While perusing movies to watch last night I came across The Host. It sounded
familiar, and, with a little thought, I realized that I had read The Host, a novel by Stephenie Meyer. One of the reasons I remembered is that it was one of the first e-books I read on my Kindle, just after they were released in 2009. The Host stars Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, and Max Irons.
As the movie opens, we are informed that the world has been invaded by a peculiar species of parasite that enters a body through a slit in the neck and eradicates the host's personality. Humans are now an endangered species, with well over 99% of Earth's population having been converted. The remaining people, small clusters of rebels, are scattered and largely impotent. One of these dissidents, Melanie Stryder (Ronan), is captured by a "Seeker" (Kruger) when attempting to distract the aliens from finding her brother, Jamie, and lover, Jared (Irons). Melanie becomes the host for an alien named Wanderer and the two struggle for control of her mind. Eventually, they reach a state of detente; when the Seeker threatens to remove Wanderer from Melanie's body, she escapes and goes in search of the rebels, who are led by her uncle, Jeb (William Hurt). When she finds them, she is not given a friendly welcome.
The movie closely follows the book which means that it is about average. It is one of those movies that is neither good nor bad. You may want to see this movie if you like sci-fi romance flick.