Saw 3D

[MouthForWar]

I didn't see a thread and got a kick out of the title, so I started a new topic.

That said, I don't care about these movies. The first one had some moments, but everything else has been pretty bad. I'm just waiting for them to die out now.

[Benjamin Haines]

I couldn't believe it when I heard that title. Turns out it's not entirely true; "The Traps Come Alive" is just the tagline.

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/to ... p?id=15773

A shame, because I really want this to fail at the box office so they don't make any more Saw movies after it, and a stupid title like that would have sealed the deal.

I've been a big fan of this series for a while. They're over-the-top and hammy as all hell, but for me that's just part of the charm. I dig the psychological intrigue and the serial, non-episodic approach to continuity. They've got recurring characters, plot threads that span several movies and faithful recreations of prior sets down to the smallest detail, and I love stuff like that.

The second one was weak, with too many wafer-thin characters for its own good and too much screen time wasted on them, but with the right level of substance abuse it occasionally makes for a fun watch. To me, the fifth one was where the series took a major nosedive. They repeated the formula of the second film with a bunch of gore fodder characters going through a series of traps but somehow managed to make it infinitely more disastrous. With no main character undergoing a overarching test, the focus on the (shockingly lame) traps served only to derail the series' ongoing story arc from the crime drama that it was trying to blossom into. To me, Saw V was where the rhyme lost its reason and truly became empty gore for the sake of gore.

I wasn't expecting anything better from last year's Saw VI, but I was VERY pleasantly surprised to be walking out of that theater with a smile on my face. Editor-turned-director Kevin Greutert showed that he understands what works and what doesn't work with this series. With its focused storyline and more crime drama approach, the sixth movie brought the series back to what I loved about it after that abysmal fifth entry. It's the best of the Saw sequels, in my opinion, and I really liked how Greutert seemed to be making an effort to conclude the series by tying up various loose ends from the prior films, with the very last scene of the movie being all sorts of awesome.

I think the general public was as dissatisfied with the fifth movie as I was, because VI became the first Saw movie not to debut to a $30 million opening weekend. Hell, it didn't even make that much in its entire run! I was really hoping the producers would take the hint and let VI be the end of it, but alas, they're mimicking The Final Destination and cranking out this new one with the 3-D gimmick. They even exercised a clause in Greutert's Saw VI contract that forced him to direct the seventh film, tearing him away from directing Paranormal Activity 2 for Paramount (a major dick move on their part). But alas, Greutert is a skilled director and I hope he's able to end the Saw series on a high note with this new one.

[MouthForWar]

Wise of them to set things straight about the title. I changed the thread name. Besides, there's no competing with "5nal Destination" for worst title ever.

Ben, I knew you were a fan of the series. I remember when the first couple movies were coming out and you were waving the Saw flag quite a it... it never caught on with me though. I was actually wondering if you'd chime in here and bless us with your thoughts.

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