Green Inferno: Really, really mixed bag on this one. First off, I fall into the camp of believing that Eli Roth thinks he knows a hell of a lot more than he actually does about horror movies. So, I take each one individually, but that means you get the typical Eli Rothisms in them all, for better and worse. So there were a few spots (2 in particular) where I was like “really d-bag?”, but on the flip side, I will give him credit too, he avoided some of the crapiness of many horror movies in that he didn’t have useless sex/nudity scenes spliced in where they made no sense just to have them (and the girls weren’t really that attractive anyway, so you weren’t missing them), which even Cannibal Holocaust included, there was no animal cruelty (like there was in the 80s cannibal movies), and he didn’t try to score cheap hipster points by making spoiled d-bag poser activists look like anything but spoiled d-bag poser activists. Nicotero’s effects were also very good, and the natives looked like natives (because I assume they were?), which isn’t always a given. On the flip side, at no time did this movie scream for, or even whisper for, a sequel, yet apparently they are already making it. Pan shots were gorgeous, scenery was good, acting left some to be desired (not surprisingly), story was meh in a lot of spots…the guy from Hostel II really kind of overdid it in his complementary role, for example. Oh, and the ending was predictably stupid. So, I will go right down the middle and say 2.5/5, or 2/4 if you prefer. Plenty of good, plenty of bad.
