list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Saw III on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Saw_III/276479/default.aspx Title: Saw III
Year: 2006
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Plot: Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is back, and this time he's concocted his deadliest set of traps yet in this gore-soaked sequel written by James Wan and Leigh Whannell, and directed by Saw II's Darren Lynn Bousman. Picking up directly where its predecessor left off, Saw III finds Jigsaw near death and fighting to stay alive for one final game. Determined to show his protégé, Amanda (Shawnee Smith), what it truly means to carry out his deadly game, the ailing Jigsaw instructs his apprentice to kidnap unsuspecting doctor Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) in order to ensure that he survives long enough to see how his latest victim Jeff (Angus MacFadyen) fares when faced with the prospect of imminent death. As Lynn and Jeff both struggle to beat the clock and carry out their tasks before Jigsaw draws his final breath, a much larger plan begins to emerge that shows just how cunning the legendary killer can truly be. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:11:27 GMTSaw III2006Darren Lynn BousmanJigsaw (<a href="/players/P_____5147/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tobin Bell</a>) is back, and this time he's concocted his deadliest set of traps yet in this gore-soaked sequel written by James Wan and <a href="/players/P___386912/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Leigh Whannell</a>, and directed by <a href=/films/254875/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Saw II</a>'s <a href="/players/P___430163/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Darren Lynn Bousman</a>. Picking up directly where its predecessor left off, Saw III finds Jigsaw near death and fighting to stay alive for one final game. Determined to show his protégé, Amanda (<a href="/players/P____66554/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Shawnee Smith</a>), what it truly means to carry out his deadly game, the ailing Jigsaw instructs his apprentice to kidnap unsuspecting doctor Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) in order to ensure that he survives long enough to see how his latest victim Jeff (<a href="/players/P____44176/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Angus MacFadyen</a>) fares when faced with the prospect of imminent death. As Lynn and Jeff both struggle to beat the clock and carry out their tasks before Jigsaw draws his final breath, a much larger plan begins to emerge that shows just how cunning the legendary killer can truly be. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide13Tag Target (>10)361013http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u43997lwhlh.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Saw_III/276479/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Extreme_Cinema/Re_This_Group_Needs_a_Picture/641/36828/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: filmgal81
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Post Date: 10/30/2008 10:13:34 PM
Body: I second ( or third) the red X idea. I think that pretty much sums it up. My second vote would be the surgical utensils from the Saw cover. That's pretty extreme. [quote user="SkyPilot"] [quote user="Risselada"] What about a picture of an energy drink? those are EXTREME!!!!!!!!!!! [/quote] Haha. I like Christi's idea about a red letter X. It's short for extreme, it reminds us of X-rated cinema, and if you can find a red X you get the added benefit of the Scarlet Letter connotation. [/quote]
]]>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:13:34 GMTfilmgal81Extreme Cinema10/30/2008 10:13:34 PMI second ( or third) the red X idea. I think that pretty much sums it up. My second vote would be the surgical utensils from the Saw cover. That's pretty extreme. [quote user="SkyPilot"] [quote user="Risselada"] What about a picture of an energy drink? those are EXTREME!!!!!!!!!!! [/quote] Haha. I like Christi's idea about a red letter X. It's short for extreme, it reminds us of X-rated cinema, and if you can find a red X you get the added benefit of the Scarlet Letter connotation. [/quote] http://www.spout.com/blogs/jj79/archive/2008/6/9/30961.aspx Post By: JJ79
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Post Date: 6/9/2008 1:12:54 PM
Body: At its core, "Saw III" is a life lesson surrounded in blood, gore and violence. As with the first two films, serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) wants his subjects to understand life is a fragile thing and they should respect themselves and each other because life can be taken away at any time. This time out, he wants to teach one more lesson: the lesson of forgiveness. To that end, he has protégé Amanda (Shawnee Smith) kidnap a couple with marital problems. The wife, Lynn, is a doctor charged with keeping Jigsaw alive long enough for the other participant to make his way through the maze. The husband, Adam, is thrown into different tasks, all of which revolve around people associated with his son's death. Can Adam put his hate and vengeance aside long enough to work his way through the maze? Will Lynn keep Jigsaw breathing with rudimentary medical instruments and the constant threat of an explosive collar around her neck? The "Saw" franchise has succeeded-relatively speaking-where other horror films fail. The villain has an ulterior movie for doing the things he does. Jigsaw isn't just a mean and bad person in any of these films he wants his subjects to learn lessons a person learns when they are near death. Why does Freddy Krueger do the things he does? Vengeance. Jason Voorhies? Michael Myers? Those three characters are the icons of the horror genre. Their actions deal with blood, but not on the level of Jigsaw. They are strictly slasher characters. There is more thought put into one Jigsaw puzzle than was put into all the blood spattering in any