The Green Inferno (Eli Roth, 2013) -
What a huge f*cking disappointment. Anyone who knows me on this board knows I’m a big Eli Roth fan. And while there were some parts in this film I thought I knew what he was trying to accomplish, for most of it I was absolutely befuddled as to his intentions. Did he want it to be a disturbing gore fest, which is what we all expected? I’m not sure. I wonder if it was instead meant to be a comedy, considering the dumb f*ck comedic moments that felt so out of place and ruined the mood. Those moments literally made me cringe.
It felt so generic, so lifeless. It was like Roth was bored the whole time, but I have a hard time believing that. The best thing I can say about this movie was it had an interesting social commentary, I guess. Or the makings of one. But it would have come through better if the movie worked as a whole.
I’m still a Roth fan. I find most if not all of his other films to be peculiar, fascinating, and just damn fun. But with this one, I was left with question marks over my head. A huge let-down.
Oh well. I guess there are worse things than watching Lorenza Izzo for an hour and a half.
What a huge f*cking disappointment. Anyone who knows me on this board knows I’m a big Eli Roth fan. And while there were some parts in this film I thought I knew what he was trying to accomplish, for most of it I was absolutely befuddled as to his intentions. Did he want it to be a disturbing gore fest, which is what we all expected? I’m not sure. I wonder if it was instead meant to be a comedy, considering the dumb f*ck comedic moments that felt so out of place and ruined the mood. Those moments literally made me cringe.
It felt so generic, so lifeless. It was like Roth was bored the whole time, but I have a hard time believing that. The best thing I can say about this movie was it had an interesting social commentary, I guess. Or the makings of one. But it would have come through better if the movie worked as a whole.
I’m still a Roth fan. I find most if not all of his other films to be peculiar, fascinating, and just damn fun. But with this one, I was left with question marks over my head. A huge let-down.
Oh well. I guess there are worse things than watching Lorenza Izzo for an hour and a half.