Hello WORLD!!! I’ve been thinking about writing this ever since I saw SAW 6 for the first time a while back but a small piece in Tuesday’s Chicago Red Eye furthermore made my think my opinion is right. The snippet read: “It may not be the greatest horror movies of all time but the SAW films are…the most successful horror movie series of all time. The 6 movies have netter $733 million worldwide….”. WOW!! Even with the dozens of FRIDAY THE 13THs, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREETS, HALLOWEENs and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD & all of there sequels, it took just 6 movies to take that title, with the seventh set to be released in October around it’s usually date, which is Halloween. In my opinion, SAW and it’s sequels are one of the best movie series of all time PERIOD. Yeah, I said it! Not just in terms of horror movies but including all genres, it is right up there with some of the best movie series ever. Think about it; each SAW from 1-4 was absolutely pitch perfect as far as story telling goes and the twist endings, especially 1 and 4, were brilliant without cheating. SAW 5 was probably the weakest movie in the series and it had a great plot. I think the misstep with 5 was the direction of the story going away from Jigsaw and into **I DONT DO SPOILERS SO SEE THE DAMN MOVIE FOR YOURSELF!!!**, which was kinda stupid but setup part 6 to be absolutely fantastic BUT….. I’ll get right back to that. In the meantime, I’ll admit that this year’s SAW 3D is probably the most anticipated (by me) SAW in the whole series. What makes this series so good? Well, here is my theory on the good & great movies in general: a good movie is a movie you wouldn’t mind seeing again while a great movie is a movie that makes you want to see it again after you just saw it for the first time. Most of the SAW movies fits the latter description and if not that then the first description. Conversely, a bad movie is one you don’t want to watch again PERIOD.
I haven’t really talked about SAW 6 that much for a reason. I enjoyed the movie, that much is clear, but it isn’t a flawless movie. I hate spoiling movies so I can’t go into too much detail here but the ending isn’t quite possible is it? If everything that happened in 3 and 4 are to be believed, then there is NO WAY that 6 could even have happened! Does that stop it from being a great movie. Not at all. I enjoyed SMOKING ACES to death and there is NO CHANCE IN HELL the big reveal of that movie is even possible. Besides that, there’s movies like David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE and Terry Gilliam’s BRAZIL that I also love & I watch repeatedly but I couldn’t tell you what either one of them is really about. Who really knows what those movies are about besides the directors? I also love INCEPTION but there’s been so many theories on the meaning of that movie that it almost seems like we’re debating a religion instead of a great movie. BTW:It is a great movie whether all the interpretations are valid or not, but I suggest you see it for yourself before you past judgement. I got a true understanding of it on the first take!
That’s all I wanted to say, WORLD, but let me check to make sure I said it: The SAW franchise is the best series of all time and definitely a contender for best horror franchise ever. Yep I said it! That’s it for now WORLD, but ain’t that enough? Well, it gotta be until I catch up with Jigsaw, for the last time, this October.
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