Saw V
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When the tagline of your poster is "You won't believe how it ends." and then you end the movie the same way the past 4 have ended, you fail.
SAW II: We find out the video feed was a recording and walhberg's son was in the safe next to him the entire time. And Amanda was working with Jigsaw AWESOME
SAW III: We find out he is the doctors husband. He kills jigsaw only to find out his daughter is trapped somewhere. great ending
SAW IV: We find out it takes place at the exact same time as saw III and det. Hoffman is working with Jigsaw. Great ending
SAW V: ummmm
The ending to SAW V, in my opinion, can't even compare to the great endings of the other films. So if there's a tagline that says "you won't believe how it ends" I expect an amazing ending.
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I just got back from seeing this one. It's definitely not the best in the series but it was a pretty good way to spend an afternoon. My biggest disappointment was the ending. Like others have said, with a tagline like that, I was expecting a bit more.
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I like the fact that they're at least trying for continuity throughout the whole series. Maybe in 10 years or so, there will be a special DVD release putting the whole thing in chronological order, like The Godfather.
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SAW: We find out that the guy we thought was dead the whole time (jigsaw) was alive and well. AWESOME
SAW II: We find out the video feed was a recording and walhberg's son was in the safe next to him the entire time. And Amanda was working with Jigsaw AWESOME
SAW III: We find out he is the doctors husband. He kills jigsaw only to find out his daughter is trapped somewhere. great ending
SAW IV: We find out it takes place at the exact same time as saw III and det. Hoffman is working with Jigsaw. Great ending
SAW V: ummmm
The ending to SAW V, in my opinion, can't even compare to the great endings of the other films. So if there's a tagline that says "you won't believe how it ends" I expect an amazing ending.
SAW II: We find out the video feed was a recording and walhberg's son was in the safe next to him the entire time. And Amanda was working with Jigsaw AWESOME
SAW III: We find out he is the doctors husband. He kills jigsaw only to find out his daughter is trapped somewhere. great ending
SAW IV: We find out it takes place at the exact same time as saw III and det. Hoffman is working with Jigsaw. Great ending
SAW V: ummmm
The ending to SAW V, in my opinion, can't even compare to the great endings of the other films. So if there's a tagline that says "you won't believe how it ends" I expect an amazing ending.
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Now we have to wonder if the last test (VI) will pit Hoffman against Jigsaw's ex-wife. It is not really clear to this point when the autposy of Jigsaw took place. Did the events that we saw in V take place before or after that autopsy? The only other question I have is how many Jigsaw victims had there been before the fat guy in the barbed wire cage from the first one? That particular point beffudles me just a bit.
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I would be one such person. I was curious about it and really have had no interest in the Saw series. Just not my kind of genre. Anyway I looked up the "Needle in a Haystack" scene and watched it on YouTube. If thats all there was to it I'd be highly disappointed in the rest of the "traps." I guess I understand the meaning of the trap, but doesn't seem too creative to me. Was there more to it than that?
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I would be one such person. I was curious about it and really have had no interest in the Saw series. Just not my kind of genre. Anyway I looked up the "Needle in a Haystack" scene and watched it on YouTube. If thats all there was to it I'd be highly disappointed in the rest of the "traps." I guess I understand the meaning of the trap, but doesn't seem too creative to me. Was there more to it than that?
I think in context with the rest of the movie and characters that scene was really brutal. The other traps throughout the films are far more gory and creative as far as how they function and how the person has to escape, but that particular one always seems to make people grimace. People's feelings on needles probably help too!
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Forget about the "won't believe how it ends" tagline, how about the dramatic music and filming of the ending as if something surprising was taking place... it threw me off because I thought I wasn't following.
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Not only that, but the boring stuff in the film was watching Strahm investigate all these previous crime scenes to find out info about Hoffman. BUT -- for the audience, we already know that Hoffman is the bad guy, so we're just sitting and watching this guy spend 50 minutes figure out something that we found out in SAW 4!
It was unnecessary.
It was unnecessary.
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Yeah, but hopefully you're not one to be complaining about spoilers
I think in context with the rest of the movie and characters that scene was really brutal. The other traps throughout the films are far more gory and creative as far as how they function and how the person has to escape, but that particular one always seems to make people grimace. People's feelings on needles probably help too!
I think in context with the rest of the movie and characters that scene was really brutal. The other traps throughout the films are far more gory and creative as far as how they function and how the person has to escape, but that particular one always seems to make people grimace. People's feelings on needles probably help too!
http://sawfilms.wikia.com/wiki/List_...aw_film_series
There are some pretty nasty things that happen. As you read you can tell "hollywood" seems to take over, but the overall story seems interesting.
#91
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Not only that, but the boring stuff in the film was watching Strahm investigate all these previous crime scenes to find out info about Hoffman. BUT -- for the audience, we already know that Hoffman is the bad guy, so we're just sitting and watching this guy spend 50 minutes figure out something that we found out in SAW 4!
It was unnecessary.
It was unnecessary.
Plus, Strahm's investigation showed his dedication to his work, and really made him look like a hero. He is an excellent character and I really enjoyed watching his story unfold.
If Saw VI somehow manages to follow a character half as enjoyable as Strahm, I will be more than pleased.
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Okay I finally got a chance to see the movie last night and really liked it compared to a couple of the sequels.
A friend I saw it with was disappointed with the lack of gore, but I enjoyed the developing story line.
I better "spoiler" the rest because I've got a couple of questions and they probably have to do more with VI and/or VII than the previous movies:
Just some thoughts I had on the movie. And I would like to say that I felt terrible for Benz, she is stunning, but the wig they had on her was just WRONG!
