The green inferno isn't super good but still i'm not that convinced that this is the worst thing Eli Roth has made.

This movie tries to be everything at once. Fails at everything besides being a very gory parody. Clearly inspired by Cannibal Holocaust and similar movies of the 80ties, instead of going for the shock value of trash movies it quickly turns into some kind of a cannibal theme parody. Most of the actors and extras were smiling time to time. The gore scenes were well made yet still their purpose was not to shock or disgust you, but rather to confuse you on how to feel. Seeing confused extras doing something they don't understand and looking into the camera... I guess Eli Roth finds these scenes funny or something, but not everyone has such a twisted mind to be able to enjoy gore for the sake of gore (or laughs).Story is pretty straightforward yet still has tons of plot holes. Cannibals, intelligent enough to understand planes, mobile phones and to breed pigs, still eat humans for some reason. And they make it look like everyday routine, kids having fun while eating human flesh...Again. Why?The ending just spits on your face. They clearly tried to steal the "who are the real monsters" message, but this surely doesn't work in a movie like this. Just makes the lead actress an asshole in the end, she learned nothing.It's not even good trash, it's confusing, stupid, overly long and kind of boring.

A group of idealistic college students set head off to the Peruvian jungle. Their aim is to make an ecological statement by hindering the operations of a logging company, and streaming this live to YouTube. They succeed in this but on the way back their plane crashes. The survivors now have to deal with the cannibalistic tribe that lives in those parts...Pretty weak, and doesn't work as any sort of movie. Seeing as it is directed by Eli Roth, you figure it will be a gory horror-type movie. There is gore, but it is pretty conventional and not that shocking by modern standards.I thought this may be some of 70s-like cannibal-exploitation movie, in the vein of Cannibal Holocaust or Cannibal Ferox. No, it is far too tame for that, and quite unnaturally so (which is odd - Roth must have known this was going to get an MA or R rating, for the gore, yet he toned down the exploitation scenes. Once you've hit the top restrictions, no need to pull your punches).The movie had potential as a survival movie, but instead of developing that for a spell, Roth went straight to the captives-of- cannibals plot.There's also a greenie vibe, that Roth alternately extols and mocks, both equally half-heartedly.Just as a pure drama it's pretty bad: basic script, unimaginative direction, lacklustre performances.So, won't work for anyone, no matter what they are in to. Focusing on one theme, and turning it up to the max would at least kept one group happy. Instead we have a hodge-podge of half-baked, diluted themes and genres.

If this is one of the worst movies I've seen, why am I giving it a 4? It's technically fairly good. The photography looks nice, everything is as it should be as far as sound, color, etc. It holds attention pretty well.But this movie has a problem that I've never seen in any other movie. It misses the point it was trying to make.A number of people have brought this up - Eli Roth's explicit focus was to make fun of what he characterizes as "social justice warriors" or "slacktivists." It should be clarified that both of these are very different ideas.In both cases, he's sending the exact opposite message than he intends. Instead of poking fun at people who want to do good, but are too lazy to do so, he focuses on a group of people who make the effort to do good.Is the point that it's a bad idea to try to do good if you don't have all of the details? Was the message that this cannibalistic tribe should have been wiped out in favor of deforestation? This may have been the direction his thought was going in, but it's remarkably oblique.The other elements of the movie are not especially worthwhile. The gore is not especially shocking. It's usually sort of funny, since it plays out in a less-than-realistic way.It's hard to not compare this to Cannibal Holocaust, which achieved a much more creepy and distressing story. While we are supposed to like the protagonist, it's hard to do that when she's mostly passive until the end, and even then, makes a completely bizarre decision that requires as much of a logical stretch as the so-called "point" of this movie.I watch a lot of bad movies, and I usually look for the good in them. Even stuff like The Room is intensely personal. This is... a tribute that seems strangely shortsighted. Like a nihilistic teenager looking to prove that everything sucks.