Hostel

[DenverChief]

I went and saw hostel tonight and all I have to say is it is the nastiest movie I have ever seen ....made me wanna vomit ....there is something seriously wrong in Tarantinos' head...I don't mind gore but for some reason this movie was just way too over the top....

[Miles]

I actually heard the opposite in it not being that gory. I would be pretty suprised if it was some kind of Takashi Miike kind of stuff.

[KCChiefsMan]

reminds me of an ex-girlfriend, refused to watch scary movies because of panic attacks.....stupid bitch

[DenverChief]

I actually heard the opposite in it not being that gory. I would be pretty suprised if it was some kind of Takashi Miike kind of stuff.


There are a few scenes they spare you the gore but there are a few that are down right nasty

[Spicy McHaggis]

Saw it with a girl that I'm kinda dating. She woke up that night freaking out from a nightmare twice.

[picasso]

it wasn't that gory at all IMO. There was an awful lot of vomitting but that to me isn't gore. I saw more gore in Underworld. As Hostel was overhyped I thought that I would see more, but what I did like was that every scene would build up to a great intensity to it's credit since it's been a while coming in recent horror flicks.

[Sully]

It was a good movie. gory, but not overly so. Tarantino didn't write or direct it, he was simply the producer. You can blame Eli Roth for your sick stomach.
The "that guy" in that movie was cool. He is on "Jake in Progress" and was on an old show on Fox about Wall Street with Jennifer Connoly. Dude is hilarious. I'll copy his pic, because his name isn't big... yet. He's the next version of Piven, though.

[Tribal Warfare]

Hostel is an overhyped softcore porn flick, not scary at all.

[Fire Me Boy!]

For the record, Tarantino didn't direct it. He produced it. BIG difference.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Sorry... just read your post Sully.

[Simplex3]

Hostel is an overhyped softcore porn flick, not scary at all.
Suddenly this thread is useless without pics.

[pikesome]

Hostel is an overhyped softcore porn flick, not scary at all.

Well now, I might be interested in seeing it now armed with this information.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Funny you mention this. I just saw a preview of this movie on tv just now. It was something like this...

Hostel...in theatres now....

DenverChief from Colorado says, "there is something seriously wrong in Tarantinos' head...I don't mind gore but for some reason this movie was just way too over the top...."

If you like gore, go see Hostel, a Quentin Tarantino film. It's gross enough to make a gay man vomit...so it must be pretty gross.

Hostel. Now playing.

[AirForceChief]

For the record, Tarantino didn't direct it. He produced it. BIG difference.

And an even bigger factor is the fact that Tarantino was a post-production producer (marketing v. production of the film), with little if any impact on the final product. Here's a review from a genre reviewer's web-site I frequent (Arrowinthehead.com):

PLOT-CRUNCH:
Three horny Yankee duders backpacking across Europe find themselves in big trouble when they accept a hook up to a slut haven Hostel in some Slovakian city. They wind up getting more than just a slice of hair pie as it gets “Sunday Bloody Sunday”.
THE LOWDOWN:
Even though I loved Cabin Fever to virus infected death, I wasn’t 100% if Eli Roth had it in him in terms of going for the long haul on the horror scene. I mean how many genre directors come and go every year? Too many. But straight up: f*cking Roth has done it again. Hostel (which will hit the big screen in 2006) is the firm celluloid proof that the lad is not a one hit wonder; he’s here to stay within our genre loving club.

Hostel is what I like to call a heterosexuals' horror fan's macabre wet dream. You dig hot broads? So does Roth and he communicated that love by filling the screen with them left, right, diagonally, center and oblique (whatever that means). You boogie to vicious brutality, suspense and the red-wet stuff? BINGO! Roth delivered hardcore in that department too! I actually winced like a schoolgirl getting a wooden paddle spanking due to a couple of the bloody gags/fear bits on display in this one. NICE! Of course, Hostel was more than tits, tension and blood splashed all over the screen. We get engaging hip dialogue, appealing characters, stellar acting (Hernandez owned the movie), engrossing locations and a gripping reason as to the “why” behind the horror. Actually, to be honest, at 40 minutes in, I was thinking “The movie is okay so far”. I was actually a tad worried where the film wasn’t showing me anything I hadn’t seen before or going far enough to whip lash me off my seat to the front isle. But then it happened, the gloves were taken off and the rest of the film was a take no prisoners, f*ck you essay in genre nastiness and political incorrectness. I laughed, I cringed, I cheered, and I vouched to never…EVER… hit a Slovakian city. And I mean… EVER!

