YMMV / The Host (2006)

• Alternate Character Interpretation: This article implies that Gang-du, who is high-strung, sensitive and whose world centres more on his family than anything else, is complicitly In Touch with His Feminine Side, and adopts a maternal role at the end as well as a paternal one.
• Awesome Music: Courtesy of the score by Byeong Woo-lee.
• Fan Nickname: The monster's name is never given, but Weta nicknamed it "Buscemi". Most tend to call it Gwoemul, though.
• Narm: The scene where the Park family mourns for Hyun-seo (who is still missing by the way) in the shelter. It's jarring that they ended up rolling on the floor while crying which makes the viewers wonder if they should find this scene sad or funny. Though arguably this is the point.
• Narm Charm: Gang-du is a little overly sensitive at times. But you can't deny his massive heart.
• One-Scene Wonder: Scott Wilson as the American doctor who carelessly orders the dumping of the hundreds of Formaldehyde bottles down the drain in the opening scene. This is his only scene in the whole movie but a very impactful one on the movie's plot.
• Squick:
  • The creature puking out the bones of its victims.
  • The closeup of the needle going into Gang-du's arm, and the closeup of doctors taking tissue samples from his neck.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: Weta were involved. Bonus points for having a lower budget than District 9 (roughly 10 million in American Dollars).
• The Woobie:
  • Gang-du. Loses his daughter, blamed by his siblings, and targeted for carrying an imaginary virus... even his victory over the creature costs him something big.
  • Hyun-seo. Gets captured and trapped by the monster in an enclosed sewer space, missing her family and imagining the food she could eat when she escapes.