I read the book and suffered through it...my wife skipped it but really wanted to see the movie. I cannot wait until it's over...been sitting here watching it (halfway watching) for years now.
-How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves his porch-light on?-
My post right below yours, same thing rented hoping to like it and figured my girlfriend would like it as well. She fell asleep and I unfortunately finished it. It was one of the slowest most uneventful movies I can remember
shareI personally didn't find it slow. But I connected with and felt a lot of sympathy for the lead character. It wasn't full of action, but it was emotionally charged.
Of course in a viewer does not feel connected with the characters, then I can understand how others can see it as slow. But I found the development of Wanda as a character as completely compelling. And that is a surprise for me as I don't normally go for that sort of movie.
Watched Twilite and you thought anything from Meyers would be different, drag, drek,drooping, drawn out & brain dead are a few descriptions of her workd.
The Host" is perhaps one of the most brain-dead sci-fi love stories to come along in many years, too bad for Saorise
Yea but I watched the last twilight and even it was more entertaining than this and I didn't even really know the back story
shareI also thought it was slow.
and I also thought Hunger Games dragged on.
but it was semi touching.
the 5.7 it has now is about right.
Interesting.
I was thoroughly engrossed, timewise.
There were a few plot details I had to comment on, but I never felt like the movie was slower than it should be.
Didn't even realize until the credits, that it was from the mind of Stephanie Meyer.
And I think the 5.7 is a bit below what the movie deserves.
I have seen the movie 4 times since I do find it to be rather interesting.
shareYes it is obviously slow but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing. "Slow" isn't a default by definition.
Another post says "uneventful" and another one, even funnier, "brain dead". Some people simply don't get that a slow movie can be full of interesting material. In other words: no over the top action, no big event standing out, but depth and stuff to think about. Not much happens on the physical (action) level, stuff happens on the intellectual and emotional levels - as it is generally the case with slow movies.
P.S: I'm not saying everyone should like this film, it's a matter of tastes.
I like the idea of the film but it is really slow and not really keep you watch. The action are not really real and no exciting scenes at all.
boring...
"Don't try too hard, just a lovely ride"..
Not agonizing...slow. I felt that way about the book, agonizing. It bugged me because it was such a good concept. Exasperated, I skipped over 100 pages, bringing me to the last couple of chapters. I felt that I'd missed little as everything made sense. The movie cut out the meandering and repetition. Given the invaders are a peaceful, trusting, polite culture, it makes sense to me there was not a lot of action. It was not a great movie, silences were a waste of time, there could have been more riveting scenes, but I wasn't bored by it.
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