of those other three genres. That is what elevates "Saw" above everything else in the horror domain. "Saw III" feels like the final film in a series. All the loose ends are wrapped up, characters meet the end of their storylines and, frankly, that's exactly as it should be. When this movie rises to the top of the box office chart this weekend, it is a forgone conclusion a fourth installment will receive the greenlight in time for next Halloween. However, that film will have lost its edge and its mythos. As we know from the second flick, Jigsaw is dying at the beginning of this film. No, it's not a spoiler. It's a cold hard fact. Without this man pulling the strings from behind a computer monitor, the entire exercise loses its reason for being. We never get the feeling there is enough press coverage of the events portrayed in any of the three films that would create a copycat. As much as this should be the end of the series, the ending yet again leaves the door open for another trip to the same well. I can't say the ending doesn't hit you about halfway through the nearly 2-hour film it is obvious if you're looking for it. And it could very well be an interesting storyline, but at what cost? Right now, this series is revered through horror circles. It is popular, it is chic, it is a further extension of the new age of horror in which there is no literal boogeyman, just the inner one. It's a new kind of horror/thriller film, as I already mentioned. With additional sequels that don't have the participation of the regular characters, we would essentially be getting "Saw"-lite, a watered down version of what has made the "franchise". No, with the way this film ties up all the loose ends, delves back into the history of the first two films and treats all of its characters, this should be the final installment. With all that being said, there isn't a whole lot to criticize here. Notoriously, horror films are critic and review proof, so it wouldn't really matter if this turned out to be the worst film in creation. It's not. It's definitely bloody, gory and more than a bit profane. None of that should come as a surprise. There is enough sawing, freezing, cutting, oozing, drilling, shooting…well, you get the idea…for three or four films. "Saw III" wants to up the ante as it did with the first and second films. It doesn't quite get there. "Saw II" had more scenes of torture and gore than this installment, but it didn't have one crucial thing: the continuity. Yes, there were references to the bathroom and Jigsaw himself, but nothing really tied the films together. Here, though, the entire storyline comes full circle with Adam and Amanda. Everything is thrown into the light, exposed and explained. And I think that is the greatest asset to this movie. It understands it is part-hopefully the final part-of a series and takes that responsibility seriously. The story ties together thanks to the use of numerous flashbacks at the end of the production. One of the greatest surprises is that it all makes sense in the end. Amanda, Adam, Jigsaw, bathrooms, Eric, Kerry, dead sons, estranged marriages, saws, tumors, blood…great care went into the writing of the picture to make sure the fans were satisfied with it all. In true horror fashion, the leftover characters from the second film (remember, everyone from "Saw" died) make a return appearance…only to be disposed of. While I'm not usually a proponent of this kind of screenwriting, it was necessary in order to movie this story along. It also provides a nice coda for Amanda, who was supposed to have taken over for Jigsaw once he died. There's a father-daughter relationship between the two that is played subtlety enough so it doesn't beat anyone over the head. In the end, though, she does let him down. He laid down the rules for Lynn and Amanda can't follow them. There's a deeper story about disappointment which is only touched on. But the moral lesson is forgiveness. There is a moment at the end, when everything seems to be finally over for Jeff and Lynn, where Jigsaw asks for Jeff's forgiveness. Instead of learning from the three people he met previously, Jeff demonstrates what is most likely human nature: never forgiving or forgetting. Because of his stubbornness, he loses everything dear to him. The only objective Jeff has to accomplish is the following, according to Jigsaw: he must learn to put anger and vengeance aside in order to be a proper father and husband to his daughter and wife. In the end, what goes through his mind? Does he attempt to save the three people because it is what is expected of him? Does he do it because he realizes they are human beings? We're never quite sure. He can definitely leave all of them to die, but tries to help all three-albeit too late. And that's the most damning thing about the picture. After everything he's gone through, after being told he and his wife will go free, after being told what he should have learned…Jeff doesn't learn anything. He has a one-track mind set on taking revenge for all the bad things done to him. Perhaps it's a mediation on humanity the writers were going for. Whatever the reasoning, it's nearly the only thing I have a problem with regarding "Saw III". The visual style of the first two films is carried over here with hyper-kinetic editing and the distinctive color tones and darkness in various scenes. The acting is what we'd expect from a horror film not bad, not Oscar worthy but somewhere in between. Storywise, the beats hang together well and there are no major deviations from what we think should be happening. Definitely not for everyone, "Saw III", with all its accompanying gore and blood, is every bit as good as the first two films. Since I am hesitant to give a horror/thriller a better grade than the best films I've seen this year ("The Departed" and "The Illusionist"), I'll give it the equal. "Saw III" gets a 7 out of 10. As always, your mileage may vary. Obviously, this isn't a family film, one for the easily squeamish or the easily grossed out. But so much the better.
