The Host

The host is a South Korea film about a family that loses a family member due to a river monster. The family owns a small shack next a river, the family is a grandfather who has three children. His oldest son is very immature and has a daughter. The movie starts out where we see two doctors pouring chemicals down a sink drain, which ends up going to the river. That's where this giant fish monster is formed. When it first comes out of the river it starts to attack people. The immature son then tries to fight it. The monster ends up taking his child from him where the main plot of the story takes place.

The rest of the movie is where the family is trapped in a hospital where they are claimed to be infected with a disease. They try to escape and fine the missing daughter. The movie isn't horrible but i thought it would be a little better and more serious. The movie has a lot of humor in it which i think made it a little better. I wouldn't suggest anyone to see the movie but it wasn't bad.

There isn't really a cultural bridge between America and South Korea based on the movie. There was no culture in the movie. The movie really could have been based anywhere. The whole time the family was trying to escape a hospital. Even the family didn't seem to have any different way of living. The only difference would be the different foods they at but it barely talked about the food at all.

Run Lola Run

This movie is about a girl named Lola who is trying to find a way to get a a lot of money in a short period of time to go save her boyfriend Manni. The replays its self three different times. The same things happen in all three stories except some of the peoples lives turn out a little different. This movie is basically watching Lola run over and over again. I personally think it would be better but it was an alright movie.

This move is based in Germany but it doesn't really show any type of culture or anything. It really could have happened anywhere. I wouldn't really say Lola and i are a like in any way. She seems to be involved in a bad crowd, i believe her and Manni help steal and sell diamonds or illegal drugs. Lola really doesn't say much in the movie but she seems to care a lot about Manni. Her father doesn't really seem to care about her because in all three parts of the movie he always says something like "why are you here" and the cop always says "it's about time you you showed up" and other things like that.

I don't really see a cultural bridge between this movie and life in America because they don't seem different at all. The movie was alright and but i wouldn't suggest anyone to watch it. i also don't see a connection because Lola and i ether. She seems kind of crazy with all her screaming in the movie.