Film: The Host directed by Andrew Niccol
Compared by Eleanor
Our review of The Host
1. Scenes missing (if any) from the film
There were
quite a few scenes missing from the film, but that was of course to be expected
as it would be almost impossible to fit every detail of an over 600 page book
into a two hour movie. Quite a lot of the beginning was cut out and also the
stories that Wanderer tells about her previous lives -on about eight other planets- were not included, which was
a shame.
There were quite a few minor characters missed out; however, on the whole,
this didn't subtract from the story.
3. Anything added into the film that wasn't in the book that was
interesting.
Because Stephenie Meyer’s book is written in first person, we only get to
read from Wanda’s point of view so it was interesting to have a couple of
scenes showing Jared and his team going out to get supplies and having to
escape from the suspecting ‘souls.’
4. Most beautiful scene in the film.
I think this
would have to be when Jamie (Melanie's brother) takes Wanderer to a cave he's discovered and there are lots of
these cave-glowworm creatures, which look a little like constellations at
first. It’s a really nice scene, where Jamie and Wanderer talk properly for the first time.
Nope, I’m pretty sure that there wasn't any tea drinking in this film. I guess it's just not one of the drink preferences of this particular parasitical alien species.
6. Overall: Book vs film
This film was AMAZING! (Although not as good as the book!) I really think that everyone needs to see it, just because it's such an interesting idea and it's really different to so many of the things out in cinemas right now, whilst still keeping along the popular dystopian genre line. Of course, I would definitely advise reading the book either before or after seeing the film, because it would add so much more overall to the 'The Host' experience! And I loved it so much that I'm going to see it again tomorrow!
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