]]>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:12:54 GMTJJ79JJ79 Blog6/9/2008 1:12:54 PMAt its core, "Saw III" is a life lesson surrounded in blood, gore and violence. As with the first two films, serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) wants his subjects to understand life is a fragile thing and they should respect themselves and each other because life can be taken away at any time. This time out, he wants to teach one more lesson: the lesson of forgiveness. To that end, he has prot&eacute;g&eacute; Amanda (Shawnee Smith) kidnap a couple with marital problems. The wife, Lynn, is a doctor charged with keeping Jigsaw alive long enough for the other participant to make his way through the maze. The husband, Adam, is thrown into different tasks, all of which revolve around people associated with his son's death. Can Adam put his hate and vengeance aside long enough to work his way through the maze? Will Lynn keep Jigsaw breathing with rudimentary medical instruments and the constant threat of an explosive collar around her neck? The "Saw" franchise has succeeded-relatively speaking-where other horror films fail. The villain has an ulterior movie for doing the things he does. Jigsaw isn't just a mean and bad person in any of these films he wants his subjects to learn lessons a person learns when they are near death. Why does Freddy Krueger do the things he does? Vengeance. Jason Voorhies? Michael Myers? Those three characters are the icons of the horror genre. Their actions deal with blood, but not on the level of Jigsaw. They are strictly slasher characters. There is more thought put into one Jigsaw puzzle than was put into all the blood spattering in any of those other three genres. That is what elevates "Saw" above everything else in the horror domain. "Saw III" feels like the final film in a series. All the loose ends are wrapped up, characters meet the end of their storylines and, frankly, that's exactly as it should be. When this movie rises to the top of the box office chart this weekend, it is a forgone conclusion a fourth installment will receive the greenlight in time for next Halloween. However, that film will have lost its edge and its mythos. As we know from the second flick, Jigsaw is dying at the beginning of this film. No, it's not a spoiler. It's a cold hard fact. Without this man pulling the strings from behind a computer monitor, the entire exercise loses its reason for being. We never get the feeling there is enough press coverage of the events portrayed in any of the three films that would create a copycat. As much as this should be the end of the series, the ending yet again leaves the door open for another trip to the same well. I can't say the ending doesn't hit you about halfway through the nearly 2-hour film it is obvious if you're looking for it. And it could very well be an interesting storyline, but at what cost? Right now, this series is revered through horror circles. It is popular, it is chic, it is a further extension of the new age of horror in which there is no literal boogeyman, just the inner one. It's a new kind of horror/thriller film, as I already mentioned. With additional sequels that don't have the participation of the regular characters, we would essentially be getting "Saw"-lite, a watered down version of what has made the "franchise". No, with the way this film ties up all the loose ends, delves back into the history of the first two films and treats all of its characters, this should be the final installment. With all that being said, there isn't a whole lot to criticize here. Notoriously, horror films are critic and review proof, so it wouldn't really matter if this turned out to be the worst film in creation. It's not. It's definitely bloody, gory and more than a bit profane. None of that should come as a surprise. There is enough sawing, freezing, cutting, oozing, drilling, shooting&hellip;well, you get the idea&hellip;for three or four films. "Saw III" wants to up the ante as it did with the first and second films. It doesn't quite get there. "Saw II" had more scenes of torture and gore than this