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[yo pusha]

Two adventurous American college buddies, Paxton and Josh, backpack through Europe eager to make quintessentially hazy travel memories with new friend Oli, an Icelander they've met along the way. Paxton and Josh are eventually lured by a fellow traveler to what's described as a nirvana for American backpackers--a particular hostel in an out-of-the-way Slovakian town stocked with Eastern European women as desperate as they are gorgeous. The two friends arrive and soon easily pair off with exotic beauties Natalya and Svetlana. In fact, too easily. Initially distracted by the good time they're having, the two Americans quickly find themselves trapped in an increasingly sinister situation that they will discover is as wide and as deep as the darkest, sickest recess of human nature itself--if they survive.

basically two hours of people getting tortured. shit looks scary as f**k. haha. whos going to watch this? i hope it actually has a storyline and is a "psychological thriller" instead of trying to be as gory as possible. i heard its been banned from certain cities and movie theatres because of the gore. the same person that made "Cabin Fever" made this, and Cabin Fever was terrible. who is going to watch it?

[xTINAA]

I don't really get what people are saying. There is a plot. I see and follow the plot. It might not be as ingenious as we all wanted it to be, but it is still there.

I'm not saying it was the most amazing movie ever but it wasn't that bad, honestly. About all the sex seen in the movie...well it's rated R. You gotta be expecting SOME of that especially when it's about two boys from college. Sure, the movie could have been made with less of it and more of the actual torture part but then I'm pretty sure you all would be complaining "oh my god! that was such a horrible movie. there was way too much gore and killing and it was so disgusting. i could barely sit through it without wanting to throw up". And all the sex actually played a role in the plot.

Oh, and it was not scary at all. I didn't expect it to be scary in the first place. I expected it to be a movie somewhat similiar to Saw.

[Teesa]

I don't really get what people are saying. There is a plot. I see and follow the plot. It might not be as ingenious as we all wanted it to be, but it is still there.

I'm not saying it was the most amazing movie ever but it wasn't that bad, honestly. About all the sex seen in the movie...well it's rated R. You gotta be expecting SOME of that especially when it's about two boys from college. Sure, the movie could have been made with less of it and more of the actual torture part but then I'm pretty sure you all would be complaining "oh my god! that was such a horrible movie. there was way too much gore and killing and it was so disgusting. i could barely sit through it without wanting to throw up". And all the sex actually played a role in the plot.

Oh, and it was not scary at all. I didn't expect it to be scary in the first place. I expected it to be a movie somewhat similiar to Saw.

Yeah we see and follow the plot, but some of us definitely did not think that the plot was very well done. And yes, the sex did play a role in it, but come on. Just because it's rated R, doesn't mean that half of the movie has to be like that. I hate comparing it to Saw, but that was a really good movie and didn't need any of that.

[xTINAA]

Yeah we see and follow the plot, but some of us definitely did not think that the plot was very well done. And yes, the sex did play a role in it, but come on. Just because it's rated R, doesn't mean that half of the movie has to be like that. I hate comparing it to Saw, but that was a really good movie and didn't need any of that.

I don't really get what people are saying. There is a plot. I see and follow the plot. It might not be as ingenious as we all wanted it to be, but it is still there.

I already addressed the fact that the plot was not the best. By the way, you yourself mentioned that you weren't even sure if you understood (followed) the plot.

^Haha, of course you would like all of that But honestly, it was too much.
And I don't know if I quite understood the plot, but whatever. I wouldn't watch it again.

Of course Saw didn't need any of the sex. Sex was not part of the plot in Saw. The only reason these two movies get compared are because of the torture and gore otherwise really nothing is similar about them. The story lines are extremely different. There are several reasons why there was so much sex portrayed in this movie. Obviously it played a role in the whole plot so that's why it was there. To the extent it was there was to give more emphasis on it (because it really is the only reason why they go to the hostel thus making it important) and because sex sells. Hollywood will do what they can to make money and it has been proved time and time again that sex makes the money.

This post has been edited by M1SSxCHR1SSY: Jan 8 2006, 05:57 PM