Hostel

Van Hellseek · 6 Aug 2006 at 21:40

opinions?

IceBus · 6 Aug 2006 at 21:43

Extremely poor. Not exactly 'shocking' or a particularly good story. Mainly gratuitous nudity and little else. If you want a shocking movie, watch 'Audition'.

Welshy · 6 Aug 2006 at 21:47

It made me want to throw up in a couple of places, very explicit

Andelusion · 6 Aug 2006 at 21:49

IceBus said:
If you want a shocking movie, watch 'Audition'.

Darcy · 6 Aug 2006 at 21:54

It's a sick and twisted film in all honesty. But worth a viewing.

Van Hellseek · 6 Aug 2006 at 21:55

the only shocking thing about this movie is how poor the quality of writing is.

i thought it was appalling how hostel portrayed "foreigners". ie, it paid no attention to the cultural psychology of the dutch, slovak and japanese people in the movie, and how they would likely react in the situations the movie placed them in.

foreign people are not just americans with "funny accents"!

tom_e · 6 Aug 2006 at 22:03

i found it much like watching euro trip for the first half of the film and then lots of blood and gore in the 2nd half nothing really great

Van Hellseek · 6 Aug 2006 at 22:05

blitz2163 said:
i found it much like watching euro trip for the first half of the film and then lots of blood and gore in the 2nd half nothing really great

i made the EXACT same comparrison!

Lopéz · 6 Aug 2006 at 22:13

Decidedly average.
Some good gore scenes. Hot birds with nice jugs. Laughable storyline. Pathetic representation of Slovakia - I was there in March.

I preferred his take on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Van Hellseek · 6 Aug 2006 at 22:18

Lopéz said:
Pathetic representation of Slovakia - I was there in March.

i've never been, although until recently i lived with two girls from slovakia. so while i can't comment how well it represented slovakia, i can say for damn sure that it didn't portray slovak people at all well!

IceBus · 7 Aug 2006 at 00:48

blitz2163 said:
i found it much like watching euro trip for the first half of the film and then lots of blood and gore in the 2nd half nothing really great

Exactly what I was thinking with the bit with the guy on the train. I was expecting them to go through a tunnel and have him be sitting in his lap lol.

I wonder how much that damaged the Eastern European tourist industry in the US? Although, most of them probably could point out Russia on a map, let alone Prague.

fozzybear · 7 Aug 2006 at 17:29

Welshy said:
It made me want to throw up in a couple of places, very explicit

Really?

I thought it tried far too hard to shock leaving the film with nothing else in it although the nudity was quite welcome.

SidewinderINC · 7 Aug 2006 at 17:51

IceBus said:
Extremely poor. Not exactly 'shocking' or a particularly good story. Mainly gratuitous nudity and little else. If you want a shocking movie, watch 'Audition'.

pretty much this one.

except i'd change "not exactly" to "not at all"

it was terrible, i went to see it with great anticipation, and left with even bigger dissapointment.

Tru · 7 Aug 2006 at 18:10

I enjoyed it, but I didn't have very high expectations. It's not a 5 star movie by any stretch but I was reasonably entertained, it was very tense in parts and I lolled a couple of times.

fireblade900 · 7 Aug 2006 at 23:27

Droolinggimp · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:00

IceBus said:
If you want a shocking movie, watch 'Audition'.

You having a laugh? Audition was not shocking in any way shape or form. No more shocking that The Grudge etc... My opinion of course. I think most Jap films are pretty lame tbh.

Hostel was quite good. Just turn your brain off while viewing it. Good popcorn movie.