SAW V, a rant - how shit is it?

[MinionZombie]

Read on to find out...

http://deadshed.blogspot.com/2009/01/saw-v.html

I'm surprised I wrote this much about Saw V ... well, I did write about the other films, and the franchise in general, so that's part of the bulk I guess. Anyway, a surprising amount of words devoted to Saw V, because clearly it's not worthy of that much muse-juice. :D

[darth los]

Imo, part 3 was borderline, 4 was unwatchable and i am totally uninspired about 5.

It just got too ridiculous for me. Furthermore the storyline is too convoluted to follow while your smoking bud. Who needs that? :confused:

If your watching it just to see some new torture porn that's cool. But as art these films are sh*t. 1 and 2 Are halfway decent films though.




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[capncnut]

The original Saw is the one and only. I 'saw' the second movie and that was enough for me. :dead:

[bassman]

The original Saw is the one and only. I 'saw' the second movie and that was enough for me. :dead:

Word!

I have no interest in any of the films other than the first...

[darth los]

The original Saw is the one and only. I 'saw' the second movie and that was enough for me. :dead:


I agree. The first was a classic psychological thriller. I like the second because it's different than all the others. Every franchise has a film that's like that. For the nightmare on elm street series it's part 2.

[AcesandEights]

I'm with Cap'n and Bassman on this one. I liked number one--was pleasantly surprised with it, in fact--and the follow up made me not want to go back for anymore.

[capncnut]

I agree. The first was a classic psychological thriller. I like the second because it's different than all the others. Every franchise has a film that's like that. For the nightmare on elm street series it's part 2.
Would've made a great videogame too. It had certain puzzle elements that reminded me of PSX survival horrors.

[Danny]

i saw 5 in the cinema and to be honest ive seen a lot lot worse, i didn't give a shit going in and was at least mildly entertained for the length of it, there was less gore for the sake of gore and it wasn't that same fucking assehole yet again.
i wont ever watch it again but its a bit harsh to call it shit when theres stuff like dungeon siege, first sunday, meet the spartans, mirrors, or teeth that came out in the same time.

[darth los]

Would've made a great videogame too. It had certain puzzle elements that reminded me of PSX survival horrors.

Now that's a blast from the past. Survival horror games with puzzle solving elements have all but disapeared. Everything is shooters now. It's a shame too. I realize it wasn't for everybody, but dammitt i liked it !!




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[capncnut]

Think of it this way: chained up in a room, corpse holding a gun, cassette recorder, cellphone, hacksaw, cast of dodgy characters, all pieced together by a weird puzzle - it's pretty much survival horror material.

And yeah, I miss the old games. I'll never stop playing them.

[ProfessorChaos]

i really wasn't even that impressed with the first one, and the second was no better, so i've not seen 3, 4, or 5. and like the day of the dead remake, i never will give them a viewing. i'd rather watch antique roadshow for two hours than bother with any of these shitty "movies".:|

[MinionZombie]

As you well know, there are many levels of shit ... and I also said it wasn't as shit as Saw IV ... Boll peddles preposterously fetid shit.

Spartans/Date/Disaster/etc Movie is just pure rape on screen of the worst magnitude.

Mirrors had fantastic production design that was reminiscent of BioShock, I thought, so I really enjoyed that aspect of it - plus Keifer is the man.

Teeth had some moments, and was ... interesting ... but I didn't think much of it.

Saw V was essentially completely meaningless. It has none of the tension or originality of the original movie. It's preposterously over the top in the plotting, it doesn't make a lick of sense, the traps are now just boring - and that's really saying something for a franchise that has relied on a trap fetish since part two.

It's just all decidedly pointless, it's cookie cutter - and not even good cookie cutter. And to be honest, all the retro-fitting of 'how the first three movies were done' in Saw V just pisses all over any sense of intrigue they presented.

It worked well in Saw III where you saw it all coming together, but this constant "oh it actually went down like this" with every new movie is just arsing lame.

[Danny]

Spartans/Date/Disaster/etc Movie is just pure rape on screen of the worst magnitude.

you forgot news movie, taking the piss out of pretty much just anchorman.


i fucking wish i was kidding.

[clanglee]

Not a big Saw franchise fan. Probably won't see this one. What was not to like about Teeth tho? I loved that movie. It did make me squirm quite a bit in my seat tho. And there was much hand protecting of the johnson.

[MoonSylver]

Not a big Saw franchise fan. Probably won't see this one. What was not to like about Teeth tho? I loved that movie. It did make me squirm quite a bit in my seat tho. And there was much hand protecting of the johnson.

Sounds like when I watched "Hard Candy" :eek:

"Saw"? Loved the first one, could not bring myself to watch ANY of the others, for fear they would be bad. Intuition told me they could not live up to the 1st.

[MinionZombie]

News Movie?! :eek:

Never heard of it at all ... I take it this is the new piece of fetid shit they're voiding upon the world?

[Tricky]

two words "cashing in" :dead:
Ive only seen the first two saw films,and as has already been said on here the original was a genius bit of mold breaking film,scary,tense & it didnt have a happy ending for a change!the second was a decent enough film,but it had already started wandering into 'gory for the sake of it' territory by then which really turns me off films these days.I wont go and see the other ones,they're just blatant dead horse flogging with elaborate,sick & unnecessary sequences of people being tortured & killed,i guess thats why they keep pumping them out though because it rakes in the cash from gore obsessed teenagers,as did the friday the 13th & freddy films when i was a teenager,and they were a load of crap too through adult eyes

[MinionZombie]

When you were a teenager? In the 1980s?! :p You mean a child, like myself. :) lol

Anyway, SAW III is good I say, it ties up a whole bunch of loose ends, and hooks back over the first two movies quite well - although it is rather violent/gory, so you'd probably be a bit "eugh", but Saw III really is quite good I think - they should have left it there.

Connected to that, the number of times I've heard folk saying/writing that IV was loads better than III is retarded - and it makes no sense, because that's blatantly wrong. IV was a sloppy, completely nonsensical mess. III tied a lot of stuff up, and the flashbacks to 'unseen' stuff relating to the first film was done really well.

In Saw V though, all this hooking back over the previous films, has just become retarded and preposterous - just like the traps/tests themselves.

Saw V was better than IV though ... but IV was complete poo-balls, so it's not saying much.

I am flabbergasted that hellsing can be so carefree and easy with Saw V, but he made such a fuss about watching Batman Begins, because it was "another origin story". :eek:

That boy ain't right...:p

[DubiousComforts]

The original Saw is the one and only. I 'saw' the second movie and that was enough for me. :dead:
The preposterous idea that Shawnee Smith could convincingly portray a serial killer mastermind should have been enough for everyone.

Anybody not bright enough to stay away from movies sporting Roman numerals after the title has no right to complain. Why are these films even still being called SAW? At least with the first film, there was a point to that title.

[Tricky]

nah i wasnt a teen in the 80's,but it wasnt til i was in my teens that i got to see such films!and after all the hype & schoolyard discussions,when i saw them i thought they were crap!
gore in films doesnt bother me when its used in the right context,such as the realistic effects of ballistics in modern war films,or the levels seen in Predator or the descent & such like,but im not into these films that are essentially torture porn like hostel,i think its kinda disturbing they're making films like that to cater for people who seem to get off on it :stunned:

[capncnut]

The preposterous idea that Shawnee Smith could convincingly portray a serial killer mastermind should have been enough for everyone.
Haha, she's a more convincing psycho in Becker. :lol: