I was looking forward to this movie. Good word of mouth, internet wise anyway. I don't know anyone who personally saw it. Lol saw it. But, yeah, it was kinda shit. Ramped up a touch near the end, but felt like a bit of a slog to get through. Wasn't really as fun of a movie as it should've been. Set design was pretty top notch, but shot choices were kinda bland, not incompetent or bad just boring. I expected more.
shareIt was better than every sequel after saw 2, but nothing special really. Worth watching, but I am kind of surprised by the positive reviews.
shareI would say Saw 3, 5 and 6 are easily better than 1 and 2... 2 just comes across as a teeny bopper film to me. Cheesy as hell. 1 is full of so many inconsistencies that it becomes a waste of time. People swear by 1, but the only good thing it had was "...he wants us to cut through our feet!!" everything else was completely stupid. Especially Jigsaw laying there the whole time, what a pointless twist, and the key being in the tub, come on... super weak. Although, they all seem worse and worse the more people pick them apart.
shareThey are all stupid I'd say but at least some are entertaining. I've only seen Saw 2 once when it came out and remember liking it quite a bit. I should rewatch it to see how it holds up. 1 one good when when I first saw it but the plot is just idiotic. The rest were totally forgettable to me, not necessarily afwul but just meh.
shareGlad I'm not the only one who thinks the first Saw is overrated.
Sure, the general consensus is that it’s the best but I chalk that down to the whole “first is always the best” doctrine that way too many people will just blindly accept without question.
OK, I somewhat respect it for being the introduction to such an iconic horror franchise, but that’s as far as it really goes.
Simply put, the pacing is tedious, the premise is dull and is not as original and many proclaim it to be (basically a Se7en rip-off), and the main characters and performances aren’t anything special (sorry Adam and Dr. Gordon fans).
Then there are the so-called “amazing twists” that are actually really stupid:
Like, why would the mastermind behind the whole thing pretend to be a corpse in the bathroom? John gains literally nothing from it at all that he wouldn't get from just watching the security camera. Why would he need to be there in the room with them pretending to be a corpse? And also, wouldn't it be incredibly easy for them to tell that he's not dead? Even if he took some muscle relaxant (like Saw III retconned in), he'd still need to, you know... breath.
And believe it or not, you move slightly when you breathe. No way two people in very close proximity to him, one of which is literally an experienced doctor, wouldn't be able to tell he's not dead.
Then there's the whole twist with Zep which was fucking stupid too.
Like, he's clearly showing sadistic pleasure when terrorising Gordon's family and watching the game through the monitors, yet we're expected to believe that he's simply following the rules for his survival?
On top of that, Zep’s just an all-round lame villain - he’s not interesting nor intimidating, just flat-out annoying!
I seriously hope you're joking.
Saw 3 is garbage. Saw 5 is even worse garbage, it's the worst Saw movie.
Saw 6 is the best of these 3 movies by far but still no way as good as both Saw 1 and Saw 2.