Finger Chopping Good!

Saw that Hostel last night. I think it's just a matter of time before the public's love of watching people being tortured leads to actual snuff films being released theatrically. If you sit and think about it, it's a pretty sad state of affairs when a movie that wallows in sadistic violence with no purpose can reel in so much money at the box office.

So don't sit and think about it! That would be depressing! This movie is fucking sweet!

Sweet Jesus, this is what a horror movie is all about, it was fun fun fun. I can't remember the last time I squirmed through a movie, covered my eyes, let out a silent scream, etc. I had a blast. It's disgusting, sure, but it's so over the top disgusting and intense that you just start laughing and it becomes oddly delightful.

If you don't have the stomach for nastiness, if you don't like horror movies, obviously don't see it. You've seen the previews, you know if you can deal with something like that or not. But it's not as overwhelmingly unpleasant as a lot of the other crap coming out lately. I think that's all owed to tone and mood. It's not all morose and somber and pretending to be about things it's not smart enough to be about (See Saw (C-)). If you shut your mind off, it's a pretty great time.

It's kind of divided into three half hour segments, each a different genre. It starts as a sex comedy, complete with the most nudity I've seen in a mainstream flick in a good long while. And what nudity! Oh my lands! It's as though God was brought in as a consultant when they were casting girls in this thing. (Now that I bring up casting, this whole thing is cast really well. All the parts are played perfectly, with SPECIAL props going to the guy who plays the American torturer near the end. JESUS that guy was good). After the sex-o-rama comes the oh-my-God-this-is-disgusting-horror segment, and then it becomes a sweet ass revenge-style action movie. The last half hour is where it really shines, topping itself again and again with ridiculousity.

Go with friends, go on a Friday or Saturday night, have a great time. Don't get pissed at me if you vomit on yourself.

It's a B movie, but a great one, and thus I give it a B+.

Today's song lyric fits the topic:

"You wanna torture her, you wanna talk to her. All the things you bought for her, putting up your temperature..."

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