Any bummers? I did feel that the film took a tad too long to get to the point. Witnessing hot dames and horny teen laced parties are kool and all but it got a bit redundant. Furthermore the plot turn that sent us into the last act did demand some (and I stress the word “some”) suspension of disbelief. But at the end of the kill I was reminded of a valuable lesson some jerk once thought me; always judge a film as the end credits roll. Don’t bring the axe down before then cause you just never know. Who was that jerk? WHO CARES! Point being, Hostel; seemed like it was going to be decent for most of its running time, but once the second half kicked in, it brought it all home with flair and gusto hence becoming EXCELLENT!

All in all Hostel was a “Made for Arrow” spiel of tits, gore and out of school shite, that sported a set of balls that has to be seen to be respected. Check into this Hostel!
ACTING:
Jay Hernandez (Paxton) was the better actor here and his character was one that I related to. He owned! Derek Richardson (Josh) aced it as the more sensitive one of the group. Good shit man! Barbara Nedeljakova (Natalya) not only had a credible delivery but she had to be one of the most beautiful girl earth has to offer. Eythor Gudjonsson (Oli) nailed his comic relief part! I wanted to hang with him and bang the girls he was gawking at!
GORE:
I’m gonna hold back here in terms of the details where I don’t want to give too much away. Lets just say that: a severed head, a bloody headshot, mucho human limbs, a open chest mess, nasty scalpel cuts and an eye ball “thing” that had me laughing out loud at how gross it was were on the menu. Bon Appetite! KNB comes through again!
T & A:
Bless the Roth where he knows what full-blooded heterosexuals want: Breasts galore, booties all over the place and even one full frontal. The ladies get shitless (or is it shirtless) dudes and one male butt-bacon.
DIRECTING:
Roth played it more straight with this one when compared to the fairly kinetic Cabin Fever and it worked. The “the way it is” directing style gave the ugliness at hand way more oomph. It should be said that he handled his suspense scenes like a pro! Good stuff man!
SOUNDTRACK:
The cut I saw was an early cut with a "temp score"; hence I won't address it.
BOTTOM LINE:
Hostel had the “Arrow in the Head” checklist checked and then some! Hot babes showing off them knockers, vicious violence, graphic gore, frat boy humor and a last block that broke mucho rules in terms of political correctness and good taste. I LOVED IT! Yes the flick did take its sweet ass time to get to the “fat of the bitch” and I had to pause my brain to swallow at least one plot turn but all in all Hostel proved to me that “out of line horror” still exists and that Eli Roth is here to stay! I got to see the uncut version and I pray that they won’t trim it down too much to get that R. The violence is one of the film’s main strength, don’t neuter this puppy MPAA or I might have to hunt you down to show you my scalpel skills.
BULL'S EYE:
Takashi Miike and Eli Roth both have cameos.

[Rain Man]

The trailers for that movie totally gross me out. No way in heck would I see that movie if it's anything like the ads. That's simply not entertainment.

[DJJasonp]

Weirdest movie I've ever seen...

It was like seeing 2 different movies...

The first hour was a waste as there was no build-up or footage of killer, bad guys, or whatever....it was primarily an hour of "Eurotrip - the unrated, unrated version" (which, for the naked factor, was great, but felt very out of place for a film that boasted that it was so scary people were passing out in theaters).

Then, the second half becomes somewhat of a snuff film. The violence was done in a way to scare (or sicken) the hell out of you, but again, felt like it was violence for violence's sake - and didnt flow with the movie. If the filmmaker would have built the "doctor" up a little more (with more scenes of him killing people, etc.) it would have made it easier for the audience to be scared (of him).

One last note....without spoiling too much...the black-haired actor who gets put through the "ringer"...gets pummelled, pukes all over the place....then, as he's escaping the building, has perfect-looking face (no bruises), and his hair looks like he just got out of the shower and through some gel in it......director blew it there.

Cabin Fever was great....this one wasnt near as good.