby and ran off!”
“To save time we’ll let the TV News explain!”
“The U.S. Army has sent a sample of the unknown virus to the U.S. Center for Disease Control.”
“As with the Chinese Civet Wildcat.”
She finds a cell phone and calls home.
She’s deceased: But she’s not dead.
“She’s deceased: But she’s not dead.”
Who rescues them?: Who is the monster?
"I sacrificed my youth for the democratization of our country!":
"All your passwords are 1-2-3-4?"
Grandpa bribes everybody, hires people to drive the getaway van.
BACK AT THE RIVER:
To date, research has found no previous brachiating Godzillas.
Prehensile tail: In Korea it is always raining.
“Seo-ri: right of the hungry.”
Cup Noodle for four: Or five? --
There is a mysterious scene when the family is back at the trailer eating a meal and the girl (The Guest) joins them. Silent. Told with pictures.
“He lacked protein when he needed it most.”
Three shotguns. 2 model 12s and an Ithaca Model 37.
OFFICE BUILDING WITH COLLEGE FRIEND:
PWe were separated in the sewer."
"How much is the tax on the reward money?": "There’s an exemption!"
"Wonhyo Bridge."
"Why is he causing such a scene?"
He finds the password on the post-it.
Paperclip-short, then escapes, all silent.
IN THE LAIR:
Village idiot tries to rescue daughter from the monster. Who is the monster?
Skeleton regurgitation.
Girl hugs Little Homeless Orphan (LHO) in Monster’s Lair!
WONHYO BRIDGE:
The newsreel Agent Yellow footage is narrated, but doesn’t need to be.
Agent Yellow release point.
Daddy’s here: Too late! She doesn’t make it.
Homeless guy pours the gas!
He drops the bottle trying to throw it!
The archer. Robin Hood! Molotov Cocktails!
Very Exciting!
The Little Homeless Orphan (LHO) lives!
Later: Snow!
The greatest Silent Movie ever made (with dialogue)! The greatest Monster Movie ever made!! The greatest South Korean movie ever made!!! The Greatest Movie Ever Made!!! Mandatory viewing!!!
"Simply put: No virus whatsoever."