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The Host (2006)
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This page is for the 2006 South Korean film. You may be looking for the 2013 film adaptation of the Stephenie Meyer book, or the 2020 horror film Host.The Host (or Gwoemul,note Korean for “monster� as it's known in its home country) is a 2006 South Korean film co-written and directed by Bong Joon-ho.After an American military pathologist stationed in Korea orders his associate to dump 200 bottles of formaldehyde down the drain, sightings of a strange amphibious creature in the Han River emerge years later, with fish in the river mysteriously dying off.It's now the year 2006; a man by the name of Park Gang-du (Song Kang-ho) owns a local snack kiosk with his father, Hee-bong, with the rest of their family living together. While working, the previously-thought-to-be-myth creature suddenly makes landfall and starts attacking locals, attempting to feed on anything that gets in its path before disappearing back into the river's depths, but not before eating some of its victims and taking Gang-du's daughter, Hyun-seo, with it.Afterwards, the government and the United States military quickly arrive and announce that the creature has been subjected to an unknown virus, and soon quarantines the population that made contact with the creature, including Gang-du and his family, whom tried to fend off the creature during its rampage.Bong began work on the film's story in 2000; its inciting incident (an American ordering his Korean employees to dispose of formaldehyde which wound up in the Han River) was inspired by a real-life scandal. As is the case with his other works, the film combines aspects of multiple genres with consistent Black Comedy elements, and can thusly be described best as a political satire crossed with a family dramedy in the dressings of a kaiju movie. | |
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One Bullet Left | |
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One Bullet Left: Subverted. Hee-bong takes a gun from Gang-du to kill the monster, with Gang-du telling him that it has one bullet left. When Hee-bong goes to fire, all he hears is an empty click, at which point we cut to Gang-du counting on his fingers and realizing the mistake he's made as Hee-bong is killed. | |
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Annoying Younger Sibling | |
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Annoying Younger Sibling: Nam-il, who's the most impatient around Gang-du. | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything? | |
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Does This Remind You of Anything?: The film deliberately evokes the SARS crisis, bird flu, and the Agent Orange bioweapon. | |
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Make Sure He's Dead | |
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When Hee-bong shoots the monster, it falls over onto its back and stops moving; he and his sons go to get a closer look, but Nam-il shoots at it again to make sure it's dead, at which point the monster immediately gets up and attempts to flee. | |
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Bilingual Backfire | |
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Bilingual Backfire: The American doctor explains in English to the Korean translator that the virus the monster was carrying wasn't real. Unfortunately for them, Gang-du understands a couple of the basic English words and realises what's been going on. In a deleted scene, the doctor and the translator realize their mistake and continue in German. | |
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Four-Philosophy Ensemble | |
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Four-Philosophy Ensemble: Hee-hong as the Conflicted, Gang-du as the Optimist, Nam-joo as the Apathetic and Nam-il as the Cynic. Hyun-seo, who is absent from the family for most of the film, is the Realist. | |
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Dressing as the Enemy | |
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Dressing as the Enemy: The Parks try to disguise themselves as medical staff to escape from quarantine. Unfortunately, Gang-du's blond hair blows their cover. | |
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Say My Name | |
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Say My Name: A small portion of Gang-du's lines are just "HYUN-SEO!" Particularly notable is when he howls her name several times after finding her jacket in the creature's lair, and she's nowhere to be found. Nam-joo and Nam-il also both call her name at the gymnasium scene. White's girlfriend repeatedly shrieks, "DONALD!" while he and Gang-du are fighting the Kaiju. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Scott Wilson as the American military pathologist who has the formaldehyde dumped into the river. | |
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Death by Materialism | |
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Death by Materialism: A hazmat worker goes out of his car and towards the water to pick up some money he spotted, and is promptly ambushed and devoured by the monster. | |
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The Klutz | |
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The Klutz: Gang-du is always tripping over something. Tragically, it gets his daughter taken by the monster. Nam-il is just as clumsy, even though he criticizes Gang-du for his own clumsiness. | |
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The Virus | |
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The Virus: It turns out that there is no virus and the whole thing was mass hysteria. Unlike in Monster a-Go Go, however, there undeniably was a monster. | |
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Papa Wolf | |
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Papa Wolf: Gang-du spends most of the film's runtime fighting his way to rescue his daughter Hyun-seo, although sadly his daughter is dead by the time he does. Hee-bong flips out spectacularly when Gang-du, his firstborn son, jumps into the river to go after the monster, and later tries to protect Gang-du when he is pulled away from him by men in decontamination suits and zipped up in a bag. | |
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Obstructive Bureaucrat | |
