tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post1997073001619115496..comments2024-03-28T10:33:39.051-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: Saw 3D (2010)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-22750532162171790882011-01-21T13:24:46.030-08:002011-01-21T13:24:46.030-08:00I'm one of like three people alive who loves t...I'm one of like three people alive who loves the SAW series but didn't really enjoy this film to a large extent because I felt the entire concept of Dagen's game was antithetical to the "values" (or what have you) Jigsaw's previous games had all strove to promote. At the end of the game, Dagen is still alive and reasonably well for muffin's sake! <br /><br />If nothing else, they should have sealed his completely innocent wife in the furnace thing so she would be -safe- while the rest of the room somehow murdered Dagen for his total failure. Poisonous gas, perhaps? That would have made some sense, as in Saw 2 where the innocent teen boy is revealed to be safe (ha) and sound while his reprehensible father is taken out. <br /><br />I did love Dr. Gordon's part - more of him and Tobin is always welcome, they're such interesting characters and excellent actors. Not so Hoffman, whose character I haven't been able to get into EVER, as he's always come off as a selfish lunatic to me who doesn't follow Jigsaw's precepts either and therefore certainly isn't any -better- of a flawed apprentice than Amanda was/could have been. I like Jill's character but she's just never given anything to do. <br /><br />So, I am happy that they finally dispatched with him and brought in someone I actually like and care about in the "apprentice" role for the first time since Saw 3 made Amanda into a villain. It's just a shame that the awesome-ness of that is only 5% of the movie tops, and who knows if it will ever continue on.Keelee von Cupcakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-34702336642065061872010-11-15T00:12:56.493-08:002010-11-15T00:12:56.493-08:00the movie hasn't arrived to my country yet. i ...the movie hasn't arrived to my country yet. i can't wait anymore! i love "saw" movies and now in 3D?! WoW.saw 3Dhttp://www.moviesplanet.com/movies/314703/saw-3dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-56516498871136143142010-11-02T07:51:11.626-07:002010-11-02T07:51:11.626-07:00"You may disagree, but I've always felt t..."You may disagree, but I've always felt the series is much more intelligent than its given credit for."<br /><br />BUH? GUH?<br /><br />This series, to me, has always been like the dumb person that tries to use vocabulary they don't understand to act smart, and then mispronounces and misuses it. It is given WAY TOO MUCH credit for being smart, and it's all smoke and mirrors. The series is butt fucking dumb, and all they do to make you THINK it's smart is by starting each movie by telling you a character from the previous one did something you didn't think they did. And it's all totally random and made up along the way. There is no master plan, that much is clear.<br /><br />This is one of the most excruciatingly boring and witless horror series I've endured and I am glad it's over.Mike Williamsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-20445222767623291922010-10-31T14:46:40.987-07:002010-10-31T14:46:40.987-07:00i liked this movie. Just got done watching it. It ...i liked this movie. Just got done watching it. It did wrap up nicely. I agree with pretty much all the ups and downs you have pertaining to the movie also.Werdrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225547217155943013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-42169959928963355752010-10-30T10:13:50.406-07:002010-10-30T10:13:50.406-07:00I got to see this yesterday. It was the only one I...I got to see this yesterday. It was the only one I saw in theatres because I just started up with the series this year on DVD. I was pretty satisfied. The plotting was pretty expert but it would've been better if The Dread Priate Roberts hadn't showed up until the end. It also would've been great if they had concealed his participation completely until the big reveal at the end. This info would've made it's way onto the internet within hours of the first screening and would've have been a real reward to fans who saw it first. Oh well.<br /><br />The traps were great except for the hanging of Dagen's best friend. Hanging was a bit tame compared with the other grizzly deaths (my favorite was his publicists'. Flopping the small amount of "meat" on her face after freeing up the hook was a great little gross out). It was great to see the jaw trap finally go off (I've only seen the other movies once a piece and I'm pretty sure that thing never got tripped). So that was kind of a reward for fans (which was pretty convoluted if not a little poetic) I did wonder why Dagen didn't just hook the hooks on his belt. Sure, he didn't know that no one was watching, but i'd say it was a pretty good bet given the pre-recorded communiqués set all through the trap site. <br /><br />I hate it when innocents get killed in these movies. Dagen's wife did not deserve to be baked alive. I think that's why Nazis make such great villains. The audience never feels bad when they get killed in horrible ways. But it sucks to see those innocents (especially the doe eyed ones) get offed. And, it kinda delegitimizes Jigsaw's whole "alternative" view of morality and turns him into a full fledged villain instead of an anti-hero.