Saw III Poster (NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH)

Oh my God! Yet another thread in one day that dosen't have the words "Blu-Ray", "HD (anything)", "Toshiba", "Sony" or "1080i"! Well Rodger, at least you posted something about a "movie", which seems to be a real rare topic around here these days.

I can't wait to see Saw III. I loved Saw and thought Saw II was a decent sequel.

Tim,

Don't get too excited, bruceames will find someway to weave high def into this post.

All the same, Saw kind of ruined the whole trilogy for me, I can't respect the films like I guess I should. Am I the only one that laughed at Saw?

Cary Elwes trying to sob, that was worthy of AFI's list of comedies alone!

Also, I don't like horror films, they never seem to move beyond what I can make in my basement with a cheap DV camcorder. Danny Glover did star in one of my movies though, he's working for cheap now;).

Elwes exit in Saw was hilarious, but the rest of the movie, and Saw 2 were a lot of over-the-rop, grizzly fun, and I'm looking forward to seeing #3. And I echo Tim's "Amen" to a non-HD thread - maybe there will be something worth reading on this message board again. Doubtful though, with the Blu-Ray release, but hopefully.

I truly don't understand this type of bullshit.

And it's not because I'm squeamish or religious or Philistinistic or anything like that.

What is the artistic value of a film like this?

It makes no sense.

Anyone who says this stuff is awesome needs to get a girlfriend.

And start reading books at the library.

I want someone to reply to my post who thinks this crap is "awesome", and explain to me why it is "awesome".

It's not really about scares for me, it's about doing something different. I have a fascination, not with death, but with effects, including effects make-up, and the Saw movies are fantastic in that sense. Aside from this, as I said, I like something different, and the Saw movies take the horror/slasher movie to a new level, and actually have a positive message (though, I doubt that's why they are successful). The story is different, and the villain has a design and can think intelligently. I don't understand why they keep making Halloween and Jason movies, because they haven't done anything unique or had anything to say in years (and in the case of Friday the 13th, it never had anything to say). If you don't like horror, I can appreciate that, but there are certainly movies deserving of a lot more criticism, that are much more poorly made. And Micheal, making personal attacks at people you don't know just makes you look like a raving nutcase - if you have a point, make it intelligently, and back it up.

Micheal,

I'm not one who finds the whole blood-and-gore thing awesome. In fact, I find a lot of it pointless unless it's in a war movie where it is actually trying to make a point. I have a hard time with the horror genre in the first place. Most of it is so clichéd and void of anything fresh and original. To me the best horror films are the ones that show little blood and mess with a persons mind more than anything (less is more theory). Kind of like in "Alien" where we don't see the creature as much but our mind can visualize how horrific it can be.

Many people attract to this genre because as humans we are all attracted to death, especially when it is done to some one else. Some of us might think of it as a rollercoaster ride and some might even find it fascinating. If you don't believe me, just look at your daily news media. Most news you read or see is generally about someone else’s pain or death, or at least something very tragic and horrific. There are plenty of crime shows and court TV shows based purely on violence similar to what you might see in the "Saw" films. Face it; many people find death fascinating thus the horror genre is something a few might find "awesome". As for me, you can count me in as one of the "Squeamish". :o

Tim ;)

Michael_B2004,

Well, the Saw movies are horror movies and some people enjoy being frightened. The reason why these type of movies are as gory as they are now is because of the shock value, which is what audiences will remember - makes the film seem more real, which makes it scarier. Its not like all people who like this stuff have a fetish for it or anything like that. They just enjoy being scared.

Saw and Saw II, to me, were one of the best horror films of their years (2004/2005) and it's not because of the gore. It's because both films talk about taking your life for granted. Jigsaw, the villain, doesn't want his victims to die. He wants them to escape and get out of his traps so that they can become better people. Also, the second film had a powerful ending.

Johnson316,

The filmmakers of Saw III said that the second film was a gorefest but not scary and that they wanted to bring back the scare factor into the film. I guess we'll see how well they do. This film is also being written by the guys who wrote the first film (Saw II was written mostly by Darren Lynn Bousman who was actually writing a film called "The Desperate," which was rewritten to become the sequel).

-roger

Maybe it's because it doesn't look real to me, but that did little for me. The first movie was great; the second was an adaquite sequel. I'm sure the third be along the same lines as the second. And I'm sure we'll be saying the same about the fourth and the fifth.