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Obstructive Bureaucrat: The entire South Korean government is composed of idiotic bureaucrats who are more concerned with containing a non-existent virus and inconveniencing the Park family and the civilians in danger than actually trying to stop the monster. | |
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Chekhov's Gag | |
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Chekhov's Gag: When first encountering the creature, Gang-du throws a soda can at it to lure it out. It eats it, and the whole crowd joins in and starts throwing food. An hour or so laternote in real time, the creature is seen regurgitating dozens of human bodies and skeletons it's been eating. The last item to fall out is Gang-du's soda can. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Nam-joo's archery skills. During the final battle, she successfully shoots a flaming arrow right into the eye of the gasoline-drenched monster, setting it ablaze. Gang-du's signpost. In the end, he breaks apart both ends and turns it into a makeshift spear, then uses it to deliver the killing blow to the monster. Hee-bong pays off Director Cho with all the money Gang-du had been saving up to buy Hyun-seo a new phone. | |
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Dope Slap | |
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Dope Slap: In the midst of his grief over Hyun-seo, Nam-il gives one to Gang-du while chastising him for failing to save her. Hee-bong does this to Gang-du and Nam-il when they all realize that Nam-joo isn't in the escape van with them. | |
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Anti-Climax | |
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Anticlimax: Just when Nam-il is dramatically winding up to throw his last Molotov at the monster, it ends up slipping from his hand and breaking on the ground right before he can throw it. Pleasantly averted a few seconds later when Nam-joo shows up, though. | |
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Death of a Child | |
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Death of a Child: Se-jin, the teenage brother of Se-joo, is Killed Offscreen and eventually devoured by the monster. Hyun-seo tragically dies while protecting Se-joo within the belly of the beast. | |
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Funny Background Event | |
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Funny Background Event: The Park family rolling around the floor wailing for Hyun-seo in an over-the-top fashion is already pretty funny, but while this is going on, a woman is reprimanded for not parking her car correctly. | |
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing | |
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: The American doctor operating on Gang-du seems empathetic, but as Gang-du begins to protest and explain that no one ever listens him, the doctor caresses his patient's face, but instead of drying the man's tears and telling him that the situation is in safe hands, he proceeds to tell his interpreter that the virus has spread, even though he knows that there's no virus. | |
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Parental Abandonment | |
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Parental Abandonment: Hyun-seo's mother left after she was born, and she spends most of the movie trying to reunite with her father. Gang-du himself is also a victim of this: his mother has been gone since his childhood, and his father (though now very sorry) didn't take very good care of him. | |
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Plot Armor | |
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Plot Armor: The monster has Gang-du dead to rights early in the rampage, but it simply runs over him on the way to other victims. He then repeatedly gets in the monster's way, or simply whacks it with something, and survives entirely unscathed. | |
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Bring My Brown Pants | |
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Bring My Brown Pants: Se-joo wets himself when Hyun-seo is grabbed by the monster while trying to escape. | |
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Heavy Sleeper | |
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Heavy Sleeper: Gang-du's lack of protein when he was young, due to Parental Neglect, turned him into something of a narcoleptic. Nam-il gets annoyed with this while the family is sheltering in the gymnasium and starts prodding Gang-du with his foot, but Gang-du doesn't stir. | |
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Blatant Lies | |
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Blatant Lies: The officer the Parks try to tell about Hyun-seo’s distress call refuses to even try and trace it, explaining that it would be too much work. Nam-il’s friend working at a telecom company is able to trace it in less than five minutes. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: The creature is killed, but at the cost of Hyun-seo's, Hee-bong's, Se-jin's and many other lives. The protagonist, Gang-du ends up taking in the orphan boy Se-joo as his son, and has finally matured. | |
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Killed Offscreen | |
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Se-jin, the teenage brother of Se-joo, is Killed Offscreen and eventually devoured by the monster. | |
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Surrounded by Idiots | |
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Surrounded by Idiots / See You in Hell: Pretty much Mr. Yoon's last words before he jumps off the bridge. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Poor Gang-du never catches a break throughout the movie. He's never been allowed to do anything useful with his life because he's not particularly bright and unceremoniously dozes off every so often, his wife left him, his siblings don't respect him, his daughter is abducted by a monster, and nobody believes him when he realizes she's still alive, he's targeted for carrying a virus which turns out not to be real, he's had tissue samples taken from him and a needle rammed into his head, and when you think things don't get any worse for him, his father and his daughter are killed by the monster on separate occasions. | |
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Gory Discretion Shot | |
