Saw VII has been greenlit

[WeLLWeLL]

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C'mon even the people saying they need to stop this series have to admit 1.You will watch Saw VI, if for no other reason out morbid curiosity. 2. You'll watch Saw VII, again out of morbid curiosity, because VI left you hangin'.

False. I've seen the first one and the fourth one (too lazy and laughing too hard to change it). That is all the Saw watching I plan on ever doing. It's just not my kind of thing.

[jmood88]

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I don't really care if they keep making them but I don't know how people can keep watching these movies. They're like the Dynasty Warriors of the movie industry.

[Blzer]

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False. I've seen the first one and the fourth one (too lazy and laughing too hard to change it). That is all the Saw watching I plan on ever doing. It's just not my kind of thing.

Unfortunately, if there's one thing that holds true to these movies, it's that it really is best if you watch them in order. Secondly, as far as I'm concerned, you're best off watching the movies in one of these three ways:

- Only seeing the first one
- Only seeing the first three
- Seeing all of them

Basically, it wouldn't do you any justice to just watch the first two or the first five, or watching the first one, third one, and wait for the seventh one to come out. The first one works well as a standalone, the first three work great as a trilogy, and so far all of them are somehow intertwining with one another so it wouldn't hurt to watch all of them either.

I'm just saying, if you watch only the ones you watched, you don't get the best experience (whether you appreciated them from the beginning at all or not). By the way, the fourth one is my least favorite, especially because of the terrible directing and editing. You may have found it very laughable, but unless you saw the other two that connect with Saw IV, you probably made it become one of the worst movies ever in your eyes.

I don't even know why I'm defending any of the ones after Saw III. I was completely against them destroying the trilogy.

[WeLLWeLL]

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Unfortunately, if there's one thing that holds true to these movies, it's that it really is best if you watch them in order. Secondly, as far as I'm concerned, you're best off watching the movies in one of these three ways:

- Only seeing the first one
- Only seeing the first three
- Seeing all of them

Basically, it wouldn't do you any justice to just watch the first two or the first five, or watching the first one, third one, and wait for the seventh one to come out. The first one works well as a standalone, the first three work great as a trilogy, and so far all of them are somehow intertwining with one another so it wouldn't hurt to watch all of them either.

I'm just saying, if you watch only the ones you watched, you don't get the best experience (whether you appreciated them from the beginning at all or not). By the way, the fourth one is my least favorite, especially because of the terrible directing and editing. You may have found it very laughable, but unless you saw the other two that connect with Saw IV, you probably made it become one of the worst movies ever in your eyes.

I don't even know why I'm defending any of the ones after Saw III. I was completely against them destroying the trilogy.

Ya man IV was just terrible in my eyes because of the editing, directing, and acting combined. I tried to give Saw II a chance when it was on the movie channels but I could not make it past the first ten or fifteen minutes on several occasions. Maybe not that amount of minutes exactly, but whenever that guy got in the furnace or something like that...I just tuned out. Not because I am scared of a little gore, more like because I didn't want to waste my time watching the rest of the movie. The original Saw was decent. I disagreed with a lot of the decision making in the movie, but it still was good for what it was. I'm just confused as to how they are getting away with making seven of these. But obviously they have a a cult or loyal fanbase (didn't know which word best describes it).

[Blzer]

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Ya man IV was just terrible in my eyes because of the editing, directing, and acting combined. I tried to give Saw II a chance when it was on the movie channels but I could not make it past the first ten or fifteen minutes on several occasions. Maybe not that amount of minutes exactly, but whenever that guy got in the furnace or something like that...I just tuned out. Not because I am scared of a little gore, more like because I didn't want to waste my time watching the rest of the movie.

Saw II does not get its high marks until you get around the end of the movie. It pays a good amount of homage to the original movie, intertwining them very unexpectedly. Plus, Tobin Bell got a good amount of screen time and I really liked learning about the mortal villain we learn to be John Kramer, also known as Jigsaw.

And you're lucky you only got that far, and on TV to boot. I know it doesn't censor anything, but you're still only getting the theatrical version. I don't know if you've heard of the needle pit scene, but combine that with the unrated version and you wouldn't want to watch a Saw movie again, based on your reactions to the furnace scene.

I'm just confused as to how they are getting away with making seven of these. But obviously they have a a cult or loyal fanbase (didn't know which word best describes it).

