***MERGED - Official CABIN FEVER discussion (was 'Rhett on Cabin Fever')

[indiephantom]

As always, Rhett's review is a kick-ass piece of work. But I was a little surprised he didn't enjoy the film as much as I thought he would. Recently, I've been talking to more and more people who seemed to be dissapointed with it.

I'll never forget seeing it at the TO fest, and the buzz in that theatre at midnight.

I thought it was funny, sexy, and while not that scary, there were some appropriately disturbing and sick scenes.

Personally, I loved the "nigger" joke. It is politically incorrect, but I thought it work quite nicely.

I can't wait to see it in chick-vision

This movie was pretty fresh. I wish there were more out there like it.

[_pi_]

I completely agreed with Rhett's review. It started off well, but the end was all over the place. There was just some kind of quality missing. But I did like the "nigger"-joke. It caught me by surprise

I actually agree with rhett on the "nigger" joke. It was completely out of place and had no context within the story that was being told. It seemed like something they just stuck in the film to shock people and it was dumb anyway.

[BloodMan]

Can't wait till Tuesday. I wanna see this! It didn't make the theatre here when it opened. Grrr!!

Nick

[taxidriver6]

Great review. It echoed most of my sentiments. THe film got off to a great start and just lost focus. And come on, that "nigger" joke was stupid as hell. It wasn't funny at all. The payoff was WEAK!!!

I loved the movie from beginning to end; it was easily my favorite horror movie of last year. I didn't see a lot of what rhett said bad about it, but that could be because I was having too much fun to look for problems. I especially enjoyed the ending which was supposedly such a mess. That was my favorite part, watching him just lose it like that. I have no comment on the "tasteless" joke because that amused me as well. I absolutely refuse to be serious about fun horror movies.

The review did serve to make me VERY excited to get the dvd, as it sounds sweet. Is it Tuesday yet?

[indiephantom]

Originally Posted by onebyone

I have no comment on the "tasteless" joke because that amused me as well. I absolutely refuse to be serious about fun horror movies.

Amen to that!

[Demon]

I hated the film personally, I thought the whole movie was pointless.

[rhett]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I actually liked the movie more the second (and third and fourth and...) time. This movie had been heavily hyped in theatres, and when I saw it I was quite disappointed. Time has been kind to this film, and I suspect it will be even kinder in 10 years, but it still just doesn't entirely work for me. It is a great disc though, and definitely worth a rental.

[rxfiend]

Rhett, have you found any easter eggs on the disc? creature-corner.com had a story on CF, that the director went back and created a new scene for the disc (something involving the oddball cop having a threesome).

[rhett]

RX, I searched every single menu and looked at every supplement in its entirety, and never did I find any easter eggs. Maybe someone else has a keener eye than I do, but I just don't see any there...

[dmeister]

But I did like the "nigger"-joke

I actually agree with rhett on the "nigger" joke. It was completely out of place and had no context within the story that was being told.

I didn't think the joke was out of place at all... I suspect that Roth was simply setting you up to believe that the hillbillies were all hate-mongering, Deliverance-style zenophobes, which we all kind of expected in the first place. Then, at the end of the movie, he tries to subvert and overturn your preconceived notions about them by showing you that some of them really are "good people" -- conveying a sense of humanity among them that our own prejudices would have kept us from seeing. However, the way in which the joke was executed felt very contrived, and lost some effect in my opinion. Even if the ole' man had said, "That's for the niggers" or "That's for my niggers," instead of just "That's for niggers," it would have come across a little more effectively.

dmeister

Yes, the hillbillys were shown as deep down good people when they set out to kill the college kids...