installment, but it didn't have one crucial thing: the continuity. Yes, there were references to the bathroom and Jigsaw himself, but nothing really tied the films together. Here, though, the entire storyline comes full circle with Adam and Amanda. Everything is thrown into the light, exposed and explained. And I think that is the greatest asset to this movie. It understands it is part-hopefully the final part-of a series and takes that responsibility seriously. The story ties together thanks to the use of numerous flashbacks at the end of the production. One of the greatest surprises is that it all makes sense in the end. Amanda, Adam, Jigsaw, bathrooms, Eric, Kerry, dead sons, estranged marriages, saws, tumors, blood&hellip;great care went into the writing of the picture to make sure the fans were satisfied with it all. In true horror fashion, the leftover characters from the second film (remember, everyone from "Saw" died) make a return appearance&hellip;only to be disposed of. While I'm not usually a proponent of this kind of screenwriting, it was necessary in order to movie this story along. It also provides a nice coda for Amanda, who was supposed to have taken over for Jigsaw once he died. There's a father-daughter relationship between the two that is played subtlety enough so it doesn't beat anyone over the head. In the end, though, she does let him down. He laid down the rules for Lynn and Amanda can't follow them. There's a deeper story about disappointment which is only touched on. But the moral lesson is forgiveness. There is a moment at the end, when everything seems to be finally over for Jeff and Lynn, where Jigsaw asks for Jeff's forgiveness. Instead of learning from the three people he met previously, Jeff demonstrates what is most likely human nature: never forgiving or forgetting. Because of his stubbornness, he loses everything dear to him. The only objective Jeff has to accomplish is the following, according to Jigsaw: he must learn to put anger and vengeance aside in order to be a proper father and husband to his daughter and wife. In the end, what goes through his mind? Does he attempt to save the three people because it is what is expected of him? Does he do it because he realizes they are human beings? We're never quite sure. He can definitely leave all of them to die, but tries to help all three-albeit too late. And that's the most damning thing about the picture. After everything he's gone through, after being told he and his wife will go free, after being told what he should have learned&hellip;Jeff doesn't learn anything. He has a one-track mind set on taking revenge for all the bad things done to him. Perhaps it's a mediation on humanity the writers were going for. Whatever the reasoning, it's nearly the only thing I have a problem with regarding "Saw III". The visual style of the first two films is carried over here with hyper-kinetic editing and the distinctive color tones and darkness in various scenes. The acting is what we'd expect from a horror film not bad, not Oscar worthy but somewhere in between. Storywise, the beats hang together well and there are no major deviations from what we think should be happening. Definitely not for everyone, "Saw III", with all its accompanying gore and blood, is every bit as good as the first two films. Since I am hesitant to give a horror/thriller a better grade than the best films I've seen this year ("The Departed" and "The Illusionist"), I'll give it the equal. "Saw III" gets a 7 out of 10. As always, your mileage may vary. Obviously, this isn't a family film, one for the easily squeamish or the easily grossed out. But so much the better. http://www.spout.com/blogs/xrune6/archive/2007/10/17/20900.aspx Post By: xrune6
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Post Date: 10/17/2007 9:02:11 PM
Body: What I liked: -This movie has much more of a storyline than the other two, it really kicks it up a knotch. The special effects were gruesomly disturbing, yet awesome, as well. I definately did not expect the twist at the end. What i didnt like:I dont think there was anything about this movie i didnt like.
