Saw 3 Review
The Family Update was delayed last week due to a family emergency. I'll explain on Friday.
Late last night I get a call from my buddy Chris. He wants to play the World of Warcraft TCG. I, however, wanted to see Saw 3. Why? Because I'm a big Saw geek, that's why, and it was Sunday night. One night to go before you missed the "opening weekend".
And let me tell you: This movie is awesome. There ya go, four word review.
Want some more words? Here ya go:
I'm a sick puppy, I guess, because I love this gross stuff. Sure it's quease-inducing, and the gore can make you uncomfortable, but where else do you get this sort of weird torture voyeurity? (I just make up words, I swear)
The fact is, Saw has been the greatest horror franchise post-Scream that we've had. Virtually the only horror franchise of my generation, as Freddy and Jason were winding down as I entered Junior High. Freddy vs. Jason was cute, but a franchise it was not. Scream got so in-cheek that it was cornball, so that's out too.
This movie did the most perfect thing it could have done for a third outing after an absolutely horrid sequel (read my review of Saw 2 here): It brought back the original creative team of James Wan (Story) and Leigh Whannell (Story and Screenplay). Now for weeks I've been cracking on Saw 3 ever since I heard they wrote the script in a week.
Well, let me tell you, if this is what they can do in a week, please give them a month next time!
This sequel is one of those rare occurrences where the sequel is better than the first film(s) (Spider-Man 2, Aliens, Toy Story 2) as they even took the horrible Saw 2 story--which was adapted from another screenplay no less--and make it all work in the plot timeline.
This was a great piece of horror. If you liked Saw, but hated Saw 2, you'll love this one. The characters are all there, the emotion has returned, the twists are fantastic, and Mark Whalburg and Leigh Whannell reprise their roles. Too bad Cary doesn't make an appearance--maybe just in time for the prequel which will come next year, which features the 'final game' along with the 'origin story' of Jigsaw. Mark my words.
And you already know.
Yeah, you already know how this will end.
2 Comments:
I actually preferred Saw 2 over Saw. I liked the twist of the second movie more than the lame twist of the first. Also, the whole car chase scene totally ruined the first movie. I'll have to wait for the movie to hit DVD because the wife doesn't watch those kind of movies and I'm not the kind to go to a movie theater alone.
Ok man, I watched Saw 3 the other day. I didn't comment on it directly after seeing it because I needed to reflect on what I witnessed. No sir, I didn't like it. It wasn't gory, suspenseful or contain any of the elements that made the others modern day classics. It did, however, show a decent set of breasts and the device used to kill the black guy was pretty cool but I didn't care for it. The ending really stunk. I hated it. Maybe it was because I was sooo hoping for a happing ending or some sort of satisfaction. I'm fairly sure there will be no Saw 4 but we'll see. The ending left just enough of an opening to allow one more squel. Or your assumption of a Prequel might actually make more sense, although this movie pretty much covered the beginning.
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