Review of The Host (2013) by James M — 22 Feb 2014

How did Stephanie Meyer get published?? If this and Twilight are the stories to go by, 13 year old girls are easily pleased and undemanding by their choices in literature.

I'd rather not spend too long reviewing this film. The story and central plot was tedious at best and the only reason I bothered watching was that the central premise was straight up lifted from Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (it seems Stephanie Meyer is incapable of developing an original idea).

Practically every human being on earth is now controlled by extra-terrestrial souls, except for Saorsie Ronan who's human conscience is wrestling with being controlled. The rest of the film is long, arduous torture where NOTHING of any interest happened until Arsenal beat Sunderland 4-1 (I may have switched over to Match Of The Day).

What I did see of this film was unintentionally laughable with a teenage brat of a lead character and amateurish acting from everyone else (what were Diane Kruger & William Hurt thinking? Fire your agents at once!).