If you've seen Cabin Fever then Hostel is a lot easier to appreciate. I dont see how its a horrible movie, like at all, unless you just dont like horrors. I mean, at the very least it was nothing like what i expected. I dunno, im a sucker for it.
Hostel sucked. Typically, a horror movie gets one to empathize with the protagonist either through a) really stupid, annoying victims you want to see brutalized or b) plucky, less stupid victims who you want to live. In this case, the main characters were just poorly written. I just didn't care what happened to them; it was obvious the plot was just a loosely strung together set of uncomfortable moments. I liked Cabin Fever for what it was, but Hostel was just terrible.
It may be my unnatural obsession with Boy Meets World that made me see it, but I genuinely loved that movie.
But Hostel. Eh. Not so good. I mean, I don't think it is one of the worst movies I have ever seen, but it does not stack up with Cabin Fever in my opinion.
Also, that was Claymation in The Life Aquatic? If so, I very much so appreciate it. Nice claymation. Very nice. I take back that negative comment.
I am tempted to see The Science of Sleep, but I absolutely abhor the new trend of OMG QUIRKY that seems to ooze into film characters ala You, Me and Everyone We Know and Garden State. I just hate it. So, if that was the case, I'd be inclined to dislike it.
As for Silent Hill, I really liked the movie visually as it was very unnerving to the eye, then the characters would speak and it would be godawful. It reminded me of the shit I'd watch late night on USA with Joe Bob Briggs.
I dont know the consensus on this, but Fearless made me fall asleep, and when I woke up I was annoyed it wasnt over. If someone says "the fight sequences were good!" im gonna punch them in the testicles. It was lame and annoying, and Im a big fan of most films out of China, this one was just abysmal and amateurish. Put it next to Shanghai Nights and I wouldnt be able to tell the difference, except one would make me smile occasionally.
I dont know the consensus on this, but Fearless made me fall asleep, and when I woke up I was annoyed it wasnt over. If someone says "the fight sequences were good!" im gonna punch them in the testicles. It was lame and annoying, and Im a big fan of most films out of China, this one was just arrogant. Put it next to Shanghai Nights and I wouldnt be able to tell the difference, except one would make me smile occasionally.
If you've seen Cabin Fever then Hostel is a lot easier to appreciate. I dont see how its a horrible movie, like at all, unless you just dont like horrors. I mean, at the very least it was nothing like what i expected. I dunno, im a sucker for it.
Hostel sucked. Typically, a horror movie gets one to empathize with the protagonist either through a) really stupid, annoying victims you want to see brutalized or b) plucky, less stupid victims who you want to live. In this case, the main characters were just poorly written. I just didn't care what happened to them; it was obvious the plot was just a loosely strung together set of uncomfortable moments. I liked Cabin Fever for what it was, but Hostel was just terrible.
This is what I was trying to say, only much more eloquent. THanks.
I pretty much enjoyed it for the second half, and I dont even remember the main characters faces, so yeah I didnt care about them, but I guess I was in it for the atmosphere. Plus I loved the freaky eastern europe setting. But I can see why you wouldnt enjoy it if you were after more, I just cant see it as a 'horrible' film, average at worst.
Thats basically the same reason I enjoyed Hostel, the payback. So any movie I garner some enjoyment from, on any level, I dont deem horrible. But it is a pretty weird element to appreciate, especially if you dont enjoy the film on some other level, and have to suffer through everything else.
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I tore a hole in my pants picking up a box today, and now my penis keeps poking out of the hole, even though it is disguised in a mask made of my boxers.
Thats basically the same reason I enjoyed Hostel, the payback. So any movie I garner some enjoyment from, on any level, I dont deem horrible. But it is a pretty weird element to appreciate, especially if you dont enjoy the film on some other level, and have to suffer through everything else.
that payback scene was what totally blew the movie for me. The whole first half, the main characters act like douchebags. then they go through all the traumatizing stuff. When he finally has a chance to just get away forever, he goes and risks more possible harm over a little payback. The main character had no redeeming quialities, to the point where I actually wish he would have died.
The Descent. I had to walk out of the theater. Good thing I didn't pay to see it.
[spoiler:af10a0b8f2]FUCKING MURLOCS? ARE YOU SHITTING ME HOLLYWOOD?[/spoiler:af10a0b8f2]
the monsters are murlocs?
hahahaha
seriously?
Here's a quick rundown on the events of the movie:
We're a happy family, la la la. OH SHIT FRONTAL COLLISION BECAUSE I'M A RETARDED HUSBAND! For some reason the car we hit had giant metal poles strapped extremely loosely to its roof?!?!?!? What the fuck? One goes through the windshield and spears the husband and daughter.
Oh hey I'm the wife recovering from the loss of my husband, let's go spelunking because we're 8 ladies and totally woman power and stuff.
Hey I'm a wild Asian lady and instead of doing the boring spelunking in the charted cave I took us to a random hole in the ground I discovered yesterday and didn't tell the spelunking association so that no one will ever look for us and we'll die alone.
