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Just Saw "Saw"

Captain Howdy

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Just saw Saw

Saw: 2.5 stars out of 5

Oh dear... This movie... Saw was a crazy movie for me. It was one of those movies where I am laughing one second, and the next I am cringing (or laughing and cringing at the same time). I really, really wanted to like Saw. There were some really cool things for me, and some real letdowns. I thought the plot and theme of the movie were really cool. Some of the ideas that the "bad guy" used were done before, but Saw pulled it off very well. There were parts where I really wanted the victim to make it, which I rarely feel in a movie like this. The killer was pretty original, and probably the best one since Buffalo Bob in Silence of the Lambs.
There was some crap though. The main issue was the acting. Cary Elwes (Wesley from The Princess Bride) was one of the main characters. He has made me laugh in every comedy he has been in... But he made me laugh harder in Saw. He is not very well suited to the high intensity horror type of movie. Many people in the theater were cracking up at him in parts that should have been very dramatic and serious. Also, Danny Glover wasn't his best.
He isn't very convincing as an insane person...
The other actors were just so-so. Surprisingly, the child actor was one of the best, which is pretty rare.
The twist ending was really cool, but a little abrupt.
Outside of the cheesy acting and the weird dialog, Saw was a pretty cool movie. Definitely worth the money for the ticket, though don't expect the next great serial killer movie like "Seven" or "Silence of the Lambs".

Anyone else seen it? Any thoughts?
 

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I saw it last night, and I loved it. I think you have to be in a specific mindset when you see it to enjoy though, because it is sick and twisted, as well as gory and very brtual at times. I thought it delivered what it set out to very well, and judging by the reaction of the crowd in the theater, they did too. ;)

Personally, i'd say that Saw is now tied for my favorite movie of 2004 (alongside Garden State).
 

Can anyone give the spoiler (with spoiler tags) of the twist ending? I have no intention of seeing it, but I'm interested in such things...
 


Ok, I'll do my best to explain the twist. However, if you think you may EVER see this movie, DO NOT read what I'm about to post; it will ruin the movie for you.

So when the two men wake up in the bathroom, and in the middle of the floor lying in a pool of blood is a man who has shot himself in the head, because there was so much poison runing through his veins that he couldn't take it anymore. On him they find a tape player, which they use to play the audio casettes they've each been given which describe their situations, and tasks they need to do in order to "win" and survive. Over the course of the movie they reveal that the killer likes to take front row seats to the shows he puts on, and soon enough the 2 men find a camera hidden a 2 way mirror in the room. Later on in the movie we are actually able to see who has been watching them, and it turns out to be one of the orderlies from hospital that Cary Ewle's character works at. There is a flashback scene where Ewles is describing a tumor or something in a patient, and he is using very dry, detached terminology to do so. The orderly comes in and mentions that the patient has a name, and tries to explain to the doctor's that it's a person, not just a case. Ewles chuckles and basically just patronizes him, then goes back to his description. So we assume that this orderly has picked the doctor because he's tired of the abuse or something, and this is a somewhat dissappointing twist, the movie goes on. At the very end, Ewles does end cutting through his own leg to free himself from the chain and shooting Whannell's character in order to save his family. The orderly comes in and tells him that it's too late though, and Whannell manages to trip the orderly and beat him to death with the cover for the back portion a toilet (the big ceramic part that covers the pump and whatnot). Well after he's dead, Ewles crawles off to find help before he bleeds to death, and Whannell finds a tape player on the orderly. The tape reveals that the orderly was every bit as much a victim as the two protagonists, and then the "dead" guy in the middle of the floor gets up. He takes off a mask sort of thing which made it look likeh he had shot himself, and you can see that it's the guy from the hospital who Ewles had been discussing. He gives a speech, locks Whannell in the bathroom to rot, and gets away - victorious in nearly every possible way.

/out of breath

Thats just a summary, and is nowhere as entertaining as the real thing.
 

Hoooleee crap!

What a piece of garbage!

I'm glad my friend talked me out of seeing this in the theaters and wasting my nine bucks. I don't even know where to begin about this- not scary at all, the cinematography looked like the director and editor were mixing crack and red bull, the acting was lousy, the dialogue was horrible, the pacing was too slow. It came across as a USA made for television movie, but somehow turned into a feature film. That, or else an originally written as stage play that got turned into a movie. Geez- any movie where the main character *doesn't do anything at all* is just a bad movie, IMO.

Wow.

Anyone else see this?
 

I have a pretty strict policy of not wasting my time watching horror movies. The only exceptions are those adapted from Stephen King books, and I made an exception with the first Blair Witch. So far I have yet to be disappointed by my decision.
 


There was a thread several moons ago with the exact same title. Just do a forum search for the words "Danny Glover" and it should pop right up. IIRC, there's a lengthy spoiler there.
 


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