<br /><br />Thanks for the review.Miskatonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10458189434988263478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-67740231623065479972010-10-30T10:03:44.866-07:002010-10-30T10:03:44.866-07:00I honestly didn't understand Dagen's game....I honestly didn't understand Dagen's game. It was just revenge and far below the Jigsaw standard to so to speak. I noticed that this is the one game where the doors to the next staging didn't lock every time and kept hoping that we were going to get a reveal that if Bobby had "reprioritized and focused on his loved ones" by letting all the others die he would have had time and the resources to save his wife. Frankly, that game was unwinnable (pectoral muscles can't sustain that weight and pressure for that long) and there was no twist. <br /><br />I had such high hopes for the finale judged upon that opening scene. I thought maybe Jigsaw's victim was us "the voyeurs" maybe they were going to hit on the reality TV thing... the way VI sort of confronted health care. <br /><br />But no. Nothing. <br /><br />It was hard to care about Jill and Hoffman because I really am indifferent to both of them. Why they turned their last chance at telling John's story into a cat and mouse game between Hoffman and some new FBI guy, is the real mystery of this final installment. <br /><br />Honestly, this felt like the opening of a third trilogy to me with a much cooler jigsaw stand-in taking up the reins.Utau-Inuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14226814323952099235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-7400712364603202542010-10-30T04:05:36.606-07:002010-10-30T04:05:36.606-07:00That they made everything a bit more OTT in order ...That they made everything a bit more OTT in order to try and take advantage of the 3D is a shame. A lot of the traps and situations just seemed a bit more... cartoonish somehow. And this was the only Saw film where I just couldn't suspend my disbelief as to the traps themselves. The car trap was way too elaborate even for a Saw film, the furnace trap at the end looked like something from a Transformers movie, the gun trap was just a WTF and how the hell was Hoffman supposed to have set up the opening trap (and the Car trap now that I think about it)without anybody noticing? <br /><br />I thought the plot was fairly weak too. Bobby Dagen's game just came across as a hollow retread of William's game from Saw VI. I didn't like the change in Hoffman's character from cool and collected to rampaging maniac and the resolution to the conflict between him and Jill was unsatisfying - she didn't even really try and fight back. And the twist, even though I'd seen it coming, STILL came across as being very rushed and coming out of nowhere. <br /><br />It wasn't all bad though, some of the traps were pretty awesome (my personal favourite being the aforementioned furnace trap - yes, it was farfetched, but that didn't make it any less visceral) and it did feel pretty great to see the good doctor come back and deliver some justice at the end. Certainly not one of the best Saw films and certainly not what I really wanted from an end to the series, but it was satisfactory, nothing more, nothing less. Maybe I'll feel better about it on a second (in mind-numbing 2D!) viewing.Halnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-69862472095420217392010-10-29T23:05:02.586-07:002010-10-29T23:05:02.586-07:00Hey BC just saw the final installment and I honest...Hey BC just saw the final installment and I honestly really enjoyed it...As you stated it truly is a movie for the fan base that has followed them all the way through but the deaths were pretty awesome...The skin tearing and fish hook was insane and awesome. My mom isn't a huge fan and after it was over I asked her what she thought and her exact reply was "it's a saw film" so to me that meant she enjoyed it but didn't expect anything from it. The closing was a great tie up to all of the loose ends and the 3D was pretty awesome. They did have some cheap 3D tricks but I thought it added to the fun of the film instead of making you go..uggg...that is cheesy...But I definitely want to see it again, and I love Saw 4..much bettter then 5 and 3 in my eyes but thats the great thing about this series...People love 4 and hate it at the same time but will enjoy 5 and not like 2. There truly is at least 1 for all horror fanboys and girls. see you tomorrow at the NEW BEV!Kristiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-25612628122414885532010-10-29T16:06:49.653-07:002010-10-29T16:06:49.653-07:00Spoilers, people, spoilers. So be warned. Just saw...Spoilers, people, spoilers. So be warned. Just saw it and it was outstanding. I agree with you about the appearance of the good doctor, but that's a small complaint. My husband and I always wondered how these devices could be put inside someone without killing them first. If you have a doctor helping you then that makes more sense. Again, a small detail that adds to the story. I liked the ending. Thought it was great and fitting. How better to end this series of movies than to take it back to the very beginning. We did not see it in 3D, but It looked like it was no great loss. I will miss it next Halloween!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-40401843210157469612010-10-29T10:50:13.634-07:002010-10-29T10:50:13.634-07:00I can't wait. The Missus and I have been watch...I can't wait. The Missus and I have been watching each episode every night leading up to our Saw 3D screening. I'm so damn proud that us Aussies kicked off a game changing horror franchise that has (as you said) stayed true to it's MO and has also kept the key cast. Nothing short of IMPRESSIVE!<br /><br />I really hope they leave it alone after this. It would be nice to have such a tight and true series complete for our favourite genre.<br /><br />GAME OVER.geranthttp://www.youtube.com/gerantgerantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-82955510298940074482010-10-29T08:44:38.739-07:002010-10-29T08:44:38.739-07:00I think my experience would have been enhanced if ...I think my experience would have been enhanced if there was someone in the front of the theater tossing raw hamburger at me during the more explosive 3D sequences. Check out my take <a href="http://31flavorsofterror.