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Gory Discretion Shot: When the monster goes to eat Hyun-seo and Se-joo, it cuts to black while Hyun-seo's scream echoes. During the initial rampage, quite a few people try to hide in a large trailer. The monster then busts into the trailer. All you see are bloody arms scrabbling at the locked door at the other end, and blood seeping through the floor of the trailer. | |
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Break the Cutie | |
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Break the Cutie: Gang-du, over and over and over again. | |
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Please Wake Up | |
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Please Wake Up: Gang-du to Hee-bong after he gets killed by the monster. | |
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Badass Family | |
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Badass Family: The entire Park family. Nam-il gets special mention for dual wielding Molotov cocktails, though. | |
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White-and-Grey Morality | |
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White-and-Grey Morality: The Park family, though a Dysfunctional Family, is ultimately a loving one, and Gang-du himself is sweet if irresponsible. The creature they're battling is nothing more than a mutated tadpole with simple motivations of food and shelter, although sometimes it plays dirty with catching its prey. | |
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Coincidental Broadcast | |
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Coincidental Broadcast: Invoked, then immediately defied as the supervisor at the shelter tries to find the right channel, but realizes the news isn't on yet. | |
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Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling | |
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Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Gang-du and his younger sister Nam-joo. Nam-joo is a high-achieving archer, while Gang-du isn't even smart or ambitious enough to do more than work at his father's snack stand. Nam-il isn't much better off than Gang-du, being an alcoholic and former political protester, but even he looks down on Gang-du. | |
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Genetic Abomination | |
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Genetic Abomination: The creature is this: it is a monstrous fish-like creature that is mutated from dumped formaldehyde (even though it's not alien in origin). | |
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Nice, Mean, and In-Between | |
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Nice, Mean, and In-Between: The Park siblings: Gang-du (nice), Nam-il (mean) and Nam-joo (in-between). | |
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Four-Temperament Ensemble | |
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Four-Temperament Ensemble: Hee-bong and Nam-joo are Melancholic, Gang-du is Sanguine, Nam-il is Choleric and Hyun-seo is Phlegmatic. | |
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The Host (2006) / int_65bc92fc | |
The Host (2006) / int_66dfe36a | type |
Missing Mom | |
The Host (2006) / int_66dfe36a | comment |
Missing Mom: Both Gang-du and Hyun-seo's mothers. Hyun-seo's mother is explicitly mentioned as having run away right after giving birth. | |
The Host (2006) / int_66dfe36a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_66dfe36a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_66dfe36a | |
The Host (2006) / int_67792344 | type |
Grievous Bottley Harm | |
The Host (2006) / int_67792344 | comment |
Grievous Bottley Harm: Nam-il gets a bottle broken on his head by a hobo. | |
The Host (2006) / int_67792344 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_67792344 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_67792344 | |
The Host (2006) / int_68148dc | type |
Militaries Are Useless | |
The Host (2006) / int_68148dc | comment |
Militaries Are Useless: The only thing they're able to do is paralyse the monster with "Agent Yellow". In the end, it takes the collective efforts of the Park siblings to bring it down. | |
The Host (2006) / int_68148dc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_68148dc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_68148dc | |
The Host (2006) / int_68588f75 | type |
Childish Older Sibling | |
The Host (2006) / int_68588f75 | comment |
Childish Older Sibling: Gang-du is both the oldest of the Park siblings and the most immature. | |
The Host (2006) / int_68588f75 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_68588f75 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_68588f75 | |
The Host (2006) / int_6a2ae11f | type |
Improbable Weapon User | |
The Host (2006) / int_6a2ae11f | comment |
Improbable Weapon User: Gang-du gets increasingly skilled with a stop sign. He even gets the killshot by impaling it in the mouth with the end of a broken sign. | |
The Host (2006) / int_6a2ae11f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_6a2ae11f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_6a2ae11f | |
The Host (2006) / int_6b05b601 | type |
Jerkass Has a Point | |
The Host (2006) / int_6b05b601 | comment |
Jerkass Has a Point: Nam-joo considers that they abandon Gang-du and go after the monster themselves. While it is callous of them to abandon their brother, who can't help being the way he is, he does soon accidentally get their father killed by the monster. | |
The Host (2006) / int_6b05b601 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_6b05b601 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_6b05b601 | |
The Host (2006) / int_6be52ff2 | type |
Prehensile Tail | |
The Host (2006) / int_6be52ff2 | comment |
Prehensile Tail: Used by the fish-monster to climb and to carry off victims. | |
The Host (2006) / int_6be52ff2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_6be52ff2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_6be52ff2 | |
The Host (2006) / int_6c4ad9e2 | type |
Oblivious Janitor Cut | |
The Host (2006) / int_6c4ad9e2 | comment |
Oblivious Janitor Cut: When the monster first attacks, we see a girl playing with a bobby pin listening to orchestral music with headphones completely oblivious to the mayhem around her. When someone runs by her, she turns around and gets taken away by the monster. | |
The Host (2006) / int_6c4ad9e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_6c4ad9e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_6c4ad9e2 | |
The Host (2006) / int_6d332aea | type |
Driven to Suicide | |
