And movies based on books can spark interest in the book its based on, making. The movie is never going to have as much detail as the book did, but they did a good job making the movie as close as possible to the book. Whilst the film begins well to open up how and why this has happened to our planet, it never expands past. The trailers for the host feature a highspeed chase, gun fights, and quick action cuts, but its important to note that the film, along with the book, is romance first, scifi storyline second. We have to admit, upon hearing that stephenie meyers the host was to be. This condensing of books into movies leads to deleted parts from the book or abbreviation of developments within the book. I guess, the essential parts of the story like character. I loved the book, and, judging from the trailers, the awesome cast and director, expected to love the movie as well, but was disappointed.
If you read the book, you have an image in your head of what the character looks like, what their voices. I saw the movie years and years ago and dont remember much. Book and movie comparison the host, by stephanie meyer. The host might have been stronger as a tv series, with more time to spend on character development and a gradually building plot, but niccols cool direction and his solid cast make is a perfectly. Once upon a time, a soul called racing song was taken over by its host body. It tells the story of a young woman, melanie, who is captured after the human. As an adaptation, the host constantly strays from its original source, with the biggest flaw straight away being that the futuristic world isnt given enough explanation. In his book top of the morning, stelter goes into the reallife ousting of ann curry as a today cohost by male executives. It ended when the host tried to cut the soul from its body. The host book and movie reading after midnight reading after.
I believe stephenie meyer produced the host and i believe this was her. What are the differences between stephen kings novel it. If youre more of a visual person, movies will stay with you more than words on a page. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has. Starting with the post you are reading right now, i be conducting book vs. This is a straight forward back to basics film that doesnt overdo anything with its material. A lot of parents want their kids to read the book then watch the movie. The host starts with the classic invasion of the pod peoplebody snatchers type of scenarioexcept ms. When adapting stephenie meyers 600page alien novel the host to film, screenwriter and director andrew niccol had to make. The host what did you think of the movie vs that book showing 1.
Do not delve in if you want the film to be a surprise. The book was the basis for the wonderful movie, and the movie couldnt have been as good as it was without it. Carol memmott, usa today meyer is more interested in relationships than in flashy genre conventions. With kangho song, sunkyun lee, yeojeong jo, woosik choi. The host was developed into a film with andrew niccol as director and saoirse ronan as melanie. Both versions are truly scary, but they do have some key differences. Heres a comparison of the 1986 book and 2017 movie.
She became cohost in 2011 and was demoted to anchoratlarge only a. The host veers too often into either melodrama or sheer tedium, and for much of the book, melanie and the rest of the cast eke out an. When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, melanie. I really loved the movie, but the book was more better, they are so many facts like the. The topgrossing movie in south korean history, the host gwoemul is a wild, rewarding ride thats equal parts creature feature, cautionary tale, family melodrama, and political critique. There are many spoilers in the host book to movie comparison. With saoirse ronan, max irons, jake abel, diane kruger. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of human hosts while leaving their. It happened consistently on the twilight saga, and it happens again on the host, onceprovocative writerdirector andrew niccols adaptation of meyers 600pluspage posttwilight novel.
It has been a long time since ive read the book, but id say the differences are really quite enormous. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy that takes over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. I hope and i pray it isnt actually like that when i go see it in theaters, because it would crush me. So jared cant kiss the love of his life without kissing the alien at the same time. The host is a standout monster horror film that is superbly acted and directed. Free use these two printables after you have read the book and then seen the movie version. Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy. Featuring one of the most unusual love triangles in literature, the host is a riveting and unforgettable novel about the persistence of love and the essence of what it means to be human. Lots of amazing books have been turned into movies, and lots of great movies started life as books, so now its time to decide, which is better for these stories, the books or the movies. I thought the book was better than the movie because the characters werent the same. However, many movies fail no matter how good the book is, so that makes the movie special too. So how will wanda and melanies conversations play out on film. The host 20 trailers and clips earth has been colonized by the souls, an alien race that wipes out the minds of humans and turns their bodies into hosts for interstellar travelers.
Great for comparing and contrasting and thinking critically about how the movie was. The host differences between book and movie showing 126. The host is a 20 american romantic science fiction thriller film adapted from stephenie meyers 2008 novel of the same name. Book vs movie matilda the classic book from roald dahl vs the 1996 film adaptation the margos tackle one of the most beloved childrens books of all time by. Its undeniable that a book original usually blasts its movie version out of the water. But wanderer, the invading soul who occupies melanies body, finds its former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of. Every book in the top ten of dymocks annual top 101 books for 2016 as voted by australians has been made into a movie. The most immediate difference between the novel and the film is the time period. It started when racing song took on the bodys host name, kevin. The hosts third wheel is an alien who absorbs her host bodys strong feelings for her boyfriend jared. Meyer makes the choice to examine not humanitys struggle trying to stop the.
I guess, the essential parts of the story like character growth and relationship development are rather difficult to capture on screen, especially if you only got two hours to do it. He was portrayed by lance henricksen, who also portrayed john milton in scream 3 biography. Listen to book vs movie podcast episodes free, on demand. It tells the story of a young woman, melanie, who is captured after the human race has been taken over by parasitic aliens called souls. Book vs movie podcast listen via stitcher for podcasts.
The book is too epic for it to lose to a 2 hour movie. Ive seen like all of the 5 trailers like 5 times each. The book is about earth, in a post apocalyptic time, being invaded by a parasitic alien race, known as souls, and follows one souls predicament when the consciousness of her human host refuses to give up her body. I know that in the book their was a lot less shooting and action scene but. There is only one exception, the rosie project, which is currently. The book covered a lot more aspects of the story than the. We had two weeks of rehearsal with just the cast and andrew niccol, and. The book starts with melanie the human host lying unconscious in an operating room. The book has such vivid descriptions that i know a lot of. The host is a science fiction romance novel by stephenie meyer. In kings book, the action is set between 19841985, when the losers club are adults.