Hostel or Saw, which did you like better?

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Spioler - if you did not see the these films and don't want to know what happens at the end, don't read further. I saw both films in the theater. I don't care for gore, but I accept it as a part of modern day horror films. I thought Saw was suspenseful and had pretty good action throughout the film. I thought Hostel was super boring in the beginning and into the middle. But I liked Hostel better. When this movie got going, you got suspense scenes, action scenes and suspense/action scenes, whereas in Saw, you had suspense scenes, and you had action scenes, but two in one scenes were rare. Secondly, and more important for me, I loved what they did with the character, Paxson. Writers are taught that characters are supposed to grow and with Paxson, I didn't like him in the beginning, but by the end, I was on the edge of my seat rooting for him. With Saw, I actually started to dislike the characters who were trapped. Third, it was the proper ending - Paxson won - I would have been really disappointed if Paxson lost. Rocky losing made it a better film by having him lose, but in this movie, I think the better move was to have the main character win. Anyway, at the end of the day, my vote goes to Hostel.