The Host (2006) / int_6d332aea | comment |
Driven to Suicide: Near the very beginning, a businessman is jumping off a bridge, and catches a glimpse of the creature just before he jumps. | |
The Host (2006) / int_6d332aea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_6d332aea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_6d332aea | |
The Host (2006) / int_6ec4232f | type |
Casting Gag | |
The Host (2006) / int_6ec4232f | comment |
Casting Gag: Nam-joo hides out in a bridge beam and is shown searching for Hyun-seo while walking along a small bridge above the river. Bae Doo-na is terrified of heights. | |
The Host (2006) / int_6ec4232f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_6ec4232f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_6ec4232f | |
The Host (2006) / int_6ef6417b | type |
Disney Death | |
The Host (2006) / int_6ef6417b | comment |
Disney Death: Nam-joo. While searching for Hyun-seo, the monster charges straight at her, rams into her and sends her flying hard into a wall. However, she survives. Nam-il drops himself off of a highway bridge to escape, hurts himself on the riverbank below, gives a last-ditch text to Nam-joo and passes out. However, he's not dead. | |
The Host (2006) / int_6ef6417b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_6ef6417b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_6ef6417b | |
The Host (2006) / int_7289b368 | type |
Idiot Hero | |
The Host (2006) / int_7289b368 | comment |
Idiot Hero: Gang-du. He becomes a Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass on occasion, though. | |
The Host (2006) / int_7289b368 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_7289b368 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_7289b368 | |
The Host (2006) / int_728e34ab | type |
Convenient Cranny | |
The Host (2006) / int_728e34ab | comment |
Convenient Cranny: Hyun-seo is taken by the monster to its sleeping area in the sewers, where it occasionally excretes the skeletal remains of its victims. She manages to survive by hiding inside a pipe for an extended period, which is just big enough for a child (and later another child) to fit inside. | |
The Host (2006) / int_728e34ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_728e34ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_728e34ab | |
The Host (2006) / int_74f57438 | type |
Cell Phones Are Useless | |
The Host (2006) / int_74f57438 | comment |
Cell Phones Are Useless: Hyun-seo's cellphone battery is dying, and, being in the sewer, she has no way to recharge it. | |
The Host (2006) / int_74f57438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_74f57438 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_74f57438 | |
The Host (2006) / int_7a265daa | type |
Eagleland | |
The Host (2006) / int_7a265daa | comment |
Eagleland: The film's portrayal of America is ultimately ambivalent: while the government is satirized rather viciously and there are one or two evil ones, an American soldier bravely gives his life trying to save a few people from the monster. Word of God says: "It's a stretch to simplify The Host as an anti-American film, but there is certainly a metaphor and political commentary about the U.S." This is probably why North Korea permitted the release of the movie and had good press about it. The sequel is apparently going to target the People's Republic of China, who deny the creature's existence. | |
The Host (2006) / int_7a265daa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_7a265daa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_7a265daa | |
The Host (2006) / int_7ccd3698 | type |
Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever | |
The Host (2006) / int_7ccd3698 | comment |
The idea of a giant monster carrying an even-more-dangerous disease was originally used in The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. | |
The Host (2006) / int_7ccd3698 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_7ccd3698 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_7ccd3698 | |
The Host (2006) / int_7d34f23a | type |
Reckless Gun Usage | |
The Host (2006) / int_7d34f23a | comment |
Reckless Gun Usage: Nam-il keeps pointing the barrel of his shotgun at objects (and people). In one scene, he pointed and thrust the shotgun at Gang-du's head while Gang-du went into one of his narcoleptic timeouts. | |
The Host (2006) / int_7d34f23a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_7d34f23a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_7d34f23a | |
The Host (2006) / int_7eebe99c | type |
The Alcoholic | |
The Host (2006) / int_7eebe99c | comment |
The Alcoholic: Nam-il, and to an even greater extent, the hobo whom he befriends. | |
The Host (2006) / int_7eebe99c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_7eebe99c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_7eebe99c | |
The Host (2006) / int_7efd2e30 | type |
Expository Hairstyle Change | |
The Host (2006) / int_7efd2e30 | comment |
Expository Hairstyle Change: Gang-du's blond highlights are gone by the end of the film and so is the scruffy hairstyle, as a sign of his maturing responsibility as a parent. | |
The Host (2006) / int_7efd2e30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_7efd2e30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_7efd2e30 | |
The Host (2006) / int_7f390ebc | type |
Developing Doomed Characters | |
The Host (2006) / int_7f390ebc | comment |
Developing Doomed Characters: The film doesn't drag its feet developing the monster, but gives enough introduction time to the characters so that you care about them, and are genuinely shocked about the deaths of Hee-bong and Hyun-seo. | |
The Host (2006) / int_7f390ebc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_7f390ebc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_7f390ebc | |
The Host (2006) / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
The Host (2006) / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Gang-du's clumsiness and impulsive nature cost him the lives of his daughter and his father, which he feels absolutely terrible about. | |
The Host (2006) / int_7fbb2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_7fbb2a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_7fbb2a3 | |
The Host (2006) / int_81a1960f | type |
Silence Is Golden | |
The Host (2006) / int_81a1960f | comment |
Silence Is Golden: Some of the scenes in the movie are completely silent. The scene where the monster first takes Hyun-seo and dives back into the river is completely silent. The scene when Hyun-seo and Se-joo hide from the monster in the sewers, at which point it starts throwing up a huge load of bones. | |
