Seen Saw III
October 28th, 2006
This evening Lindsay and I went to see Saw III with some friends. I have to say I found it rather disappointing. The twists and turns that were so excellent in the first two movies are there. The story is quite strong and the ending was very well done. So, what was wrong with it? Everything else.
The entire story could have been told in half of a movie but it was stretched to a whole one. If you’ve heard that this movie has much more gore than the previous two, you have not been misled. I am all for gore in a horror movie, but in tis one it felt unnecessarily tacked on. Long portions of the movie between gory scenes were just too drawn out. One example is the story of the character named Jeff. The movie leaves his story to tell other aspects and it feels like an eternity before the focus returns to him. As such, there is very little to make me care about him or his situation. The first two movies did a much better job of telling different stories or different angles on stories without making any of those stories suffer. In the third, however, the movie as a whole suffers.
I recommend this movie if you are a fan of horror flicks. Just don’t expect anything as good as the previous two.