]]>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:02:11 GMTxrune6xrune6 Blog10/17/2007 9:02:11 PMWhat I liked: -This movie has much more of a storyline than the other two, it really kicks it up a knotch. The special effects were gruesomly disturbing, yet awesome, as well. I definately did not expect the twist at the end. What i didnt like:I dont think there was anything about this movie i didnt like. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/7/30/16852.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 7/30/2007 9:01:53 AM
Body: Sun Tzu-fan Paris Hilton will star (!) as Paul Sorvino’s daughter (!!) in Repo! The Genetic Opera, a “musical thriller” from Saw III director Darren Lynn Bousman (!!!). Sometimes the jokes just write themselves, and in this case, I can’t top Variety’s logline: “Hilton will sing in a futuristic thriller framed around musical numbers that range from opera to rock. The setting is 2056, when a plague nearly destroys the human race and survival is dependent upon being able to finance a pricey organ transplant.” Speaking of celebutantes that were thought to be unemployable, a Reuters story picked up by The Hollywood Reporter warns us not to write off Lindsay Lohan, because “no actor is uninsurable.” An expert quoted in the story says something along the lines of, “I got insurance for Robert Downey Jr. I could insure Lindsay Lohan barefoot with somebody else’s coke in my pants.” Johnny Depp is re-attached to The Rum Diary, an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel, now to be directed by Bruce Robinson. But don’t put a lot of weight in this announcement: the project has fallen in and out of development since 2000, and at one point, Benicio Del Toro was on board to direct. Originally posted on:Spoutblog
]]>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:01:53 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com7/30/2007 9:01:53 AM Sun Tzu-fan Paris Hilton will star (!) as Paul Sorvino’s daughter (!!) in Repo! The Genetic Opera, a “musical thriller” from Saw III director Darren Lynn Bousman (!!!). Sometimes the jokes just write themselves, and in this case, I can’t top Variety’s logline: “Hilton will sing in a futuristic thriller framed around musical numbers that range from opera to rock. The setting is 2056, when a plague nearly destroys the human race and survival is dependent upon being able to finance a pricey organ transplant.” Speaking of celebutantes that were thought to be unemployable, a Reuters story picked up by The Hollywood Reporter warns us not to write off Lindsay Lohan, because “no actor is uninsurable.” An expert quoted in the story says something along the lines of, “I got insurance for Robert Downey Jr. I could insure Lindsay Lohan barefoot with somebody else’s coke in my pants.” Johnny Depp is re-attached to The Rum Diary, an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel, now to be directed by Bruce Robinson. But don’t put a lot of weight in this announcement: the project has fallen in and out of development since 2000, and at one point, Benicio Del Toro was on board to direct. Originally posted on:Spoutblog http://www.spout.com/blogs/moviebabe/archive/2007/7/19/15370.aspx Post By: MovieBabe
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Post Date: 7/19/2007 10:48:00 PM
Body: By Tricia Olszewski It’s not often that the worst part of a horror film is too much dialogue. But Saw III nearly ruins its improbable superiority over the franchise’s predecessors with a stupefying amount of denouement gab. The theme of III is generally the same as the others’: Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), the villain whose public face is a ridiculous apple-cheeked puppet, has made it his mission to kidnap those who are wasting their time above ground and persuade them to live as if they were dying—that is, if the victims actually survive his death traps, which they ostensibly should be able to if they truly value their lives. This installment, directed by the returning Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Leigh Whannell, one of the original’s creators (along with James Wan), doesn’t exactly begin well. The first’s cut-off-your-limbs gambit is repeated, and then the popular jittery-camera cop-out obscures a few immediate and unpleasant passings. Whannell, however, then smartly pares the sadism that bulldozed the original and focuses the bulk of this movie on the psychology—i.e., the alleged crux of these slashers. Jigsaw, with inoperable brain cancer, is about to kick the bucket in his spacious torture chamber, but he guides his protégé, Amanda (a survivor from the previous films played by Shawnee Smith), through new “games” with fresh players: Lynn (Bahar Soomekh) is a surgeon who’s cheating on her husband and, it’s noted with a frown, taking antidepressants. (Who knew Jigsaw was a Scientologist?) Jeff (Angus Macfadyen) is a bereaved dad obsessed with taking vengeance on his son’s murderer, a drunk driver who got a mere knuckle-rapping for the crime. Lynn gets the prize for the most transfixing, squirmiest test here, but Jeff’s predicament is more interesting because you don’t have to be in a thriller to take a stroll in his shoes. What would you do if you came face-to-face with your kid’s killer? How elastic is your ability to forgive? Don’t worry, fanboys, Saw III is far from a thinker. There is blood, guts, and what can best be described as a vat of pig-carcass smoothie. There’s an acceptable amount of cliché and illogic, even as Whannell flashes back to explain the previous movies’ gaps. But then the writer never stops. The tortured finally meet their puppet master, and the result is worse than they could have imagined: As Jigsaw delineates his plans for them, he turns from evil genius to blathering grandpa.