Like you, I don't know what it is that's keeping casual moviegoers to see this movie. I am a regular member at a Saw message board, and I see why they want to watch it (unfortunately it's a bunch of goth and emo punks, no offense to anybody here like that), but everybody that I talk to about these movies they just go, "Man, have they surpassed The Land Before Time yet? Is Jigsaw in space now?" I understand where they're coming from, because never before has a franchise released a movie every year for four years in a row, let alone six. They are really running this into the ground and people are obviously tired of it, despite their curiosity (including my own). Pretty soon they won't be getting away with it, even though their net profit will be quadruple their initial budget.

Regardless, that doesn't make it right.


EDIT: By the way, that's probably about a half hour into the movie, so I'd say you were a little off.

[WeLLWeLL]

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After watching Kids in a Sandbox today I don't think that in a Saw movie could repulse me.

[Blzer]

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After watching Kids in a Sandbox today I don't think that in a Saw movie could repulse me.

Stumbled upon this thread, did you?

I still think this series would benefit most by closing the gaps with their video game coming out. They aren't answering questions that are dire to the entire series, but instead of letting Saw V answer irrelevant questions or tie in the story more, I think it's best to progress the current story and save those miniscule answers for the video game. Just for the die hards, I suppose.

[ProStylez]

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Damn I still have to watch my copy of Saw V on Blue Ray that I have not got to yet!

[Cusefan]

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I will never understand the point of movies like this, People paying money to see people get killed? If you want to see it there are more than a few websites that specialize in people getting killed.

[Blzer]

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I will never understand the point of movies like this, People paying money to see people get killed? If you want to see it there are more than a few websites that specialize in people getting killed.

I don't know why I (or others) enjoy it, but I simply enjoy it watching it when it's fake on screen... if I stumble upon something in real life, there is still a vast difference, and you can see that difference. I yack and turn the other way when it's real.

[WeLLWeLL]

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I will never understand the point of movies like this, People paying money to see people get killed? If you want to see it there are more than a few websites that specialize in people getting killed.

Because teenagers think that it is cool. Others too I'm sure, but I would think they make most of their money off of kids.

[Blzer]

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Some great news (bad to some people depending on how you look at it):

Fans should expect some resolution in Saw VI

"[Director] Kevin Greutert is an editor but, man, he knows horror movies," said Melton. "He knows all of the references we're making but he's very aware of controlling everything, what he'll need in the editing session. But part four was too confusing, part five wasn't confusing enough and this one hits the mark right in the middle. We have a really good 'A' story which makes all of the Tobin Bell flashbacks feel organic and not forced. There's good pacing and finally there's a resolution. Finally. Six could be done and that's it, there could be no more. In terms of the John Kramer storyline, we put a nice bow on it. It's fulfilling for people, I think."

This is only bad to some because people may want to have more Saw movies, or perhaps because if it does continue, they at least want Tobin Bell. In this case, if his arc is complete after Saw VI, he'll only appear as much as a "cameo" in other movies (though some people think he already is now).

[mgoblue678]

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I will never understand the point of movies like this, People paying money to see people get killed? If you want to see it there are more than a few websites that specialize in people getting killed.

Agreed. I guess people nowadays think disgusting over the top gore equals an entertaining movie.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Agreed. I guess people nowadays think disgusting over the top gore equals an entertaining movie.

Hasn't it been like this since the 70s (to a varying degree)? Splatter films (or torture porn as they're known today) were pretty big for awhile back in the day, it was only a matter of time until a generation of directors emerged that were influenced by those films.

And the way I view horror films is basically that people want to escape and view things they would never normally view in reality and what makes them able to view these things is the fact that it isn't real. No matter how realistic it looks and how gut-wrenching the screams and how loud the chainsaw is, you know its not real. Horror films tap into that one area in the brain and our imaginations where we're all a little bit twisted and psychotic and the only way we can exercise that and get it out of our systems to throw that **** up on a silver screen and have fun. I think its the same reason we can play video games that have us blowing heads off random characters.

[Blzer]

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And the way I view horror films is basically that people want to escape and view things they would never normally view in reality and what makes them able to view these things is the fact that it isn't real. No matter how realistic it looks and how gut-wrenching the screams and how loud the chainsaw is, you know its not real. Horror films tap into that one area in the brain and our imaginations where we're all a little bit twisted and psychotic and the only way we can exercise that and get it out of our systems to throw that **** up on a silver screen and have fun. I think its the same reason we can play video games that have us blowing heads off random characters.

That's how it is for me. I've tried to explain it like that before but didn't really know if I worded it right or without sounding deranged.