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Roger Ebert’s Final Review For ‘To The Wonder’

April 7, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

The Chicago Sun-Times has printed late film critic Roger Ebert‘s final review.

At the time of his death, Ebert’s last published review was for “Twilight” creator Stephenie Meyer‘s latest film, “The Host.” Ebert’s review, which was posted on Mar. 27, was a fairly negative one, giving the film 2.5 out of 5 stars. Ebert did, however, find some greater meaning in the film, as he wrote:

Soul Melanie (known as Wanderer) falls in love with Earth Melanie, even though in theory this isn’t possible because the Wanderer has become Melanie. This intimate form of self-love leads to dialogue that will possibly be found humorous by some people. When Wanda is about to kiss the boy she loves, for example, the film uses voiceover to warn her: “No, Melanie! Wrong! No! He’s from another planet!”
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‘The Host’ Review: Stephenie Meyer Adaptation Is Slow, Silly And Soporific

March 29, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By The Huffington Post News Editors

LOS ANGELES — There’s something about novelist Stephenie Meyer that induces formerly interesting directors to suddenly make films that are slow, silly and soporific. It happened consistently on “The Twilight Saga,” and it happens again on “The Host,” once-provocative writer-director Andrew Niccol‘s adaptation of Meyer’s 600-plus-page post-Twilight novel that spent 26 weeks at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list beginning in 2008.

Aimed squarely at the same tweens who contributed so generously to the bank accounts of everyone who became associated with Meyer’s vampire franchise, this one swills in the same sort of thwarted Victorian-style romanticism while indulging a similar moonstruck vibe that can seemingly only be resolved in Meyer’s work by selfless female sacrifice. Not to be deterred, Meyer’s army of female fans surely will deliver a big opening for Open Road, but anything resembling Twilight numbers is a fantasy. Meyer intends to expand The Host into a trilogy, but the second book has yet to be published, so any further films in the series remain a long way off.

The Host: Review

March 29, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

By Roth Cornet

Good news! It’s not Twilight, but boy did the CW miss an opportunity with this one…

The latest cinematic version of one of author Stephenie Meyer‘s novels is unlikely to capture the rabid fanbase that her Twilight Saga franchise did. The Host does have several similar story-threads, but doesn’t quite nail the adolescent fantasy elements the way that her sparkling vampires and imprinting werewolves did. That’s a good thing in some ways for the film, but doesn’t bode well for its chances to match Twilight’s financial success.

Fans of the Twilight films will see some similarities, though: a painfully self-sacrificing female protagonist, eye-color as the distinguishing marker of a species (vampire red or alien silver – neither of which makes any biological sense) and of course, the love story. One girl, two boys is the standard equation. Only in this case, the one girl is carrying two minds. So everyone wins!

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Author Stephenie Meyer talks about work after 'Twilight'

March 28, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

KAREN BUTLER || United Press International
NEW YORK, March 28 (UPI) — American author Stephenie Meyer says penning her book “The Host” was a freeing experience after her “Twilight” vampire novels became first a literary phenomenon, then a series of blockbuster movies.

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New Posters From The Host

January 18, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

Check out these brand posters and banners for The Host, director Andrew Niccol‘s adaptation of Twilight author Stephenie Meyer‘s novel. The film opens March 29.

When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about — Jared (Max Irons), Ian (Jake Abel), her brother Jamie (Chandler Canterbury) and her Uncle Jeb (William Hurt) , proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world.