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Hostel (the film)
Posted: Sun 21st Feb 2010 03:12 pm
by darkglobe
I watched Hostel last night...i dont know which Amsterdam they were in at the start...but i'm glad its not the one i go to...

Posted: Sun 21st Feb 2010 04:04 pm
by Boner
Yeah shame really as I've read a few people think Amsterdam was actually like that, I'm pretty sure none of the scenes were filmed in the Dam as well.
Posted: Sun 21st Feb 2010 05:06 pm
by DazedandConfusedinOR
Wow, you just watched it last night? I love that movie. Not sure about the beginning, but 95% of the film was shot in the Czech Republic.
Although it was just a movie, I felt like there (were) are places where something like that could happen. I remember years ago walking in a not so nice part of Marseilles, and being followed by a group of young kids who were very similar to the Bubble Gum Gang in Hostel. It was very discomforting.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed the movie. pretty gory but worth watching in my opinion.
Posted: Wed 24th Feb 2010 01:51 am
by FenixNYC
Hostel really did kind of mess it up for Amsterdam. I must've had about 5 people make some sort of corny Hostel joke about the fact that I'm visiting the 'Dam, warning me to look out for torture chambers & grim reapers and all types of shit.

Re: Hostel (the film)
Posted: Sat 27th Feb 2010 12:53 pm
by Valo
darkglobe wrote:but i'm glad its not the one i go to...

I would rather go to the Amsterdam portrayed in Eurotrip

Posted: Sun 28th Feb 2010 05:42 pm
by Kingdoc
Ive got na great amsterdam film called "siberia" but i cant get a decent cutting tool to put it up on you-tube,Its been on my desktop for months now

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Posted: Sun 28th Feb 2010 09:49 pm
by Cisco
Kingdoc wrote:Ive got na great amsterdam film called "siberia" but i cant get a decent cutting tool to put it up on you-tube,Its been on my desktop for months now

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Would you maybe be able to upload it onto an e-mail and send it to some one who wants it ? then they forward it etc save you sending loads o mail ? just a thought i dont even know if its possible ? i aint to hot with computers !

Posted: Sun 28th Feb 2010 10:26 pm
by Kingdoc
cisco wrote:Kingdoc wrote:Ive got na great amsterdam film called "siberia" but i cant get a decent cutting tool to put it up on you-tube,Its been on my desktop for months now

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Would you maybe be able to upload it onto an e-mail and send it to some one who wants it ? then they forward it etc save you sending loads o mail ? just a thought i dont even know if its possible ? i aint to hot with computers !

That takes ages man

,I will put it up somehow over the next week.
Posted: Tue 2nd Mar 2010 12:21 pm
by Simon
DazedandConfusedinOR wrote: I remember years ago walking in a not so nice part of Marseilles, and being followed by a group of young kids who were very similar to the Bubble Gum Gang in Hostel.
they would only take your money and shoes.
Posted: Mon 8th Mar 2010 09:17 pm
by bavlondon
I assume the club in the film is not real then?
Posted: Wed 24th Mar 2010 04:49 am
by Cudi_420
On the special features on the Blu-Ray, it shows how a lot of the interior shots set in Amsterdam (the sex parlour, nightclub etc.) took place on a sound stage in the US. The rest of the film was shot in and around Prague and smaller cities in the Czech Republic.
Posted: Wed 24th Mar 2010 01:47 pm
by MPSRuo
melb-dam-lover wrote:On the special features on the Blu-Ray, is shows how a lot of the interior shots set in Amsterdam (the sex parlour, nightclub etc.) took place on a sound stage in the US. The rest of the film was shot in and around Prague and smaller cities in the Czech Republic.
He's 100% correct on that one. Shame they never actually show amsterdam in its beautiful glory : )
Posted: Fri 26th Mar 2010 06:06 am
by Cudi_420
MPSRuo wrote:melb-dam-lover wrote:On the special features on the Blu-Ray, is shows how a lot of the interior shots set in Amsterdam (the sex parlour, nightclub etc.) took place on a sound stage in the US. The rest of the film was shot in and around Prague and smaller cities in the Czech Republic.
He's 100% correct on that one. Shame they never actually show amsterdam in its beautiful glory : )
We have Deuce Bigalow: European Gigalo for that...
...pity we have to watch that film to see the gorgeous city that is Amsterdam!
Posted: Tue 30th Mar 2010 11:46 am
by bavlondon
I don't see the problem with the film at all.
Coffeeshops with tourists - check
Red light kamers - check
Clubs with tourists acting up and getting thrown out - check
It's not like they were tying to define Dam as consisting of only those 3 things.
I actually liked the film itself (hostel 2 sucked big time).
Posted: Thu 1st Apr 2010 09:14 pm
by Max Flower
melb-dam-lover wrote:
We have Deuce Bigalow: European Gigalo for that...
...pity we have to watch that film to see the gorgeous city that is Amsterdam!
For me the story melts into the backdrop of canals and bridges.
FFS they went so far as to even use proper AT5 anchors for the tv news shots, that and the endless juicy location shots makes DB EG one of the better films featuring Am'dam in my book.