]]>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:48:00 GMTMovieBabeMovieBabe Blog7/19/2007 10:48:00 PM By Tricia Olszewski It&rsquo;s not often that the worst part of a horror film is too much dialogue. But Saw III nearly ruins its improbable superiority over the franchise&rsquo;s predecessors with a stupefying amount of denouement gab. The theme of III is generally the same as the others&rsquo;: Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), the villain whose public face is a ridiculous apple-cheeked puppet, has made it his mission to kidnap those who are wasting their time above ground and persuade them to live as if they were dying&mdash;that is, if the victims actually survive his death traps, which they ostensibly should be able to if they truly value their lives. This installment, directed by the returning Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Leigh Whannell, one of the original&rsquo;s creators (along with James Wan), doesn&rsquo;t exactly begin well. The first&rsquo;s cut-off-your-limbs gambit is repeated, and then the popular jittery-camera cop-out obscures a few immediate and unpleasant passings. Whannell, however, then smartly pares the sadism that bulldozed the original and focuses the bulk of this movie on the psychology&mdash;i.e., the alleged crux of these slashers. Jigsaw, with inoperable brain cancer, is about to kick the bucket in his spacious torture chamber, but he guides his prot&eacute;g&eacute;, Amanda (a survivor from the previous films played by Shawnee Smith), through new &ldquo;games&rdquo; with fresh players: Lynn (Bahar Soomekh) is a surgeon who&rsquo;s cheating on her husband and, it&rsquo;s noted with a frown, taking antidepressants. (Who knew Jigsaw was a Scientologist?) Jeff (Angus Macfadyen) is a bereaved dad obsessed with taking vengeance on his son&rsquo;s murderer, a drunk driver who got a mere knuckle-rapping for the crime. Lynn gets the prize for the most transfixing, squirmiest test here, but Jeff&rsquo;s predicament is more interesting because you don&rsquo;t have to be in a thriller to take a stroll in his shoes. What would you do if you came face-to-face with your kid&rsquo;s killer? How elastic is your ability to forgive? Don&rsquo;t worry, fanboys, Saw III is far from a thinker. There is blood, guts, and what can best be described as a vat of pig-carcass smoothie. There&rsquo;s an acceptable amount of clich&eacute; and illogic, even as Whannell flashes back to explain the previous movies&rsquo; gaps. But then the writer never stops. The tortured finally meet their puppet master, and the result is worse than they could have imagined: As Jigsaw delineates his plans for them, he turns from evil genius to blathering grandpa. http://www.spout.com/blogs/cairobelfast/archive/2007/6/21/11558.aspx Post By: CairoBelfast
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Post Date: 6/21/2007 4:11:32 AM
Body: I'll keep this short. The reason it says on my little star thing I disliked it is because there's no way to make the little stars say I hated this movie. There was no plot and no point to the whole thing. It's just gross and stupid. Please don't even go near this stinker.
]]>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:11:32 GMTCairoBelfastCairoBelfast Blog6/21/2007 4:11:32 AMI&#39;ll keep this short. The reason it says on my little star thing I disliked it is because there&#39;s no way to make the little stars say I hated this movie. There was no plot and no point to the whole thing. It&#39;s just gross and stupid. Please don&#39;t even go near this stinker. http://www.spout.com/blogs/alienlazer/archive/2007/6/12/10908.aspx Post By: AlienLazer
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Post Date: 6/12/2007 12:28:37 PM
Body: The best so far out of the "Saw" movies. It had more blood & gore, more backstory, and was at a much quicker pace. It keeps you guessing/wondering 'til the end, but has plenty to occupy you before that spectacular finale. So sick and vile that you got to give it props for its repulsiveness. It made me happy!