The Host (2006) / int_81a1960f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_81a1960f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_81a1960f | |
The Host (2006) / int_84fcef95 | type |
Media Scaremongering | |
The Host (2006) / int_84fcef95 | comment |
Media Scaremongering: The movie is a satirical deconstruction of this. Giant tadpole running around Seoul, eating people? It must be carrying A HIDEOUS NEW DISEASE! Let us completely focus on this possibility, and ignore the fact that it's eating people! | |
The Host (2006) / int_84fcef95 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_84fcef95 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_84fcef95 | |
The Host (2006) / int_85debad9 | type |
Plucky Girl | |
The Host (2006) / int_85debad9 | comment |
Plucky Girl: Hyun-seo when she's trapped in the sewer. In captivity she tries numerous times to find ways to escape from the monster. | |
The Host (2006) / int_85debad9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_85debad9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_85debad9 | |
The Host (2006) / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
The Host (2006) / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: Nam-il and Nam-joo's fates aren't learned after the creature is killed. | |
The Host (2006) / int_863fa679 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_863fa679 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_863fa679 | |
The Host (2006) / int_87e661e8 | type |
Absurdly Spacious Sewer | |
The Host (2006) / int_87e661e8 | comment |
Absurdly Spacious Sewer: The Seoul sewers, especially the one that Hyun-seo is trapped in. | |
The Host (2006) / int_87e661e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_87e661e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_87e661e8 | |
The Host (2006) / int_88141a44 | type |
Heartwarming Orphan | |
The Host (2006) / int_88141a44 | comment |
Heartwarming Orphan: Se-joo, who is ridiculously cute. | |
The Host (2006) / int_88141a44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_88141a44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_88141a44 | |
The Host (2006) / int_8e4a0f15 | type |
Dumb Blonde | |
The Host (2006) / int_8e4a0f15 | comment |
Dumb Blonde: Gang-du has bleached blond hair with black roots, an eccentric look indicating that he's not very bright. He eventually gets rid of the blond highlights in the end as he becomes a more responsible parent for Se-joo. | |
The Host (2006) / int_8e4a0f15 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_8e4a0f15 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_8e4a0f15 | |
The Host (2006) / int_91697559 | type |
Half the Man He Used to Be | |
The Host (2006) / int_91697559 | comment |
Half the Man He Used to Be: What happened to Mr. Yoon's body after he jumped into the river. | |
The Host (2006) / int_91697559 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_91697559 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_91697559 | |
The Host (2006) / int_94e4b975 | type |
Vomit Indiscretion Shot | |
The Host (2006) / int_94e4b975 | comment |
Vomit Indiscretion Shot: In fact, there's a particularly glorifying scene of the monster vomiting a shower of bones. | |
The Host (2006) / int_94e4b975 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_94e4b975 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_94e4b975 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9633f14b | type |
Badass Bystander | |
The Host (2006) / int_9633f14b | comment |
Badass Bystander: Donald White, the American soldier who emerges from the crowd and tries to fight off the monster during its first rampage. A later new story reveals that he eventually dies of his wounds in hospital. This, however, means he initially survived, despite the last we saw of him being the monster pinning him by the arm, with him stabbing it. | |
The Host (2006) / int_9633f14b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9633f14b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_9633f14b | |
The Host (2006) / int_967edd3a | type |
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene | |
The Host (2006) / int_967edd3a | comment |
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: The action in the movie is spaced out with scenes of the Park family discussing their relationship with each other while hiding out from the threat and trying to save their youngest member. | |
The Host (2006) / int_967edd3a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_967edd3a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_967edd3a | |
The Host (2006) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
The Host (2006) / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: The creature/Gwoemul, a Genetic Abomination mutated by liquid formaldehyde poured down the drain from a chemical lab leading to the Han River near Seoul by an American military pathologist's Korean assistant. | |
The Host (2006) / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_970c790a | |
The Host (2006) / int_97fa0a10 | type |
Mass "Oh, Crap!" | |
The Host (2006) / int_97fa0a10 | comment |
Mass "Oh, Crap!": Early on, a crowd of people, including Gang-du, are chatting at the riverside about the monster. Amidst the chatting crowd, Gang-du suddenly gets a look at something offscreen. Shortly thereafter, we the audience see it, too — the creature galloping right at them. Cue the screaming and the running (not that it does anybody any good). | |
The Host (2006) / int_97fa0a10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_97fa0a10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_97fa0a10 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9a42558d | type |
Animal Nemesis | |
The Host (2006) / int_9a42558d | comment |
Animal Nemesis: Averted, due to Korean Values Dissonance. | |
The Host (2006) / int_9a42558d | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9a42558d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_9a42558d | |
The Host (2006) / int_9adcd93a | type |
Bizarre Alien Locomotion | |
The Host (2006) / int_9adcd93a | comment |
Bizarre Alien Locomotion: The creature backflips its way along the undersides of bridges on multiple occasions, alternately gripping with its feet and its Prehensile Tail. | |
The Host (2006) / int_9adcd93a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9adcd93a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_9adcd93a | |
