Day 2329 | Movie #35 The Host (2006)



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I started a challenge of taking 100 days off to mainly focus on my health and overall personal development and used this account as a personal blog to keep track of all my activity. I enjoyed it and continued afterward trying to build better habits and find a good balance between health, fitness, work, entertainment, and my personal life...

Movie #35 The Host (7.0/10)

I very much like Asian culture and movies and 3 of the better movies I watched so far this year were Past Lives, Perfect Days, & Monster. So I was looking forward the Watch 'The Host' which is also called "Gwoemul" in Korean. I came across it and saw it had a 7.1/10 as a Monster horror movie at quite some votes. I already saw in some picture that the CGI of the monster was pretty bad and knowing that in advance helped to look passed that.

The story starts out pretty uninspired with some sientists duping chemicals in a sink which years later causes a big monster to then come out of a river. The main story is more about family as a young father sees his daughter being taken by the moster which after they thought was dead learned by a phone call that she is still alive followed by a search for her. It certainly is more than just a monster movie as there are multiple storylines and a lot of the theme of the movie is about empathy I would say.

I learned just now that the movie was directed by Bong Joon Ho who also directed Parasite and Snowpiercer which I highly enjoyed. So I now have some more movies on my list to watch in Memories of Murder (2003), Mother (2009), Okja (2017)

So while I can't say I was overly blown away by this one also because of evening farigue watching it in 2 Pieces, I did appreciate for what it was still scoring it a 7/10


#2024 Watched MoviesScore
#01The Holdovers8.0/10
#02Bottoms6.0/10
#03Theater Camp5.9/10
#04Close6.6/10
#05Are You There God? It's Me Margaret8.4/10
#06Past Lives7.8/10
#07Monster7.7/10
#08Anatomy of a Fall7.7/10
#09Leave The World Behind7.4/10
#10Killers Of The Flower Moon5.0/10
#11Dream Scenario8.4/10
#12Showing Up7.5/10
#13Cobweb6.3/10
#14Flora and Son7.1/10
#15Rope8.0/10
#16Perfect Days8.3/10
#17Poor Things8.1/10
#18The Zone Of Interest6.3/10
#19Dumb Money6.8/10
#20Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga7.0/10
#21The Watchers6.8/10
#22A Quiet Place Part II7.0/10
#23Civil War7.0/10
#24Godsilla Minus 17.0/10
#25A Quiet Place Day One6.3/10
#26Ghostbusters Frozen Empire5.9/10
#27Alien Romulus7.7/10
#28Longlegs7.1/10
#29Late Night With The Devil6.1/10
#30Trap7.3/10
#31Kinds Of Kindness6.2/10
#32Didi6.8/10
#33Wendy and Lucy7.3/10
#34Oslo August 31st7.2/10
#35The Host7.0/10

Aside from watching a movie in the evening, I was quite active with an hour of tennis from 12:00 to 13:00 and an evening 90-Minute Hot Yoga Class all while keeping my eating within limits. I also once again managed to do my press exercises.

Fourty Day Fitness

DayIncline Bench PressPush Ups
015050
025050
035050

New Day Goals: I'm not sure what I will do on Thursday but if I can I will join another evening Hot Yoga class.

DayWeightBed TimeAwakeExpensesDay Score
01 October73.0 kg00:0009:300.00€7
02 October73.3 kg00:3009:3013.64€6
03 October73.3 kg01:0009:407.23€6
04 October73.0 kg00:3009:307.35€7
05 October73.3 kg00:4009:009.45€6
06 October73.4 kg01:0008:309.23€6
07 October72.4 kg01:0010:000.00€7
08 October73.0 kg00:4009:400.00€8
09 October72.5 kg00:3009:309.78€7

365 Day Hot Yoga & Health Year Challenge

WeekMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
51Tennis,YogaSwim, WalkTennis, Yoga----
50YogaxTennisRepsYoga, RepsYogax
49YogaSwim+WalkTennisWalkYogaYogax
48SwimWalkTennisSwim, WalkYogaxx
47YogaWalkTennisYogaSwim, Walk, YogaYogax
46YogaWalkTennis, YogaWalkingYogaYoga, WalkWalk
45YogaWalkxxYogaxWalk
44WalkxWalkWalkWalkxx
43xWalkWalkxxxx
42xxWalkWalkWalkxWalk
41YogaxxxYogaYogax
40YogaWalkxxYogaYogax
39YogaWalkWalkxYogaxYoga
38YogaxYogaxxxx
37YogaRepsYoga-Tennis-WalkYogaYogaYogaYoga-Reps
36YogaxxxWalkYogax
35xxxxYogaWalkx
34xWalkxxxxx
33xWalkYogaYogaYogaYogaWalk
32Yogaxxxxxx
31xxxxxxx
30Walk+YogaSwim+WalkTennisWalk+YogaSwim+Walkxx
29Walk+YogaSwim+WalkTennisWalk+YogaYoga+WalkYogaWalk
282xYoga+WalkSwim+WalkTennis+WalkWalk+YogaYoga+WalkYogaWalk
27Yoga+WalkWalkYoga+WalkYoga+WalkYoga+WalkYogaYoga
26xxxxxxx
25Walk/YogaWalkWalkWalkYogaYogaWalk
24xxxxYogaxx
23YogaWalkTennisYogaYogaYogax
22xWalkTennisWalkYogaYogax
21xxTennisWalkxxx
20Walk/Yogaxxxxxx
20YogaSwim/WalkTennisxYogaxx
19YogaWalkTennisYogaYogaYogax
18xWalkTennisWalkxxx
17WalkWalkTennisxxxx
16xWalkTennisWalkxxx
15xxTennisxxxx
14YogaWalkTennisxxxx
13WalkxTennisxxxx
12WalkxTennisxxxx
11xxxxxxx
10YogaSwimTennisxxxx
09YogaSwimTennisWalkYogaYogax
08YogaSwimTennisxxxx
07YogaSwimTennisxxxx
06YogaWalkTennisWalkYogaYogaYoga
05YogaxTennisxxYogax
04xWalkTennisxYogaYogax
03Yogaxxxxxx
02YogaLiftingxxxYoga-
01Yoga-TennisxYogaYoga-



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What language you've been watching the movie in? !INDEED !LOLZ

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The original Language with subtitles.

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I really hate Spanish of French dubbed movies, so I watch in the original language too, but the difference is that I understand the original version...
I would not now if I'd like to watch an Asian movie in the original language... !INDEED !LOLZ

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The one thing when watching movies in an other language is that you really need to be mentally clearer so doing it late before getting to bed usually is a challenge. I remember watching Squid Game Dubbed (in english) and I kind of regretted it as there is something off about it but I still liked the series.