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Wanna Go Backpacking? Hostel Reviews. - Mutilated - 01-16-2006
I agree with you 100% on that bro.
Wanna Go Backpacking? Hostel Reviews. - WarLocK - 01-16-2006
Checked out this flick on Saturday and it really exceeded my expectations. The acting was surprisingly good... lots o\' boobies... and the gore was some of the best I\'ve seen in years. That Japanese girl w/ the missing eye actually freaked me out at the end... although I saw it coming. Good stuff! Definately gonna pick it up on DVD.
Wanna Go Backpacking? Hostel Reviews. - Chainsaw - 01-16-2006
I bet this will make a hell of an Unrated/Director\'s Cut (hopefully) DVD :o
Wanna Go Backpacking? Hostel Reviews. - andrew santagato - 01-16-2006
Just saw it yesterday with my buddy Jeff.
I guess I should have seen it on opening night, because it wasn\'t as \'sick\' as I heard it was. WAYYYY too hyped up IMO.I definetely think that it could have been done a lot better.
I agree with another poster on this thread, in that I think there was TOO much T&A, and not a lot of gore. Don\'t get me wrong, I like T&A, but I think that it took Roth a little TOO long to let the audience in on what was going on. I don\'t mind watching a flick and wondering what the hell is going on, but when over an hour goes by, and you\'re still trying to figure out what\'s happening and why, it gets frustrating.
The basic storyline, (when it was finally revealed) was a good one. It showed how sick and screwed up humanity has become. But it WASN\'T original. Remember HARD TARGET with Jean-Claude? Same idea, just a tad more sick and warped. The way the story was told was a little un-even. You kept waiting for the shit to hit the fan, and then it wouldn\'t. And of course, when it DID, it didn\'t blow me outta my seat. I wanted to see to all of this \'graphic, explicit gore\' that I kept hearing about. But never got to. 1 guy gets messed up pretty bad, you don\'t even SEE the French guy get it. Probably the best part is the scene with that poor Asian girl and the eyeball \'gag\'. HOUSE OF WAX was gorier for God\'s sake!
Anyhow, this of course is only MY opinion. I just didn\'t think that it was all that great. I\'m still waiting for Eli Roth to come out with a kick-ass horror flick. Although this was better than CABIN FEVER, which was complete shit. I still contend that SAW is probably the best \'mind fuck\' movie that I\'ve seen in a LOOOOONG time. Great story, great ending. That and of course DEVIL\'S REJECTS. Next up for me is THE HILLS HAVE EYES. Looking forward to it.
-Andrew
Wanna Go Backpacking? Hostel Reviews. - Indica x - 01-16-2006
First off house of wax was a complete waste of space that movie chugged jizz. Second off if you hated Cabin fever there\'s no wonder why you didn\'t like this Roth sets both films up in the same fashion they start out as buddy skin flicks and then they degenerate into splatter flicks. As far as this being compared to hard target. That is just retarded. In hard target you pay for the right to join a hunting party and hunt down a man who is running for his life and a chance for a butt load of cash. In hostel the game has no say in the matter they are drugged and kidnapped. In addition you not hunting them for the thrill of the ultimate game, but you are torturing them to get your sick rocks off. There is no doubt. They are strapped into a chair and at your mercy there is no thrill of the hunt here only pleasure in their pain. This movie was great for what it was, and acheived everything it set out to do. Roth has a bright future in horror movies and will do well as long as he keeps doing what he wants to and doesn\'t pay attention to fanboy detractors or gets stuck in the rut of making cookie cutter pre-teen friendly horror such as House of Wax or The Boogeyman.
Wanna Go Backpacking? Hostel Reviews. - Cryptoys.com - 01-16-2006
Quote:First off house of wax was a complete waste of space that movie chugged jizz. Second off if you hated Cabin fever there\'s no wonder why you didn\'t like this Roth sets both films up in the same fashion they start out as buddy skin flicks and then they degenerate into splatter flicks. As far as this being compared to hard target. That is just retarded. In hard target you pay for the right to join a hunting party and hunt down a man who is running for his life and a chance for a butt load of cash. In hostel the game has no say in the matter they are drugged and kidnapped. In addition you not hunting them for the thrill of the ultimate game, but you are torturing them to get your sick rocks off. There is no doubt. They are strapped into a chair and at your mercy there is no thrill of the hunt here only pleasure in their pain. This movie was great for what it was, and acheived everything it set out to do. Roth has a bright future in horror movies and will do well as long as he keeps doing what he wants to and doesn\'t pay attention to fanboy detractors or gets stuck in the rut of making cookie cutter pre-teen friendly horror such as House of Wax or The Boogeyman.
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Can I get an Amen! Testify brother X!
Wanna Go Backpacking? Hostel Reviews. - Hauntmaster9 - 01-16-2006
I agree with Indica. Also I recally can\'t see how someone could even compare Hostel to a movie like saw. Saw is probably the most overrated horror flick I\'ve seen in recent years, horribly written, painful dialogue, crap story and some of the worst acting I\'ve seen.
Roth crafted his film in similiar fashion to Takashi Mike\'s The Audition, it starts off like its a comedy then suddenly you\'re thrown into a nightmare. He made you care for the characters then he killed them, thats the sign of a good director.
Wanna Go Backpacking? Hostel Reviews. - Jason - 01-16-2006
I havn\'t seen it yet but it\'s gotta be better than that trainwreck of a film Wolf Creek.
Wanna Go Backpacking? Hostel Reviews. - Cryptoys.com - 01-16-2006
Quote:I agree with Indica. Also I recally can\'t see how someone could even compare Hostel to a movie like saw. Saw is probably the most overrated horror flick I\'ve seen in recent years, horribly written, painful dialogue, crap story and some of the worst acting I\'ve seen.
Roth crafted his film in similiar fashion to Takashi Mike\'s The Audition, it starts off like its a comedy then suddenly you\'re thrown into a nightmare. He made you care for the characters then he killed them, thats the sign of a good director.
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When I saw this I also was reminded of Audition. Glad you brought that up. That is another movie I felt like I had been punched in the gut after.
Wanna Go Backpacking? Hostel Reviews. - adamms - 01-16-2006
i havnt seen saw, but i enjoyed saw 2, loved hostel though