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miss_arel

The Host - spoiler-free review

Mar 23, 2007 19:47

Guess what I saw today? :DDDD If you haven't seen this movie yet, GO NOW.

I know, I know. If you're like me, you probably saw the movie poster, cocked an eyebrow, and backed away slowly. I mean, small Asian girl getting pulled into a river by a giant tentacle what? But seriously, hear me out on this ( Read more... )

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t3h_toby_chan March 24 2007, 07:46:54 UTC

I'd heard it was a good all-encompassing film. The ads made me wary, but I might just have to find a way to see this.

(I'd also heard that 300 was pretty mindless. Too bad; the filming looked gorgeous. :[)

miss_arel March 24 2007, 16:11:00 UTC

Definitely worth seeing. If you're used to anime and the anime style of story-telling, there's a lot to enjoy there.

300 IS gorgeous. Absolutely visually stunning. And Gerard Butler has a very fine ass. Man-candy galore. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get past what I saw as rampant xenophobia enough to sit back and enjoy the ride. Not that the ancient Greeks weren't xenophobic -- they were. Hell, they invented it. But it's that xenophobia was presented as a good thing that bothered me. I mean, it's perhaps unfair to expect all movies to make great strides forward in the realms of feminism, anti-racism, gay rights, rights for the disabled, etc... but this movie felt like it was taking a couple big steps back, which really is what prevented me from enjoying it.

/end rant