]]>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:28:37 GMTAlienLazerAlienLazer Blog6/12/2007 12:28:37 PMThe best so far out of the &quot;Saw&quot; movies. It had more blood &amp; gore, more backstory, and was at a much quicker pace. It keeps you guessing/wondering &#39;til the end, but has plenty to occupy you before that spectacular finale. So sick and vile that you got to give it props for its repulsiveness. It made me happy! http://www.spout.com/blogs/the1theonlyjp/archive/2007/5/31/9837.aspx Post By: The1TheOnlyJP
Post To: The Paxton Log
Post Date: 5/31/2007 12:56:45 PM
Body: Lately Dr. Lynn Denoln (Bahar Soomekh) has been going through some marital problems and the anxiety is beginning to affect her work. Late one night after finishing her shift at the hospital she is kidnapped and taken to an abandoned warehouse. Shortly after waking up, she soon meets the notorious Jigsaw (Tobin Bell). He is currently dying slowly as the minutes pass and Amanda (Shawnne Smith), Jigsaw's sidekick, tells Lynn she has been kidnapped in order to keep him alive. Alive long enough for someone else that's also been kidnapped named Jeff (Angus MacFadyen), to complete his very own game. While telling Lynn this, Amanda places a collar around Lynn's neck that is connected to Jigsaw's heart rate. If his heart rate drops below zero before Jeff completes his game, the shotgun shells on the collar will all simultaneously go off at the same time. Amanda then preps Lynn as Jigsaw explains, "it's a test of will. It's a test to see just how willing you are to keep someone alive". Lynn realizes she has no choice, and so the game begins. Jeff must now navigate through a series of tasks where he is promised his chance to get revenge on the man responsible for his son's death. Something he has wanted every day for the last three years. Both Lynn and Jeff are now each tangled in a horrid game of survival. What they don't know is their games are merely stepping stones to the true reason they are involved with Jigsaw's latest puzzle. First off, I have to admit I was a little turned off to 'Saw III' earlier this week after months of having much anticipation, when I heard it was guaranteed that there would be a 'Saw 4' if 'III' did well opening weekend. I feared then, and still do slightly, that the 'Saw' franchise will become what 'Friday the 13th' did: a series of films where only the first few were considered good. Once I was sitting in my seat at the theater though, and the film began I was vastly interested far more than I imagined I would be. This 'Saw' has so much story in it than the previous two had, and really more than most horror films today do. Much of it is told generally with various flashbacks. Even by following the story closely, the final twist probably won't be known to you until its unveiling. It's in the twist that a tiny smidgen of a problem exists. It's obvious that the twist was meant to shock the audience in a big way. Maybe it does catch most people by surprise, but for me didn't. Not that it isn't good, it just didn't come across the way it should have. It gave me a, oh...okay feeling rather than a, holy sh*t reaction. This minor flaw doesn't hinder the film's poise at all though. It still remains interesting to the very last minute. The only real letdown in the film are some of the traps. In all there is a total of six physical ones. These devices of torture and terror are what many of people who love the 'Saw' series look forward to most. Out of the six, only two were what I'd say good. Yes, all of them can kill, but four of them seemed boring and livid. I'm not sure what happened here. Although, this doesn't destroy the movie, in a small way it does take away from it. Even so, the two good traps almost make up for the others. So basically, 'Saw III' is somewhat better than I expected. It borders very closely to the feel of the first, which is a definite plus. Most satisfying though is that it wasn't the least bit dismal. Never was there a dull moment, even with the few shoddy traps. Now that 'Saw III' is done and over with though, it only makes me question what '4' have in store for us. Yes, Tobin Bell was contracted for five films permitting each is considered a success, but now that director Bousman and writer Whannell have decided to step aside and leave the series alone, I can only wonder two things. Will 'Saw' become a victim of its own game? Just how long can the series go on before it suffers the fate Jason Voorhees did? - originally written on Oct. 28 '06
]]>Thu, 31 May 2007 16:56:45 GMTThe1TheOnlyJPThe Paxton Log5/31/2007 12:56:45 PM Lately Dr. Lynn Denoln (Bahar Soomekh) has been going through some marital problems and the anxiety is beginning to affect her work. Late one night after finishing her shift at the hospital she is kidnapped and taken to an abandoned warehouse. Shortly after waking up, she soon meets the notorious Jigsaw (Tobin Bell). He is currently dying slowly as the minutes pass and Amanda (Shawnne Smith), Jigsaw&#39;s sidekick, tells Lynn she has been kidnapped in order to keep him alive. Alive long enough for someone else that&#39;s also been kidnapped named Jeff (Angus MacFadyen), to complete his very own game. While telling Lynn this, Amanda places a collar around Lynn&#39;s neck that is connected to Jigsaw&#39;s heart rate. If his heart rate drops below zero before Jeff completes his game, the shotgun shells on the collar will all simultaneously go off at the same