Good Scene / Bad Scene

Chosen by Eli Roth, the director of 'Cabin Fever'

THE GOOD: Zombi 2: Lucio Fulci, 1979

In this scene, a shark attacks a zombie, and then the zombie bites the shark. I love zombie movies and I love shark movies, and this is the greatest and cleverest genre combination. My fascination with zombies has to do with wondering what happens after we die. The movie is not shot for comedy, but it's such a crazy and absurd twist that you can't help laughing. I'm a real horror geek and it satisfies my geek urges. After that scene, I knew that I was in the hands of an unpredictable director. When making Cabin Fever, I wanted to push the envelope like Lucio Fulci.

THE BAD: Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg, 1998

The end - when the old Ryan (Matt Damon) breaks down at the graveyard, with his grand-daughters behind him - is ridiculous. It's a serious Second World War movie, but this looked like it was from another type of film altogether. While the old man is asking his wife if he's been a good man, all I was thinking was: "Dude, turn around, you've got three hot grand-daughters, you've done pretty well!" It was like they thought: "Here's a film about a group of guys, now's the chance to get some chicks in." Or maybe Spielberg was trying to replicate the graveyard epilogue from Schindler's List. It doesn't work.