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Contents 1 Picture 2 Article Overhaul 3 regarding the trivia section 4 Thanksgiving Movie Listing on IMDb (2008) 5 This article reads like a press release

[edit] Picture

[edit] Article Overhaul

In addition to the added picture I mentioned above, I decided to be bold (since the article looked very poorly organized, in my opinion) and give the article a facelift, adding in different sections for different things. Since by the looks of the discussion page nobody seems to be putting a lot of work into the article I figured I would take it upon myself to organize it. It's my first ever attempt at actually completely re-organizing an article, so if it's unsatisfactory feel free to improve it.

Note that no content was removed, it was just re-structured and, if the re-structuring called for it, re-worded to make sense. Exist2inspire 02:17, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Why do you keep censoring this point? Just watch Hostel to see that I am telling the truth about Roth.

[edit] regarding the trivia section

"back when only doctors and scientists were on the internet"? badly phrased and not particularly NPOV. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.92.68.224 (talk) 16:30, 2 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Thanksgiving Movie Listing on IMDb (2008)

The movie Thanksgiving, which is cleary the movie from the Grindhouse trailer according to IMDb is set to be release in 2008. It is only available with the IMDb Pro account, though.

[edit] This article reads like a press release

Did Eli Roth's publicist write this? This thing is so skewed, I wonder if that is the case. Take this excerpt, for example:

"Prior to "Hostel II", all of Roth's films were considered extremely profitable, making him one of the most bankable directors working in Hollywood. He's also one of the few directors whose films are sold with his name above the title, and has been a guest on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "The Howard Stern Show," and "Late Night With Conan O'Brien.""

As a way of softening the implications of "Hostel II" being a total flop, this writer mentions "ALL OF ROTH'S FILMS"--you mean ALL 2? Why not just say "Roth's two earlier films"? Because "all of Roth's films" makes him sound prolific, when he's certainly not.

In the next part of this excerpt, the author moves from one unrelated point to another:

"He's also one of the few directors whose films are sold with his name above the title, and has been a guest on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "The Howard Stern Show," and "Late Night With Conan O'Brien.""

What does top billing have to do with appearances on those late night shows? NOTHING.

These are just two examples of the outrageously tilted rhetoric in this article.

Someone sanitize this article from its obvious biases, please. If not, I'll have to do it. Williamhurrah 16:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Maybe you are making far too much out of this?? You certainly can not disagree with any of those above statement being wrong. Rather instead you are taking an additional spin on the words that isn't innately there, and which you are disagreeing with. Mathmo ^Talk 09:53, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Nah, he's just right - this whole article reads like a potted life history with all the bad stuff left out (meaning all the justifiable criticism of his films, for one thing). The whole article should be erased.Smorguss (talk) 19:13, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Everything from that excerpt you copied is fact, just so you know. He makes low budget films which then turn over much more than they cost to make which makes him one of the most bankable directors in Hollywood. Also, the thing about top billing is true, he purposely doesnt cast big names because he wants his work to speak for itself. The could stand to be arranged so it flowed nicer, but none of what is written is untrue —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.23.123.84 (talk) 22:32, 10 May 2008 (UTC)