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Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:40 pm**

Saw

My rating: It's a "reach around" better than Cutthoat Island.

Premise: Two men are chained to opposite sides of an abandoned bathroom. (One is a doctor played by Cary Elwes.) They each claim to have been kidnapped by a serial killer called "Jigsaw."
Between them (out of reach) is dead man and a gun. The dead man's blood is poisonous (important later, but by no means a spoiler). Hidden in the room are various clues and items.
They soon discover that their captor wants one to kill the other. This is the killer's way of teaching people to appreciate life. The one alleged survivor of Jigsaw said that she appreciated the lesson she learned.

My review: I saw this movie at "world famous Chinese Theatre" in Hollywood. The last movie I remember seeing there was E.T., so it's been awhile. After leaving the green room we had nothing to do so we looked for a movie across the street. Saw was the most promising thing showing at the time.

I had seen Kiss the Girls for the first time a month earlier, so I kept thinking that Cary Elwes was revising his role from that movie. His acting was terrible in Saw. His stiffness worked in The Princess Bride and Robin Hood: Men in Tights, but not in this movie.

I don't buy who the killer turned out to be. If anyone cares to start a spoiler thread I'll say why.

Watch it if you must. Just don't expect to want to watch it again.

Posted: **Sat Dec 18, 2004 5:55 pm**

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movies/saw2.php

looks like theres gonna be a sequel, whoohoo

Posted: **Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:31 pm**

Well, I finally saw Saw.

It was scatterbrained. A great idea that was carried off, but not well.

Little things will annoy you after the movie has ended more than during. Although, one scene in particular with the police is easily one of the worst written scenes in movie history. The scene isn't horrible to watch because its terribly stupid, its just horrible to watch because of the total lack of realism. It makes The Matrix look like a documentary on PBS. How two writers decided to write a scene involving police procedures that is critical to their storyline when neither knows the first thing about them is beyond me.

I agree about Cary Elwes' acting. He phoned it is, as did Danny Glover.

Still, its an entertaining flick with an original type of killer, but it could have been much better.

I also agree about who it turned out to be. The writers obviously understand serial killers about as well as they understand the police.

Still, 6 out of 10. I like serial killer flicks.

Posted: **Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:03 pm**

I'd have liked it better if...
1) There were decent "oh I should have caught that" clues to the killer's identity.
2) There were clues that linked the killer's identity with the killer's MO.
3) The acting was better. Glover was passable. Elwes sucked.
4) The red herring wasn't so obvious that it was an obvious mislead.

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:01 pm**

I thought it was quite the mind f**k.

I liked it.

Posted: **Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:05 pm**

I wouldn't call it a mind fuck by any stretch of the imagination.

I'd explain why but it'd be a spoiler.

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Posted: **Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:55 am**

I wasn't talking about it being a mind f**k because of any plot twists, but because of the psychological aspects of it.

It was very disturbing. Very graphic without showing much of anything.

Posted: **Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:02 pm**

because of the psychological aspects of it.

It was very disturbing. Very graphic without showing much of anything.

Gotcha.

Yeah, the concept is exceptional it just wasn't pulled off as well as it should have been.

Posted: **Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:53 am**

Just re-watched this and Cary Elwes' horrible acting cannot be overstated. Ditto for the weaker spots of the plot. It's still a fantastic concept, it just wasn't executed very well.

Posted: **Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:32 pm**

Watched the entire franchise last week. Complete shit for seven movies.

Posted: **Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:10 pm**

7? I thought there were only 5.

Posted: **Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:26 pm**

Nope. Seven, with rumours of an eigth bandied about for a couple years. They tie up loose ends with Mrs. Kramer, Det. Hoffman, Amanda, and Dr. Gordon.

Posted: **Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:29 pm**

I think I stopped at 3. Maybe saw the 4th one in the theater as a goof. Not sure.

Posted: **Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:18 pm**

There was more than one?

Why?

Posted: **Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:04 pm**

TPRJones wrote:There was more than one?

Why?

They kept turning a profit.

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