The Host (2006) / int_9aebded4 | type |
Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow | |
The Host (2006) / int_9aebded4 | comment |
Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow: Said American soldier, named Donald White, has a Korean girlfriend. | |
The Host (2006) / int_9aebded4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9aebded4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_9aebded4 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9b9d5657 | type |
Slow-Motion Fall | |
The Host (2006) / int_9b9d5657 | comment |
Slow-Motion Fall: Mr. Yoon falling to his death is shown this way. | |
The Host (2006) / int_9b9d5657 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9b9d5657 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_9b9d5657 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9bcd82c0 | type |
Took a Level in Badass | |
The Host (2006) / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: Gang-du starts attacking the monster with a sign when it first charges out of the water, and he goes into Action Dad territory whenever he gets a chance to try and save his daughter. It is implied that the brain surgery he is forced into partway through the movie accidentally fixes whatever was wrong with him, making him much more capable. Hyun-seo becomes braver and more resourceful as the movie goes on. | |
The Host (2006) / int_9bcd82c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9bcd82c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_9bcd82c0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
The Host (2006) / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: Early in the film, Hyun-seo complains about her outdated phone. It seems amusing at first, but then later she tries calling Gang-du and her phone is almost out of battery. While in quarantine, Gang-du is told that he shouldn't eat anything until the next morning because he's been affected with the virus. Late that night, he gets hungry and eats some tinned seafood, and nothing happens. This is a hint towards the fact that the virus is a lie. In Gang-du's first scene, he wakes with a start thinking he heard Hyun-seo calling him, but in fact he heard a different girl calling to her own father. This foreshadows a moment a little later in the film when Gang-du, trying to drag Hyun-seo away from the monster, trips over his own feet and falls flat on the ground, and when he gets up, he accidentally grabs another little girl's hand. Hee-bong mentions that Gang-du has something wrong with his brain that causes his Manchild behavior. After his brain surgery, he's much more capable. | |
The Host (2006) / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9d12bbc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_9d12bbc1 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9e622f84 | type |
Stealing from the Till | |
The Host (2006) / int_9e622f84 | comment |
Stealing from the Till: Gang-du. He's not even very good at it; he takes loose change from the till to try and save up for a new phone for Hyun-seo. | |
The Host (2006) / int_9e622f84 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_9e622f84 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_9e622f84 | |
The Host (2006) / int_a188ac4b | type |
Overly Long Gag | |
The Host (2006) / int_a188ac4b | comment |
Overly Long Gag: Gang-du's family mourns the loss of Hyun-seo, and won't stop crying! When the creature starts regurgitating all the bodies it's been eating. You wonder how it could hold all that in there. | |
The Host (2006) / int_a188ac4b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_a188ac4b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_a188ac4b | |
The Host (2006) / int_a1a1491e | type |
Homage | |
The Host (2006) / int_a1a1491e | comment |
Homage: The idea of a giant monster carrying an even-more-dangerous disease was originally used in The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. The movie generally plays on all the good and bad kaiju movies Godzilla spawned, and even seems to have similar political commentary to Gojira. | |
The Host (2006) / int_a1a1491e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_a1a1491e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_a1a1491e | |
The Host (2006) / int_a2b38d3b | type |
Eye Scream | |
The Host (2006) / int_a2b38d3b | comment |
Eye Scream: The creature's death involves it being shot directly in the eye with a flaming arrow. In a deleted scene, Gang-du tears out another of its eyes. | |
The Host (2006) / int_a2b38d3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_a2b38d3b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
The Host (2006) / int_a2b38d3b | |
The Host (2006) / int_a3509d95 | type |
The Password Is Always "Swordfish" | |
The Host (2006) / int_a3509d95 | comment |
The Password Is Always "Swordfish": Hee-bong's passwords are all "1234", which gives the people who supply him with the map and the van an easy time. | |
The Host (2006) / int_a3509d95 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) / int_a3509d95 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Host (2006) | hasFeature |
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Action Dad | |
The Host (2006) / int_a3f6d92c | comment |
Gang-du starts attacking the monster with a sign when it first charges out of the water, and he goes into Action Dad territory whenever he gets a chance to try and save his daughter. It is implied that the brain surgery he is forced into partway through the movie accidentally fixes whatever was wrong with him, making him much more capable. | |
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Chekhov's Skill | |
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Nam-joo's archery skills. During the final battle, she successfully shoots a flaming arrow right into the eye of the gasoline-drenched monster, setting it ablaze. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
The Host (2006) / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Gang-du has this reaction several times. He has one a little sooner than the crowd he's with when he sees the monster barreling straight at them. He has it again shortly after when he realizes that Hyun-seo is entirely alone out in the open, and the monster is galloping right at her. Later, he realizes he's in trouble in the middle of admitting that he got some of the monster's blood sprayed on his face. | |
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Tap on the Head | |
