Saw III

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Saw III

I really liked SAW III and feel that it did a good job wrapping up the trilogy. I found the beginning to be quite odd and just felt like the movie was cut up as it appears that scenes were missing. Was this movie gory or what, the gore factor at one point made me a little bit queezy to my stomach.

EG, to say that the Hostel 2 trailer was better than this movie was just goofy, but it's an opinion. I'll give you that the trailer was really cool, but comparing a 1 minute teaser trailer to a full length feature isn't right.

One thing that I can say about this trilogy is that SAWIII didn't ignore it's past in anyway and the writers did a good job explaining everything even giving us a nice twist that I thought made sense. Comparing this to say one of my favorite franchises like Halloween & Nightmare on Elm Street, those fell apart by the 3rd movie in the series, with Halloween I would say the 4th since H3 (CRAP! CRAP! CRAP!) was something totally different. SAW II & III weren't as good as SAW, but they stayed on par of being good and not crap sequels that strayed away from their source material.

Blzer, where did you hear about an Uncut DVD? That would be really cool if they release one with material that might have been removed. You know the uncut DVD will come in a double dip situation.

Now I can go and read the Spoilers Discussion Thread and see what everyone thought.

There was only one scene that made me uncomfortable, the rest of it was silly to me. It was torture without substance. As I said in my blog, the movie felt phoned in. A quick buck.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Saw III

There was only one scene that made me uncomfortable, the rest of it was silly to me. It was torture without substance. As I said in my blog, the movie felt phoned in. A quick buck.

I'll post in spoilers thread what made me queezy and not say anything in this thread.

[Blzer]

Re: Saw III

By the way, this is completely speculation, but I talked to a guy that works at Blockbuster, and their computer was given a Saw III (Rated) DVD release of 1/23/07 the day after Saw III came out. As that may have just seem random before official, it turns out to have been true. Now, even though the Uncut DVD has yet to be announced, their computer has ALSO recently slated an Uncut DVD announcement of 1/23/07 also! Let's hope this is true!!!

Hey, this guy just sent me a picture of his screen at work:




Let's hope for the Unrated DVD to come out January '07!

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Saw III

Hey, this guy just sent me a picture of his screen at work:




Let's hope for the Unrated DVD to come out January '07!

Blzer, no pic bro?

[Blzer]

Re: Saw III

Strange, I can see it. Hold on, I'll send you the linky:

http://www.houseofjigsaw.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=2863&stc=1&d=1163133573

[elicoleman]

Re: Saw III

DVD comes out a week from Tuesday (23rd)

Anyone going to pick it up?

[Blzer]

Re: Saw III

First night.

I already saw the Unrated DVD, though. My friend works at Blockbuster and he called me to come watch one of the extras that they had with him at the counter haha.






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- It's about 5 minutes longer. The Special Edition DVD coming out this October will be about 40 minutes longer.

- The opening scene with Eric Mathews shows three more bashes to the foot than before. No sound enhancements.

- Troy has a few better shots of him releasing the chains off of his body. You get to watch the skin just tear off!

- In that same crime scene Kerry blames herself for losing Eric to Rigg.

- Kerry's death scene has a front-shot of her rib cage ripping instead of a back shot.

- Danica's freezer scene is a bit longer in the shower she gets before she freezes... makes it a little more believable that she ended up freezing in that time than the 10 seconds that it took in the Rated version.

- No changes to the operation. Sorry, guys.

- Tim's "rack" trap is edited much different all over the place. Instead of the arm/leg/arm/leg/head sequence, it's arm/arm/leg/leg/head, and you just get to watch them all twist (except the head, I guess... you get the after-effect). There are many more shots outside of that, like shots of Jeff watching him, getting the key, etc.

- The prelude to the Eric/Amanda confrontation is much different, and you can really feel Amanda's fear of him escaping. The shots of his foot are just gross as well.

- There is a dialogue change when Amanda tries to come in contact with John after his operation. Instead of Lynn saying, "Don't touch him; you're only making it worse", she says, "He can't hear you; he doesn't even know you're there."

- And the WORST PART OF IT ALL!!! Remember in the end where Lynn's head is blown off, we see a shot of her head (or lack thereof), Jeff screaming, and then final shots of John? Well, now it just ends on Lynn's blown off head! If you guys understand the power of John dying, then you would agree that this just makes for a terrible ending! I'm seriously all for dramatic power in movies, and this one cut alone almost makes me want to go out and buy the theatrical version!









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These are the only things that I can remember. I saw it once, after having seen Saw III four times in theaters. So, sorry if I forgot anything. There may be other little things here and there, and there's a good chance that you guys may not have recognized any but two of these changes... but I'm just posting them just so you guys are aware (if you want to know).

I'm just dying for the Special Edition DVD though.


I really don't want a Saw IV. I am not seeing it; and you guys already know that I'm the biggest Saw fan on here. So, if it's bad, don't allow it to make you hate the series or say that it ruined it or anything. Instead, be like me, and just pretend that it never existed.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Saw III

DVD comes out a week from Tuesday (23rd)

Anyone going to pick it up?

