The Host: "...the best monster movie in ages..."?

The quote is from io9. I have to ask: Huh? Now, I have enough issues with the authors at that blog, but in general I've heard that "The Host" - a Korean monster movie from a year or two ago - was the best thing since indoor plumbing. I finally got a chance to watch it tonight.

Wow, did it suck.

OK, the monster was pretty cool, but most of the rest of the movie was bad. Terrible acting, ridiculous dialogue, huge plot holes, and assorted nonsense. There were enough moments that I think it could have been a good movie, but they were overshadowed by the aforementioned negatives. And no, I didn't like the movie because it wasn't "Americanized" and I couldn't appreciate it for what it was. Sometimes someone thinks a movie is bad because it is.

SPOILERS FOLLOW.

Some things I did like: the actress playing the daughter did a good job (she was the only human we were rooting for to survive), it was nice they did actually kill her (in an American movie she'd have survived), the sister's bow/single arrow thing at the end worked (though up until then it was ridiculous), and the monster swinging around under the bridges was neat. And to be fair, I think the dialogue might have been better if we'd watched it with subtitles rather than dubbing. But the acting and movements of the actors was such that you could tell that the dubbing was only partially responsible (if at all) for how terribly the characters were portrayed (minor and major).

Anywho, that's my opinion. In any case, I'm glad I finally saw it to satisfy my curiosity.