philosoraptor42

I've heard a lot of negative comments about this. Now actually when you look at the synopsis for the book, I can understand why you might be negative about it. However, just looking at the teaser I think this looks fantastic.

One of my favourite classic horror movies is "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". The remake in the late seventies is pretty good too and Robert Rodriguez' teen comedy "The Faculty" which deals with the same subject is also pretty good. The subject matter of John Carpenter's "The Thing" has a similar theme. It's just a trend within sci-fi that really appeals to me. However, the gist of these stories always tends to be the same.

What really intrigues me about this trailer is that this actually appears to be like a sequel to Invasion of the Body Snatchers rather than a re-telling. Of course, the problem is that Stephanie Meyer might not have the imagination to follow-on successfully from one of the greatest science fiction stories of all time. Still, the teaser trailer does it's job very well in making me excited about what COULD be even if the final product disappoints.

The director Andrew Niccol is responsible for "In Time" (which I haven't seen yet, but really wasn't received well by critics), but his previous directing work includes Gattaca and Lord of War (and in both cases he wrote the screenplays) and he also wrote the script for "The Truman Show". If anyone can adapt Stephanie Meyer's sci-fi novel in an interesting way, surely it's got to be him? Still, I'm not sure how they are going to convey the interaction between a not-quite-as-dormant-as-expected mind and its influence on a controlling alien host. The basic gist of the love story (um...) sounds pretty much unfilmable. But then again, all the more reason to be excited if it works (I guess...)

For now, I'm giving this the benefit of the doubt. I may well change my mind when a longer trailer comes out (and they start trying to convey the love story elements), but until then I am really excited about "The Host" and will happily enjoy considering the potential this project has.