The Host (2006) / int_b1a7cd14 | comment |
Tap on the Head: Nam-il gets an empty bottle smashed on his head by the vagrant who let him sleep on one of his blankets after he wanders off to try and fight the monster. | |
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Epic Fail | |
The Host (2006) / int_b4eff8a8 | comment |
Epic Fail: Gang-du tries to go on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge after recovering Hyun-seo's dead body, but he trips and falls. Fortunately, his siblings have his back. Nam-il also charges after the creature with a Molotov cocktail, but he falls over as well. Again, Nam-joo and the hobo from earlier are there to help him. | |
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The Host (2006) / int_b6cc7fc0 | type |
Dysfunctional Family | |
The Host (2006) / int_b6cc7fc0 | comment |
Dysfunctional Family: The Parks. The father, Hee-bong is a single parent who has to work hard to keep his family afloat, sometimes unintentionally having caused Parental Neglect; the eldest son Gang-du is clumsy, absent-minded, socially inept and a slight narcoleptic due to protein deficiency as a child, who does a few questionable things like giving his daughter beer; the other son Nam-il is an alcoholic anarchist; and the daughter, Nam-joo, while a high achiever, chokes under pressure. | |
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By "No", I Mean "Yes" | |
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By "No", I Mean "Yes": Gang-du trying to explain to the police officer that Hyun-seo is still alive: "She's deceased, but she's not dead." The officer remarks that he's talking in circles. | |
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Hard-to-Light Fire | |
The Host (2006) / int_b90e8dc1 | comment |
Hard-to-Light Fire: Nam-il tries to set the gasoline-soaked monster alight with his last Molotov cocktail, but slips and drops it. Nam-joo jabs a piece of burning cloth from its shattered remains with an arrow and shoots the creature in the eye with it, setting it alight after all. | |
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Bumbling Dad | |
The Host (2006) / int_b9c3de84 | comment |
Bumbling Dad: Gang-du gives beer to his daughter and can't afford a decent phone for her, but he loves her very much all the same. | |
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CoolAunt | |
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Cool Aunt: Nam-joo, a bronze medal archer. She seems to be Hyun-seo's favourite relative, judging by the photograph of them together at the end. | |
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It's All About Me | |
The Host (2006) / int_bb18a227 | comment |
It's All About Me: The Americans are entirely motivated by playing hero and looking good due to a firm belief in their own superiority, completely uncaring of how their attempts to kill the monster are affecting the South Koreans, and they try to lobotomies Gang-du so that the truth of the virus (that it doesn’t exist) doesn’t get out, so they can keep the South Korean government distracted while they look good for the cameras. | |
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Jump Scare | |
The Host (2006) / int_c04b1231 | comment |
Jump Scare: A few noteworthy examples. When a hazmat worker finds money near the bridge, he turns around and suddenly comes face-to-face with the beast, who swings into view to kill him and his co-worker. Hyun-seo and See-joo hide in a hole as they hear the monster enters its lair. When things go quiet, Hyun-seo takes a peek to see if the coast is clear... only to be greeted by the monster's roaring face right next to her. Finally, the monster's roar can be heard at the end of the credits. Just when you thought you were safe! | |
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Kaiju | |
The Host (2006) / int_c34a1799 | comment |
White's girlfriend repeatedly shrieks, "DONALD!" while he and Gang-du are fighting the Kaiju. | |
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Hope Spot | |
The Host (2006) / int_c3c18143 | comment |
Hope Spot: When Hyun-seo runs up the monster's back and grabs the clothes rope to climb up it... and gets grabbed by the monster's tail. | |
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America Saves the Day | |
The Host (2006) / int_c515d358 | comment |
America Saves the Day: Subverted and deconstructed. The authorities deliberately prevent any Koreans from doing anything against the creature — the South Korean forces are called off in their hunt for it — so they can have all the glory. In the final battle, the American army arrives with Agent Yellow, a toxic chemical that causes severe illness to almost anyone coming in contact with it, but it doesn't manage to kill the creature, and the ones who save the day are a working class Korean Dysfunctional Family. | |
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Nap-Inducing Speak | |
The Host (2006) / int_c6b3a885 | comment |
Nap-Inducing Speak: Hee-bong's speech about Gang-du has this effect on Nam-il and Nam-joo. | |
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Toxic Waste Can Do Anything | |
The Host (2006) / int_c9687735 | comment |
Toxic Waste Can Do Anything: The movie uses this twice. First, a specific chemical, formaldehyde (known to being a carcinogen), creates a rhino-sized fish/running monster that can move incredibly fast and shrugs off bullets. Secondly, the US government tries to kill it with ANOTHER toxic chemical, Agent Yellow (which is probably a reference to Agent Orange [1]). It WORKS...a little. It doesn't mutate the creature into a stronger form and it clearly doesn't like it, but it doesn't kill it or render it much less dangerous, forcing the main characters to Kill It with Fire and add some impaling on top of that. | |
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Playing Possum | |
The Host (2006) / int_c9868780 | comment |
Playing Possum: When Hee-bong shoots the monster, it falls over onto its back and stops moving; he and his sons go to get a closer look, but Nam-il shoots at it again to make sure it's dead, at which point the monster immediately gets up and attempts to flee. Hyun-seo plays dead among the bodies in the monster's lair whenever it comes back to avoid being killed. Eventually, the monster realizes she's just faking and pretends to be asleep when she attempts to escape to lure her out where it can get her. | |
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No Name Given | |
