European Town Inn

Wayne 2022-04-23 06:01:02

When I watched the first part, I was impatient. After reading it and discussing it with a friend, this gentleman said in his words, and asked: Don’t you see that it is an amplification of Americans’ fear of small European countries and small towns? I felt quite embarrassed at the time. Because I was blindfolded by sheer miserliness.

The second part is more careful. It is also possible to interpret it preconceivedly with this insight, so evidence can be seen everywhere. Slovenia, long name, ancient history, original town, stingy folklore, beast totem, rich and poor. For Americans, it is a little bit exotic and a source of deep-rooted incomprehension. This kind of gulf is difficult to remove, because Eastern European civilization is so well preserved, but money has firmly tied the world together. When the heroine laughs, dances, or hesitates a little at the night party, there are always rouge country girls in the camera laughing at the scene of death hacking people on the small stage.

The second part looks better than the first part, or in other words, is easier to understand. Female students thought it was a romantic trip to a small country, full of affair, but in fact they have become an international violent organization-or a "huge enterprise" is more appropriate-a caged beast marked by a clear price. The Internet is entangled in the drama, giving the film an unmistakable background of the times. I personally appreciate this plot: concise and to the point, a few shots span across age, country, age, and means, but the gender is biased towards men (this is more meaningful than the end).
Violence and money are directly linked. Compared to the previous one, it seems more vulgar and direct, and there is a little less room for interpretation, but as a sequel to the movie, it is a pretty good move forward.

The second part obviously increases the feminine element. This makes the picture look better, the suspense is even more appetizing, and it inevitably makes men a disadvantaged group. The only female survivor is not only the strong desire to survive, but also the wealth of the enemy's country, which allowed her to survive. The implication is really obvious.
There are two who play the dominant role of tyranny: one is nature, and the other is money.
What's interesting is that the two male buyers in the United States are both bad guys among Desperate Housewives, and this time they are badly bad. The typical successful people and middle class are embarrassed and even ridiculed in this movie, and their pitiful violent and extravagant hopes are so weak that they are almost a joke. He has the money to buy sin, but he has no power to do evil, and he doesn't even have the ability to escape. Regardless of others, in my opinion, this is a great irony of material life and the middle class itself.

Then, I prefer the heroine.
I find it difficult to understand the rush of the ending.

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Hostel: Part II quotes

  • Stuart: Are you scared?

    [Beth silently nods]

    Stuart: You fucking better be.

  • Bubblegum Gang Leader: Bitches!