Fresh and Exciting

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

This movie is a classical "cannibal tribe" horror movie. It's not the best of its genre but it can stand its ground. The visuals were impressive; the contrast between the red body paint and the green vegetation was nice to the eye. The acting performances were inconsistent but nothing that would make or break a movie.The main thing that I liked about the movie was the setting. It was quite belieavable. Especially in the beginning. Student activism is highly encouraged these days by the majority of colleges. It also served as a nice segue to the main part of the story.Storytelling-wise there were some things that I didn't like. One of which was the abundance of "generic characters". When the students embarked on their trip the first thing that I thought was "well, that's a rather big group". It should come to no surprise that most of them were "killed off" in a timely fashion. Another storytelling faux pas was the abundance of cliches. Like the scene where one of the protagonists falls into a river. I'm pretty sure you can guess what happened next... it's one of the most overused movie cliches ever. The most obvious trope in the movie however is one that I'm not going to mention here because it would be a "heavy spoiler" (I will address it in the last paragraph should you be interested).Overall, I think the movie was quite OK. The biggest critique that I personally had was the lack of truly memorable scenes. Most horror movies tend to have their signature death scenes. In this movie however most of the deaths happen off-screen which is kind of a bummer (for a horror movie). If you've seen the movie just ask yourself; "what scene was the most memorable?" And then follow it up with a _"how unique was it?" You'll quickly come to realize the veracity of my claims.On a funny side note: the scene with the ants, although cleverly tied to the lecture at the beginning, had a slightly goofy subtext due to its similarity with the infamous "torture/bee" scene from "The Wicker Man". So yes, I did see what they did there, I just question the execution. ( Disclaimer: Heavy Spoiler ahead )The biggest problem with this movie is the so called "Chosen One"-trope. It becomes quite apparent right at the start of the movie that one protagonist is "special". In the sense that she will be the only one to make it out of the movie alive. It's just too obvious, the movie doesn't even try to hide it. Quite to the contrary; the whole thing with the virginity ritual and the special body paint just further confirms this suspicion.Final verdict: watchable but it's missing some pizzaz

Of course, I watched the original Paradiso Infernale (The Green Inferno) of 1988 in my youth (still on VHS if I remember right). Cannibals and zombies, ah, those good old and exciting days of gore and thrash and non-p.c.-fun.I was never much impressed by Eli Roth's movies, be it the Hostel ones or Cabin Fever. Knock Knock was a funny experience for me, regarding watching my Neo-hero Mr. Reeves playing that poor guy, getting shaken up by those two evil chicks. The Green Inferno is an okay to good movie - if you know what to expect: a simple story and a lot of gore and disgust. A well done tribute to the original directed by Antonio Climati. May only complain - it takes a little too much time til the fun gets started.Recommendation only for the aficionado of cannibals and zombieland ;)

A Cannibal Horror film. A group of Eco-Activists are flying back from a jungle site after a success full confrontation with jungle clearers when their plane crashes. The survivors are captured by a Cannibal tribe. On the Horror level it gets 5 stars. Gruesome isn't the word: people chopped up while still alive, eaten alive. Smeared with goo and staked for ants to eat alive. Not a film I will forget in a hurry. Great cinematography and direction, good story-line and acting. Not for the squeamish or faint-hearted.

From briefly scanning the internet, it appears that Eli Roth has more haters then fans nowadays. Although I remember when his debut Cabin Fever came out and myself and many others adored it. When Hostel came out it wasn't quite the fanfare as Cabin Fever, but I've grown to quite like it over the years. I think he doesn't take himself too seriously, he loves trolling his audience and he's a horror fans filmmaker, or at least he was.The hate for him has evolved into quite something over the years. I can see why, he seems like a self aggrandising narcissist at times. He's also not done anything of worth since Hostel (and a lot of people wouldn't even consider Hostel something of worth).I've still been a defender of Eli Roth, and I also believe his best work is coming. However, It pains me to say this, but I did not like The Green Inferno.In The Green Inferno, Eli Roth tries to recreate the brutality and excess of films like Cannibal Holocaust and Cannibal Ferox while also trying to skewer Social Justice Warriors. What he actually does, is make his messiest and most amateurish film. The film's message and premise are badly realised and the filmmaking often has the cheap feel of those horrors that reside only in the depths of Netflix.If you want bloodletting this will not disappoint. In fact, the excessive brutality and taboo pushing violence is where the film works. These sequences don't do much to save the film though.Maybe my expectations were too high, but I think the 'haters' were right about this one.