So why all the hate for Hostel?

[Kemal]

I thought it was OK - nasty and creative. But some of the old threads here seem to have a lot of people saying they didn't like it.

Maybe I'm just not hardcore like you guys.

[Phalanx]

I don't hate it...haven't yet seen it in order to judge.
My only thing is, it doesn't seem like the kind of "horror" that I really like watching...the concept I've heard about never really held any appeal.
Maybe in future, I dunno...

[_____V_____]

I dont hate it either. I thought it was a fun movie...good and nice pace. I enjoyed it. Looking forward to the sequel too.

[Spec7ral]

Hostel was ovely hyped, the acting was poor, the plot was paper thin and the gore light. i think it was a missed opportunity. that being said i don't dislike it so much as to bash it or the director, i just didnt think there was much to it for a movie that was touted as hardcore.

[vanlutz]

Personally I hated it because it was hyped up the ass and then didn't deliver anything original.

As much as I can't stand the first Saw (it makes me dizzy watching the camera movement) Hostel stole it's atmosphere and gore style from Saw.

[urgeok]

Originally Posted by Spec7ral

Hostel was ovely hyped, the acting was poor, the plot was paper thin and the gore light. i think it was a missed opportunity. that being said i don't dislike it so much as to bash it or the director, i just didnt think there was much to it for a movie that was touted as hardcore.

who was doing the touting ? probably the mainstream critics and audiences.

you have to take this in context - for the mainstream it was extreme.

for those folks (a lot of people here) who are into horror in a much deeper way then the casual movie goer - this movie may be tame by comparrison but for a theatrical wide release - it is the return of grindhouse - something that never saw wide release before.

if you're going to judge by hype - you should filter it accordingly.

[The Flayed One]

I didn't hate Hostel. I was disappointed with my first viewing, but I haven't had the chance to give it a second watch.

It is a loving throwback to grindhouse films, as urge said. A time I'm a bit too young to remember getting to live through, but a time I consider special none the less.

There are a lot of reasons why people don't really care for Hostel. First, it's been one of the first recent movies that really went overboard in touting itself as a complete gorefest in quite some time. However, a lot of the youger generation, having already been exposed to such fabled cinema as the Guinea Pig series, August Underground & the like found it extremely underwhelming. IT IS more gore and torture than the mainstream cinema goer would ever normally see in a horror movie (although it pales in comparison to certain war movies & The Passion) It was, IMHO, advertised more towards the hardcore crowd, promising gore and debuachery beyond what they've ever seen. Needless to say, for most it seemed to fail miserably on that part.

Then there's the gratuitous T&A. I'm not going into that here, though, as if I remember correctly there were about 20 threads dedicated to that subject within a month after its release.

[paws the great]

Hostel is a GREAT,FUN,AWESOME,SUPER,GLORIOUS and FANTASTIC flick.


No hate from me.:D

[XtRaVa]

Anyone seen H6?

[paws the great]

I have H6 on dvd,and it is nothing like Hostel.