HC Reviews

SAW

102 minutes

Directed by
James Wan

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First off can I just say Carey Elwes is STILL a foxy foxy man?

Second off I'm going to do my non-whinging review up top...and my whinging SPOILERS bit on the bottom. I do love bottoms and whinging so off we go!

[[NON SPOILER PART]]

Two dudes wake up chained to a wall and soon learn that they are apart of some whack-o's idea of a good time at the park--someone's gotta die--there's a dead person between them already and a whole lot of clues to help them get out of their situation.

We soon learn that mr. 'Whacko' already has been given the name of 'jigsaw' killer and that he doesn't actually 'kill' his victims... they do that on their own trying to escape the predicaments he puts them in and that Carey Elwes character was accused of BEING the jigsaw killer when police found one of his pen lights at the scene of a crime (he's a doctor). Of course Carey's character isn't the killer.

Anyway Enter Danny Glover's cop character who's obsessed with trying to solve the case... wife and kid being held hostage yadda yadda yadda.... how the crap are the dudes chained to the wall going to get free? What are the saws for again?

I got reccomended this movie with the warning that it scared the bejeezus out of somone and it has successfully creeped me out. Creeped me out in that comfortable creepy/scary that I don't have to hide my television or carry a glass of water around with me kinda way. I got sucked in and genuinely enjoyed it for the most part.

But let's get to the whinging because this part's really bothering me.

!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!
[[[[SPOILERS BELOW]]]]]]

I couldn't get over the fact that A) no one thought to listen to the dude lying on the floor's tape if he even had one (I can't remember) B) If dude lying on the floor DIDN'T have a tape... and he was lying on the floor WITH the tapeplayer... WHY DIDN'T ANYONE QUESTION IT?

The whole entire movie I was like... 'WHY THE HELL DON'T THEY LISTEN TO THE DEAD DUDE'S TAPE?' and when the point came accross that maybe he didn't have a tape 'WHY THE HELL ISN'T ANYONE QUESTIONING WHY HE DOESN'T HAVE A TAPE?'. did I miss something here? I only recall hearing TWO tapes being played.... Cary Elwes' and the photographer's. I mean, if everything the killer dude did he did with a purpose... a well thought out puzzle-like purpose... wouldn't you think maybe just maybe the random dead dude lying in the middle of the floor NOT chained up might have had a purpose? He wouldn't have just chose to kill himself. Sure... 'slow acting poison' blah blah blah but WHY THE HELL IS HE THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM if he didn't have anything linked to them?

Which brings me around to the tapeplayer. wtf? if his soul purpose was to give the other guys the tapeplayer and the gun.... wouldn't you question the whole part about the tape he was supposed to have listened to?

I really think I missed something.

Also... DUH. I KNEW that thing that floated down the drain at the beginning was uber important. Can you imagine the turn of events if photographer dude had that?

A real thinker this movie is.

Even if the tape recorder thing and the dude in the middle of the floor pissed me off the whole time.

Definetely worth seeing...but if you're reading this...it's probably something you already Saw.

har har

Posted by prism at April 3, 2005 06:25 AM