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Ha, people take Hostel too seriously. Eli Roth was trying to make a Gore and Tits flick, nothing more.
I liked it for the appreciation to classic exploitation flicks Roth seems to have and the desire to make a movie to have "lots of gore and tits", just because. The fact that it did so well actually worked against it, because now you get the folks that use it as the pillar of modern day "torture porn". The ending of that movie was hilarious and the orange eye-goo was nothing "disturbing" even in the slightest bit. It was mainstream Troma, nothing more.
I think Roth's biggest mistake was making the sequel. That one took itself way too seriously, had no laughs, had no tits, and focused too much on this "victimization"...just boring as hell. Cabin Fever was better anyway...he needs to do more "Pancaaaakes!" movies, in my opinion.
Other than that, though, I agree....I hated Wolf Creek and Hostel 2 as examples, because I generally don't like seeing a likable cast get brutally killed. I prefer the more fun "80's formula" of setting up flawed characters to get killed. It's just more enjoyable to me.
I did like Martyrs and Inside quite a bit, though.
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