time. Amanda then preps Lynn as Jigsaw explains, &quot;it&#39;s a test of will. It&#39;s a test to see just how willing you are to keep someone alive&quot;. Lynn realizes she has no choice, and so the game begins. Jeff must now navigate through a series of tasks where he is promised his chance to get revenge on the man responsible for his son&#39;s death. Something he has wanted every day for the last three years. Both Lynn and Jeff are now each tangled in a horrid game of survival. What they don&#39;t know is their games are merely stepping stones to the true reason they are involved with Jigsaw&#39;s latest puzzle. First off, I have to admit I was a little turned off to &#39;Saw III&#39; earlier this week after months of having much anticipation, when I heard it was guaranteed that there would be a &#39;Saw 4&#39; if &#39;III&#39; did well opening weekend. I feared then, and still do slightly, that the &#39;Saw&#39; franchise will become what &#39;Friday the 13th&#39; did: a series of films where only the first few were considered good. Once I was sitting in my seat at the theater though, and the film began I was vastly interested far more than I imagined I would be. This &#39;Saw&#39; has so much story in it than the previous two had, and really more than most horror films today do. Much of it is told generally with various flashbacks. Even by following the story closely, the final twist probably won&#39;t be known to you until its unveiling. It&#39;s in the twist that a tiny smidgen of a problem exists. It&#39;s obvious that the twist was meant to shock the audience in a big way. Maybe it does catch most people by surprise, but for me didn&#39;t. Not that it isn&#39;t good, it just didn&#39;t come across the way it should have. It gave me a, oh...okay feeling rather than a, holy sh*t reaction. This minor flaw doesn&#39;t hinder the film&#39;s poise at all though. It still remains interesting to the very last minute. The only real letdown in the film are some of the traps. In all there is a total of six physical ones. These devices of torture and terror are what many of people who love the &#39;Saw&#39; series look forward to most. Out of the six, only two were what I&#39;d say good. Yes, all of them can kill, but four of them seemed boring and livid. I&#39;m not sure what happened here. Although, this doesn&#39;t destroy the movie, in a small way it does take away from it. Even so, the two good traps almost make up for the others. So basically, &#39;Saw III&#39; is somewhat better than I expected. It borders very closely to the feel of the first, which is a definite plus. Most satisfying though is that it wasn&#39;t the least bit dismal. Never was there a dull moment, even with the few shoddy traps. Now that &#39;Saw III&#39; is done and over with though, it only makes me question what &#39;4&#39; have in store for us. Yes, Tobin Bell was contracted for five films permitting each is considered a success, but now that director Bousman and writer Whannell have decided to step aside and leave the series alone, I can only wonder two things. Will &#39;Saw&#39; become a victim of its own game? Just how long can the series go on before it suffers the fate Jason Voorhees did? - originally written on Oct. 28 &#39;06 http://www.spout.com/blogs/army0ne/archive/2007/4/14/7077.aspx Post By: army0ne
Post To: army0ne Blog
Post Date: 4/14/2007 6:26:10 PM
Body: I just wanna know what kind of watch does DR LYNN wearin?
]]>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:26:10 GMTarmy0nearmy0ne Blog4/14/2007 6:26:10 PMI just wanna know what kind of watch does DR LYNN wearin? http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutgirl/archive/2007/2/5/5279.aspx Post By: spoutgirl
Post To: spoutgirl Blog
Post Date: 2/5/2007 5:12:58 PM
Body: We ended the weekend with a little bit of gore. Ok, I usually like a good horror flick. I love gory movies and I really did like the original Saw. But this is getting a little ridiculous. Jigsaw is becoming reminiscent of Freddy and Jason. There was at least a plot in this one(if you can call it a plot), where there really didn't seem to be a plot in the previous Saw movies. If you are a gore lover this movie is for you. It has creative traps and enough blood last me a long time.This is not one of those horror flicks that will keep me up at night like The Grudge or The Ring (I am shuddering just thinking about that). It was what it was, a gore filled, creative thinking, Sunday afternoon horror flick.Overall Score: C
]]>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:12:58 GMTspoutgirlspoutgirl Blog2/5/2007 5:12:58 PMWe ended the weekend with a little bit of gore. Ok, I usually like a good horror flick. I love gory movies and I really did like the original Saw. But this is getting a little ridiculous. Jigsaw is becoming reminiscent of Freddy and Jason. There was at least a plot in this one(if you can call it a plot), where there really didn&#39;t seem to be a plot in the previous Saw movies. If you are a gore lover this movie is for you. It has creative traps and enough blood last me a long time.This is not one of those horror flicks that will keep me up at night like The Grudge or The Ring (I am shuddering just thinking about that). It was what it was, a gore filled, creative thinking, Sunday afternoon horror flick.Overall Score: C http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/gore/MemberTagFilms.aspxgore
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