Yup, I'm getting the BD version.

First night.

I already saw the Unrated DVD, though. My friend works at Blockbuster and he called me to come watch one of the extras that they had with him at the counter haha.






* * * * * * SPOILERS FOR NEW THINGS IN UNRATED DVD * * * * * *








- It's about 5 minutes longer. The Special Edition DVD coming out this October will be about 40 minutes longer.

- The opening scene with Eric Mathews shows three more bashes to the foot than before. No sound enhancements.

- Troy has a few better shots of him releasing the chains off of his body. You get to watch the skin just tear off!

- In that same crime scene Kerry blames herself for losing Eric to Rigg.

- Kerry's death scene has a front-shot of her rib cage ripping instead of a back shot.

- Danica's freezer scene is a bit longer in the shower she gets before she freezes... makes it a little more believable that she ended up freezing in that time than the 10 seconds that it took in the Rated version.

- No changes to the operation. Sorry, guys.

- Tim's "rack" trap is edited much different all over the place. Instead of the arm/leg/arm/leg/head sequence, it's arm/arm/leg/leg/head, and you just get to watch them all twist (except the head, I guess... you get the after-effect). There are many more shots outside of that, like shots of Jeff watching him, getting the key, etc.

- The prelude to the Eric/Amanda confrontation is much different, and you can really feel Amanda's fear of him escaping. The shots of his foot are just gross as well.

- There is a dialogue change when Amanda tries to come in contact with John after his operation. Instead of Lynn saying, "Don't touch him; you're only making it worse", she says, "He can't hear you; he doesn't even know you're there."

- And the WORST PART OF IT ALL!!! Remember in the end where Lynn's head is blown off, we see a shot of her head (or lack thereof), Jeff screaming, and then final shots of John? Well, now it just ends on Lynn's blown off head! If you guys understand the power of John dying, then you would agree that this just makes for a terrible ending! I'm seriously all for dramatic power in movies, and this one cut alone almost makes me want to go out and buy the theatrical version!









* * * * * * END SPOILERS * * * * * *






These are the only things that I can remember. I saw it once, after having seen Saw III four times in theaters. So, sorry if I forgot anything. There may be other little things here and there, and there's a good chance that you guys may not have recognized any but two of these changes... but I'm just posting them just so you guys are aware (if you want to know).

I'm just dying for the Special Edition DVD though.


I really don't want a Saw IV. I am not seeing it; and you guys already know that I'm the biggest Saw fan on here. So, if it's bad, don't allow it to make you hate the series or say that it ruined it or anything. Instead, be like me, and just pretend that it never existed.

Awesome, thanks Blzer

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Saw III

This movie was still such a huge letdown. I'm only getting it because I'm a completest.

[NoleFan]

Re: Saw III

Geez! I just watched a clip of the fellow in the chains (Troy I think) and that was tough to look at. I enjoyed the first 2 and will most likely pick this up on the 23rd.

[RockyTop1]

Re: Saw III

This movie was still such a huge letdown. I'm only getting it because I'm a completest.

and because you're EXTREME. I'm not getting it, but I'll be getting Saw 1 and 2 on BD soon.

[Blzer]

Re: Saw III

This movie was still such a huge letdown. I'm only getting it because I'm a completest.

Here's one reason why I don't like Saw IV:

I consider Saw III as a movie that completed a trilogy. If this movie was built to have a sequel, IMO, they should have went a completely different direction with the movie. But I feel that it was built for closure, which gives it power and value, etc. If Saw IV is a direct sequel to Saw III, Saw III loses its power and becomes and inferior movie in my eyes. So, Saw III obviously comes with a package for me, and this is a legitimate reason for me to not want to see Saw IV.

Geez! I just watched a clip of the fellow in the chains (Troy I think) and that was tough to look at. I enjoyed the first 2 and will most likely pick this up on the 23rd.

Can you supply the link where you supplied it from? It's more than likely that you saw the PG-13 cut.

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Saw III

and because you're EXTREME. I'm not getting it, but I'll be getting Saw 1 and 2 on BD soon.

I would pass on Saw on BD, everything I've read, it's a bad transfer. I own Saw and Saw 2 already, and I'm sticking with my vow of not double dipping. Besides The Thing (which I owned a very old dvd copy, wasn't even anamorhpic), I haven't yet

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Saw III

This movie was still such a huge letdown. I'm only getting it because I'm a completest.

You are buying it because you want to become Vice President in the Chronic Buyers Club, "Mr. I don't buy DVD's".

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Saw III

You are buying it because you want to become Vice President in the Chronic Buyers Club, "Mr. I don't buy DVD's".

I don't buy many DVD's, never said I don't buy DVD's, usually get about 2 a month. Crank and Saw 3 are the 2 this month. Next month...um, I don't even think I have one on my radar.