A friend I saw it with was disappointed with the lack of gore, but I enjoyed the developing story line.
I better "spoiler" the rest because I've got a couple of questions and they probably have to do more with VI and/or VII than the previous movies:
Spoiler:
Just some thoughts I had on the movie. And I would like to say that I felt terrible for Benz, she is stunning, but the wig they had on her was just WRONG!
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Okay I finally got a chance to see the movie last night and really liked it compared to a couple of the sequels.
A friend I saw it with was disappointed with the lack of gore, but I enjoyed the developing story line.
I better "spoiler" the rest because I've got a couple of questions and they probably have to do more with VI and/or VII than the previous movies:
Just some thoughts I had on the movie. And I would like to say that I felt terrible for Benz, she is stunning, but the wig they had on her was just WRONG!
A friend I saw it with was disappointed with the lack of gore, but I enjoyed the developing story line.
I better "spoiler" the rest because I've got a couple of questions and they probably have to do more with VI and/or VII than the previous movies:
Spoiler:
Just some thoughts I had on the movie. And I would like to say that I felt terrible for Benz, she is stunning, but the wig they had on her was just WRONG!
Spoiler:
#94
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Re: Saw V
I finally got around to watching this on Blu-ray after missing it in theaters. I've been a big fan of the Saw series and had been disappointed that i didn't get a chance to see this earlier, so despite a lot of negative reviews I was still excited to see this. I don't think I was disappointed as a lot of you were, although maybe that's because I watched it when I wasn't surrounded by the "you won't believe how it ends!" commercials.
Overall, I agree with a lot of complaints. The traps were pretty boring, and there was far less gore (although I didn't mind that part). It also had a mediocre ending compared to the other 4. Still, I enjoyed it. Like the rest of the sequels, I thought it did a great job tying together the previous movies. That's my favorite aspect of the movies, and I'm continuously impressed that 5 movies in and they managed to hold together a cohesive storyline. They did a solid job explaining Hoffman's attachment to Jigsaw, and for the first time since part two (with Matthews) there was an interesting character to follow with Strahm. While I certainly wish it took an extra 15 minutes to flesh out things with Jill and actually explain why the folks in the trap were there, it accomplishes what it meant to... make you wait for Saw 6. Cheap tactic, but hey, I can't wait!
As far as my movie rankings go, I think I still love the first the best, and it's gone down since then. Saw had fresh traps, interesting characters and the best setting, and the first great twist. Saw 2 dumbed it down with a bunch of characters I didn't care about (except for Matthews) and made it more about the traps, but did a great job finishing it up by linking it to the first movie via the bathroom. Saw III disappointed me because I didn't give two shits about Jeff and his wife. I loved the revelation that 4 was happening along with 3, and actually enjoyed Rigg, but the reveal of Hoffman was just confusing. 5 is more like Saw 3.7 like someone else said, and seemed more like it could have been mixed together with Saw 4 for a more cohesive story.
Overall, I agree with a lot of complaints. The traps were pretty boring, and there was far less gore (although I didn't mind that part). It also had a mediocre ending compared to the other 4. Still, I enjoyed it. Like the rest of the sequels, I thought it did a great job tying together the previous movies. That's my favorite aspect of the movies, and I'm continuously impressed that 5 movies in and they managed to hold together a cohesive storyline. They did a solid job explaining Hoffman's attachment to Jigsaw, and for the first time since part two (with Matthews) there was an interesting character to follow with Strahm. While I certainly wish it took an extra 15 minutes to flesh out things with Jill and actually explain why the folks in the trap were there, it accomplishes what it meant to... make you wait for Saw 6. Cheap tactic, but hey, I can't wait!
As far as my movie rankings go, I think I still love the first the best, and it's gone down since then. Saw had fresh traps, interesting characters and the best setting, and the first great twist. Saw 2 dumbed it down with a bunch of characters I didn't care about (except for Matthews) and made it more about the traps, but did a great job finishing it up by linking it to the first movie via the bathroom. Saw III disappointed me because I didn't give two shits about Jeff and his wife. I loved the revelation that 4 was happening along with 3, and actually enjoyed Rigg, but the reveal of Hoffman was just confusing. 5 is more like Saw 3.7 like someone else said, and seemed more like it could have been mixed together with Saw 4 for a more cohesive story.
#95
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On DVD it's better. The theatrical cut had various re-edits beyond gore from the "Unrated" and a lot of them were for the better. The theatrical cut, for lack of a better explanation, was a little more spelled out for the audience, in case they weren't die hard Saw nuts.
#96
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Re: Saw V
Yeah, I read about the different cuts on the Wikipedia page. It didn't seem like that big of a difference, but its interesting that there were some re-edited scenes and things put in a different order.
#99
Re: Saw V
[QUOTE=firteen88;9031350]
SAW III: We find out he is the doctors husband. He kills jigsaw only to find out his daughter is trapped somewhere. great ending
SAW IV: We find out it takes place at the exact same time as saw III and det. Hoffman is working with Jigsaw. Great ending
QUOTE]
I never make that connection...probably should have watched them closer together.
SAW III: We find out he is the doctors husband. He kills jigsaw only to find out his daughter is trapped somewhere. great ending
SAW IV: We find out it takes place at the exact same time as saw III and det. Hoffman is working with Jigsaw. Great ending
QUOTE]
I never make that connection...probably should have watched them closer together.
#100
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Re: Saw V
They all played a role in the burning down of a building or something that had people still living inside. I don't recall if they were linked at all to the main story or characters though.