Oh hey cave-in behind us, let's try and find a way out. You know what, let's just get totally owned in the face by these Murlocs that have been living in this cave system for hundreds of years, so that JAEF can walk out of the theater. Also vague psychotic episodes for main wife character something something.
And she accidentally swings a pickaxe through her friend's neck. That was pretty funny. I just wanted them all to die as fast as possible.
She didn't watch her agro. Yeah that movie was hard to sit through. Now if it was some sort of killer non humanoid ala alien I would have liked it better.
I saw it with a girl and wasnt paying attention but all i remember is it being really short and kinda boring. The violence was intense and well filmed, but it just was average and underwhelming. In these kinds of movies it always baffles me why they dont make the 4 or 5 main scare shots, ah, scarier. Like they seem to do one take and thats the one you see, like its being edited before your eyes. No consideration is given to the way you can frame or capture just a simple thing (even a murloc) to make it freaky.
The murloc thingies were gross looking and tenacious, but thats about it. It dissapointed me after I heard all this "BETTER THAN ALIEN!!!" crap from reviewers, its not about making a monster look scary, its about shooting it just right. Modern 'creature' horrors seem to have forgotten this.
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Hostel sucked. Typically, a horror movie gets one to empathize with the protagonist either through a) really stupid, annoying victims you want to see brutalized or b) plucky, less stupid victims who you want to live. In this case, the main characters were just poorly written. I just didn't care what happened to them; it was obvious the plot was just a loosely strung together set of uncomfortable moments. I liked Cabin Fever for what it was, but Hostel was just terrible.
It may be my unnatural obsession with Boy Meets World that made me see it, but I genuinely loved that movie.
But Hostel. Eh. Not so good. I mean, I don't think it is one of the worst movies I have ever seen, but it does not stack up with Cabin Fever in my opinion.
Also, that was Claymation in The Life Aquatic? If so, I very much so appreciate it. Nice claymation. Very nice. I take back that negative comment.
I am tempted to see The Science of Sleep, but I absolutely abhor the new trend of OMG QUIRKY that seems to ooze into film characters ala You, Me and Everyone We Know and Garden State. I just hate it. So, if that was the case, I'd be inclined to dislike it.
As for Silent Hill, I really liked the movie visually as it was very unnerving to the eye, then the characters would speak and it would be godawful. It reminded me of the shit I'd watch late night on USA with Joe Bob Briggs.
The Black Dahlia, holy fuck did I waste my time. :x
I dont know the consensus on this, but Fearless made me fall asleep, and when I woke up I was annoyed it wasnt over. If someone says "the fight sequences were good!" im gonna punch them in the testicles. It was lame and annoying, and Im a big fan of most films out of China, this one was just abysmal and amateurish. Put it next to Shanghai Nights and I wouldnt be able to tell the difference, except one would make me smile occasionally.
Yes, it was pretty stupid.
The movie sucked, but the parts where the liberal guy starts kicking mutant ass was pretty cool.
But I can think of a number of situations where my penis poking out of my pants like this would be a considerable disadvantage.
I'm going to write that down.
[spoiler:a152d51a37]FUCKING MURLOCS? ARE YOU SHITTING ME HOLLYWOOD?[/spoiler:a152d51a37]
the monsters are murlocs?
hahahaha
seriously?
just all bloop oh hello there penis how are you doing down there
what's his name
not lowly, that was the Richard Scarey worm
but what's his face
that worm from Sesame Street
except he's wearing my boxers like a mask
and sesame street is my pants
picards nose
much bigger now
I had not noticed it before, but it may have been like that for a hog's age
but it made me laugh out loud just now
which made my cat look up at me like I was crazy
We're a happy family, la la la. OH SHIT FRONTAL COLLISION BECAUSE I'M A RETARDED HUSBAND! For some reason the car we hit had giant metal poles strapped extremely loosely to its roof?!?!?!? What the fuck? One goes through the windshield and spears the husband and daughter.
Oh hey I'm the wife recovering from the loss of my husband, let's go spelunking because we're 8 ladies and totally woman power and stuff.
Hey I'm a wild Asian lady and instead of doing the boring spelunking in the charted cave I took us to a random hole in the ground I discovered yesterday and didn't tell the spelunking association so that no one will ever look for us and we'll die alone.
Oh hey cave-in behind us, let's try and find a way out. You know what, let's just get totally owned in the face by these Murlocs that have been living in this cave system for hundreds of years, so that JAEF can walk out of the theater. Also vague psychotic episodes for main wife character something something.
Fuck that fucking movie.
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And she accidentally swings a pickaxe through her friend's neck. That was pretty funny. I just wanted them all to die as fast as possible.
he just looks like he is going haaaawwwwwwwwnk
like when barbara streisand cries
She didn't watch her agro. Yeah that movie was hard to sit through. Now if it was some sort of killer non humanoid ala alien I would have liked it better.
The murloc thingies were gross looking and tenacious, but thats about it. It dissapointed me after I heard all this "BETTER THAN ALIEN!!!" crap from reviewers, its not about making a monster look scary, its about shooting it just right. Modern 'creature' horrors seem to have forgotten this.
Thats a morlock dear.