I finally saw Hostel and what a disappointment!

Rating: 1/10 (29 June 2006)

I've read many of the comments on this page and everyone seems to be complaining about the sex aspect of the film... I feel that Roth may have been trying to lull the audience into a false sense of security but was there any real need? We know we're watching the 'scariest film of the decade"... right?!?! The site of so many boobs ultimately was the only thing that made the film worthwhile in my view... The story line was of course interesting but implausible... The wholesale disappearances of teen backpackers in Europe would raise a few eyebrows would it not? And the whole town seems to be in on this murder for pay scheme... That building must have had 12 rooms at least with people being tortured... if that does add up to 12 people a day... that's 4,272 teenagers murdered in one town a year!!! And if the Yanks are going for $25,000.00 a pop... this is a big money business! Ultimately the film was not scary... at no point in the movie did my heart start to pound... did I feel fear for my own safety etc etc... at times I felt a little sick to the stomach because the film is filled with gore and I did feel a little happiness when a few of the bad guys got their just desserts in the end... especially the annoying Dutchman... But at no point in the entire movie was I ever scared... so much for the scariest movie of the decade! In short I am very disappointed with Eli Roth... Cabin Fever was a pile of putrid nonsense and Hostel was only marginally better... I would suggest that the studios stop giving this man money and also filming greats like Tarantino should be very wary of endorsing Roth's work...
I look forward to Hostel 2, although I do not look forward with parting with my hard earned money to watch it... Roth should be paying us to watch his films! I say I only look forward to Hostel 2 to see the progression if any of the story line... if it's going to be more tits and gore then I'll take a skip...