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/saw-3d-2010/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!<br /><br />Happy Halloween everybody...adamhttp://31flavorsofterror.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-77165625670879797722010-10-29T05:44:41.172-07:002010-10-29T05:44:41.172-07:00I saw the movie yesterday. I am not thrilled about...I saw the movie yesterday. I am not thrilled about the 3D and think it did barely anything to increase the satisfaction of the overall film.<br /><br />There were barely any scenes in actual 3D. Just a few guts and some flying debris.<br /><br />I think they should have stretched the sequences with Dr.Gordon further and made that more related to the main overall plot of the flim and not made it some 5 second flashback right at the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-42802930120182912502010-10-29T03:19:49.159-07:002010-10-29T03:19:49.159-07:00Nice review, BC. Once again, I agree 100% with you...Nice review, BC. Once again, I agree 100% with your point about this franchise being 'a true serialized film series'. It really is quite impressive when you think about just how consistent the series is overall...for that I gotta commend the boys at Twisted Pictures.A Nightmare On Samityville Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15342213884519551426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-40199495282243030952010-10-29T01:53:04.905-07:002010-10-29T01:53:04.905-07:00Yeah I thought that was really weird that they gav...Yeah I thought that was really weird that they gave her that role. I would have liked to have seen her as the girl in the very first trap. Then she would have had some actual lines.MetalBeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985018479029445158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-9057350063936347562010-10-29T00:15:03.381-07:002010-10-29T00:15:03.381-07:00Hahahah that is amazing. I felt bad for Gabby too...Hahahah that is amazing. I felt bad for Gabby too - she just screams and dies. At least Tanedra got an actual role. Hell, Tanedra was in THIS one more than Gabby was.BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-761894571158254722010-10-29T00:12:56.869-07:002010-10-29T00:12:56.869-07:00Awesome review. I definitely agree with you about...Awesome review. I definitely agree with you about the ending. Would have loved for that moment to have been the big reveal instead of seeing him in the beginning. I too am sad that this series is leaving us (supposedly). Maybe now that the series is done people can start discovering the films instead of just immediately writing them off as "torture porn." <br /><br />Also I love that the Wikipedia article has quotes from Chester Bennington talking about going to an acting coach to figure out the motivation of his character. Apparently it's a lot of work to figure out how to scream "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" and "AAAAAHHHHHHH!"MetalBeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985018479029445158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-44516108966006338352010-10-28T22:37:25.085-07:002010-10-28T22:37:25.085-07:00Just for this, I'm gonna have to marathon the ...Just for this, I'm gonna have to marathon the series soon. I'm really a bit too squeamish for these, but I love puzzling together the why's,how's and who's.<br /><br />It's just too bad that was spoiled pretty much from day 2.Hellfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16234004537393923817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-60188540867218087672010-10-28T20:59:06.839-07:002010-10-28T20:59:06.839-07:00I wouldn't say that's a huge issue, it'...I wouldn't say that's a huge issue, it's obviously two other folks who were saved by Jigsaw. As we can now surmise, with Amanda, Gordon, and Hoffman becoming followers, he was actually (if unintentionally) starting a cult of sorts. And with Gordon openly mocking Dagen in front of the other survivors (and Dagen's claim that Gordon had been around the meetings for a long time), it's obvious he recruited some folks to get back at the guy (Hoffman) who was hurting John's legacy. <br /><br />And yes, Scream was consistent (assuming 4 doesn't ignore the events of the previous film or films). It's almost like I specifically said "MOST horror series don't even retain any of the core crew past the 2nd or 3rd film". So there's two. Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare On Elm St, Hellraiser, Texas CHainsaw Massacre, Leprechaun, Puppet Master, Final Destination, The Grudge... they all had drastic personnel changes throughout. I was illustrating a point, not writing a thesis.BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-73950263942601645872010-10-28T20:51:36.525-07:002010-10-28T20:51:36.525-07:00The Scream Trilogy has kept the storyline consiste...The Scream Trilogy has kept the storyline consistent and not ignored anything..Shame you didn't mention that in your post.<br /><br />Scream and Saw are about the the only two franchises that were consistent.<br /><br />However, you are wrong about SAW 3D "All issues have been resolved"<br /><br />If anything, SAW 3D has even created some new ones, such as who are the accomplices who help Dr Gordon capture Hoffman?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-35299733953311450482010-10-28T12:46:29.364-07:002010-10-28T12:46:29.364-07:00Cuz I'm half asleep? LOL, thanks!!! Fixed.Cuz I'm half asleep? LOL, thanks!!! Fixed.BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-86661892614392955222010-10-28T12:35:01.544-07:002010-10-28T12:35:01.544-07:00Solid review. Really looking forward to this one a...Solid review. Really looking forward to this one and I'm hoping that I'll be able to catch it in 3D. Sounds like fun.<br /><br />One question, though: why did put the year 2007 in the title?Andreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00310144292811089076noreply@blogger.com