The Host (2006) / int_ca87e3ec | comment |
No Name Given: The hobo that Nam-il befriends' name is never revealed. | |
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The Door Slams You | |
The Host (2006) / int_ceb854cb | comment |
The Door Slams You: When Donald and Gang-du try to save the group of people in the trailer, they finally get the chain off and floods of people burst out through the doors, nearly crushing them both. | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
The Host (2006) / int_ceec4df5 | comment |
Gang-du tries to go on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge after recovering Hyun-seo's dead body, but he trips and falls. Fortunately, his siblings have his back. | |
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Cassandra Truth | |
The Host (2006) / int_cf92fea8 | comment |
Cassandra Truth: Hyun-seo is alive, damn it, although all of the officials Gang-du speaks to — even the ones who look empathetic — all take him for a delusional grieving father succumbing to the virus. She really is alive during this time, but is tragically dead by the time he actually rescues her. | |
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The Host (2006) / int_d2c0e2ed | type |
Schmuck Bait | |
The Host (2006) / int_d2c0e2ed | comment |
Schmuck Bait: A man finds a bill of money on the side of the river. It was just what the creature needed to catch him. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
The Host (2006) / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: Nam-il calls out Gang-du in the gymnasium shelter for letting Hyun-seo be captured. | |
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Sympathy for the Devil | |
The Host (2006) / int_d3a4af1e | comment |
Sympathy for the Devil: Gang-du has a brief, subtle moment of unspoken pity for the monster as he kills it, as though he didn't like doing it, but he had to because it killed his father and his daughter. | |
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Action Girl | |
The Host (2006) / int_dae5c997 | comment |
Action Girl: Nam-joo, a high-achieving Olympic archer. | |
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The Host (2006) / int_e150c4c7 | type |
Manchild | |
The Host (2006) / int_e150c4c7 | comment |
Manchild: Gang-du is sensitive, immature and impulsive. The US surgeon operating on him even gives him a patronising pat on the head after trying to find out what's wrong with him and then choosing not to listen to anything. | |
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Hobo | |
The Host (2006) / int_e5434af9 | comment |
Hobo: One of whom is a Deliberately Cute Child. Seriously, there's a montage of him discussing what kind of food he'd like to eat while generally being adorable. | |
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Space Whale Aesop | |
The Host (2006) / int_e8760868 | comment |
Space Whale Aesop: Don't dump toxic chemicals into the river... or a giant monster will come out and eat your people. | |
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Writer on Board | |
The Host (2006) / int_e88e8a8f | comment |
Writer on Board: Although it manages not to derail the plot. | |
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The Host (2006) / int_eb8ec7c8 | type |
Jerkass | |
The Host (2006) / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: The American military pathologist who has the formaldehyde dumped into the river, creating the monster, because the bottles were dusty, and the reason he wants them to be dumped into the river in spite of his Korean assistant’s protests is that “The river is broad. Let’s try to be broad minded about this.� and “because I said so.� | |
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The Host (2006) / int_f0089082 | type |
Early-Bird Cameo | |
The Host (2006) / int_f0089082 | comment |
Early-Bird Cameo: Se-joo and Se-jin appear at the beginning. Se-joo tries to steal candy from the stand at the beginning, after Gang-du, who was currently tending it, had fallen asleep on the job yet again, but Se-jin stops him before Hee-bong comes along and drives them both away. | |
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Promotion to Parent | |
The Host (2006) / int_f12d9d83 | comment |
Promotion to Parent: Se-joo is raised by his older brother Se-jin. Hyun-seo also takes on this role when the little boy is dropped into the sewer with her. | |
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Product Placement | |
The Host (2006) / int_f511ea9b | comment |
Product Placement: A few brands, including Disney products, can be seen on the snack stand at the beginning of the film. | |
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Artistic License – Physics | |
The Host (2006) / int_fc225bec | comment |
Artistic License – Physics: If we forget about the problems a creature like that would have to even move outside of water in reality (that's the case of every monster movie, really), much less swinging around using its tail, still, how does a guy with a pole stop a massive, sprinting monster dead in its tracks? Alright, maybe it would have died anyways, but they should logically have both plunged into the water from the monster's momentum, or at least Gang-du would have been sent flying from the shock. In that case, Gang-du got inexplicably super-strong all of a sudden. Maybe it was the brain surgery. | |
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Non-Malicious Monster | |
The Host (2006) / int_fd1b902c | comment |
Non-Malicious Monster: The creature is basically just an animal that wants to find shelter and eat. Unfortunately for everyone involved, however, its shelter happens to be within a populated city along the Han River, and it eats people — a lot of people. | |
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Brick Joke | |
The Host (2006) / int_fe0330fb | comment |
Brick Joke: Gang-du throws a beer can at the monster to feed it when he first sees it. Later in the movie, it's the last thing it regurgitates. | |
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Mighty Whitey | |
The Host (2006) / int_fed07537 | comment |
Mighty Whitey: An American soldier bravely steps up to help people escape the monster and tries to fight it off, getting mauled in the process. This was probably included to soften the anti-American message, although even when he saves Gang-du, he doesn't seem to push him out of the way on purpose. | |
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