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Saw (2004)
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Movie Review by BillyBob
March 7th, 2008
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IT'S (S)AW-FUL!
OK....
Let's face it....
As far as Hollywood movies go, SAW is such a dismal, little 'Nose-Picker' that it makes THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT look like a sure-fire 'OSCAR' winner.
SAW is so inexplicably anal in its focus (it was filmed mainly within the unbearable confines of a filthy lavatory, which included a toilet brimming over with rotting feces. there were even feces on the wall) that it makes THE 6th SENSE make sense.
I think that Movie Madmen/Serial Killers have got to be the biggest jokers of all time. They are always portrayed as totally ingenious in their methods of madness. They are forever devising brilliant contraptions of torture and mutilation. They always seem to have a hell of a lot of time on their hands to take care of the business of killing. And they are always made to appear to be so much brighter than the rest of us. Their thoughts are always so clear and lucid. And, we, the victims, are always being used as the unsuspecting pawns in their ever-so-clever games of cat-kills-mouse. My, oh, my, aren't Movie Serial Killers just the most fascinating people alive!?
So, why do I get the impression that the very same people who applaud SAW and call it great 'entertainment' are the same ones who sneer down their noses at pornography and refuse to call it 'art'? If I was given an ultimate choice between these two evils(?) (either witnessing sadistic murder or viewing sexual intercourse) I'd definitely take being entertained by the art of porn, rather than the art of SAW, any day, any day, any day. And it's not like I'm a big porn fan, either.
It's so obvious that the makers of SAW were deliberately trying way, way too hard to surpass all other twisted serial-killer movies with this one. I really can't believe that there are, indeed, 3 horrendous sequels to SAW. Each one is clearly intended to out-do its predecessor in the depravity and gore department by leaps and bounds. Since there are already 3 sequels to SAW (and more to follow, I'm sure) it proves that cruelty/brutality/mutilation are a highly popular form of entertainment in this day and age. I guess SAW enthusiasts get the 'lift' that they need in their day from watching sadistic murders being committed, even if it is just for the sake of make-believe.
Personally, I don't get SAW's approach to teaching people how to 'appreciate' life at all. First off, what the hell is it to him that people don't appreciate life the way he thinks they ought to? They didn't appear to be hurting others anywhere near to the way that SAW hurt people. It looked to me like SAW viewed himself as some kind of Saviour who must rescue our wayward society. SAW must bring all citizens to salvation through the use of brute-force, torture, humiliation and murder? Is this the new, cure-all, psycho-therapy for the reckless, life-scoffing, brats of Generation-X? I mean, does one really, truly 'appreciate' life after a session of psychotic-brutality with SAW?
There's only one way to find out.
I'm gonna check in on the only one of SAW's victims that got away. She's the drug-addict whose face SAW fit with a reverse bear-trap. To escape and finally free herself before her face was, literally, ripped off she was forced to cut right into her friend's stomach, while he was still alive, with a scalpel and then dig deep with her bare-hands into his yucky intestines to retrieve a key that was planted there by you-know-who. And, yes, she got the key. And, yes, she escaped.
And, does she now appreciate life thanks to good, old SAW and his good will towards his fellow man!? Well, it's kinda hard to tell 'cause right now she's suffering miserably from chronic-depression due to her SAW encounter. And she's also experiencing suicidal tendencies as a result of what she had to do to her friend. And she finds it almost impossible to smile these days. But, hey, she did quit doing drugs. Wow! Isn't that just miraculous. But for the rest of her life she'll be living in mortal fear, watching her back, in case SAW is lurking there somewhere in the darkest shadows, waiting to introduce her to round 2 of his Life Appreciation Techniques.
Personally, I learned 2 things from SAW......(1) That life is absolutely worthless....and.....(2) That the Movie Industry will stoop to the lowest level of depravity just to get me to part with my hard-earned money. What a comfort it is to learn this.
For me, the 'surprise' ending of SAW was totally anti-climatic. I swear that if the Virgin Mary, suckling the Christ-Child, had suddenly stepped directly out of the poop-filled toilet and ascended straight up into the frickin' heavens before my very eyes I couldn't have been more bored with it all by this point. It's true.
___Sample This : SOME BAD HUMOR FOR AN EQUALLY BAD MOVIE____
Saw's Reminder List :
1 - Meet Roy Saw-chuck at Saw-Bucks Cafe - Go for Saw-na
2 - Return cups and saw-cers to Saw-ndra Saw-yer
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