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I saw Saw.

Ayyyy. Sorry about the lack of a new article this past weekend -- I was outta town. The plus side is, I'll be writing about where I went this weekend, so you get a trip report. You love trip reports. Anyway, it was a much needed two day binge of drinking, bad movies and complete removal from society, and if you've never endeavored in such ways, I strongly recommend it. Seriously, sometimes people need nothing more than to completely atrophy save for the few minutes spent lifting piles of junk food and alcohol to their mouths. I feel whole again.

Finally caught Saw, and I'm gonna have to almost maybe sorta give it a thumbs up. Admittedly, I wasn't really paying any attention for the first twenty minutes -- dunno how much I missed, but suffice to say, I DID NOT see that coming. If you've seen the flick, you know what I'm talking about. Gotta give credit where it's due: Nobody walks into a movie like Saw these days not expecting the textbook twist, and yet, they still managed to completely surprise me. Also, Glover's inclusion wasn't anywhere near as random as I'd read. Sure, it's not a huge role, but he served some strange Danny Gloverish purpose. Besides, throwing a genuine name in there and not making him the big part helps throw everyone's guesses off. I don't want to say much more in fear of spoiling, but if you can avoid your inner critic for a while, the flick definitely works.

Posted by Matt on 04/18/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 53 comments

Now I am really anxious to see Saw…I love Cary Elwes. It’ll take forever to get to Korea though, I am sure….so far everyone here has done well and not actually said what the big twist was…

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 04/19/2005 9:08 AM

I bought a copy of "Nukie" this weekend. I had to pay $5 for it, instead of the $1-$2 I usually feel like paying for old, used VHS. But now I own "Nukie," and part of me has died.

Chestnuts roasted by Ubu Rex @ 04/19/2005 9:44 AM

Yeah, I haven’t heard what the twist is in Saw, either! Guess I should rent it soon.

On a side note, has anyone else stopped noticing the Christmas theme on XE? I honestly had, until a coworker just walked by and asked why I was looking at a Christmas website in April. Heh.

Chestnuts roasted by Rosella @ 04/19/2005 9:59 AM

Yeah, I don’t notice the Christmas thing anymore. I’ve just accepted that it’s Christmas all year ’round at X-E and I find that strangely comforting…

As for the trip article, bring it on. Those are definitely some of my favorites. Honestly, though, I have a weakness for the old food articles. You know how in a movie, there’ll be some character having a dream where they’re in the desert or running through a forest or something, then they wake up and go, "Whew! Just a dream!" Just then, they look down and there’s sand in their bed or a twig between their toes? That’s how I feel about the old food. We go through life, beginning to wonder if maybe we just imagined the food of our youth, and just when we’re convinced of it, BLAM! – a rusty can of Chef Boyardee Fettucine on the shelf next to a rustier can of Fruity Bubble Gum Hi-C. So it wasn’t just a dream…

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 04/19/2005 10:51 AM

I can not believe no one has mentioned this yet. IMDB is noting one of our favorite actors birthday today.. Tim Curry!

Chestnuts roasted by Wenthral @ 04/19/2005 11:01 AM

Sometimes I think of Matt not as our large and slightly drunk god (see "Tell Me A Story" in the archives), but kind of like the creepy old guy in Phantasm. But instead of silver globes of death, he has flying cans of really old pasta, slightly bulging. Every once in a while, he bursts through random computer screens and says, "Yes, just tell yourself its only a website!" As for the upcoming article, like Dick Dale once said, "Let’s…. Go…. Trippin’!" Cue the surf music!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash vs Kruel-Aid Man @ 04/19/2005 11:52 AM

I havent seen Saw, I donno if I will?

I came across someing that I dont believe is true but I wanted to know if anyone else has heard this or knows anything about it…In the movie The Never Ending Story there is a sence where the horse Artax sinks in the mud but apparently when filming the movie the flats that were supposded to bring him back up failed, and the horse really did drown and die. Has anyone heard this at all?

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 04/19/2005 12:06 PM

it’s easy to check, just watch the credits for no animals were harmed in the making of this movie, if it’s not there the horse died. Who thought up the idea of fake drowning the horse in mud anyways, was most likely drugged so it didn’t freak out.

Chestnuts roasted by RAS @ 04/19/2005 12:41 PM

"I’ve just accepted that it’s Christmas all year ’round at X-E and I find that strangely comforting…"

Hehe, Id have to agree..

As far as the twist in Saw, nope, never saw it coming either.. not a clue! Also, I watched Creep the same weekend and Saw *destroyed* it on all levels save for one(IMO), the main character was Franka Potente from, Run Lola Run.

Chestnuts roasted by Cyanyde @ 04/19/2005 1:44 PM

I thought that "Saw" was totally hardcore. I caught the midwest premiere of it last October at a horror filmfest here in Ohio, and the theater went berserk during some of the more intense moments (when Elwes finally freed himself from the shackles was particularly loud). The acting of the two primary characters was silly as all get out, but it’s still one of the better horror flicks that has been released lately.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 04/19/2005 3:33 PM

Hey, ther’s a new Pope now! He’s a german and he shall be named Benedict XVI (I personally want one to name themselves after Cletus, the 3rd pope)

And today is also the 18th anniversy of the Simpsons’s first appearance on the Tracey Ullman Show.

Here’s a good poll I found on Fark: if you became Pope, what would your Pope name be?

I would be Pope Secret (get it?)

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 04/19/2005 3:50 PM

Woo hoo, trip reports are awesome. With finals coming up, binge drinking and complete removal from society sound like good things to me! :D

I watched Saw about a month ago and wasn’t expecting a lot. I was surprised by how much I actually liked the movie, it was pretty intense and drew me in. I also didn’t see the twist coming, which I think is rare nowadays. Usually I can figure out what’s going to happen, but Saw definitely threw me off.

Is it bad that I actually kind of still like the Christmas background? I know it’s outdated and all, but there’s something about it that appeals to me, even during these warmer months.

Chestnuts roasted by Andrea @ 04/19/2005 4:18 PM

The sequal to SAW should be comming out next halloween.
Saw was an awesome movie with its tiny budget but this next one will have a rather large budget.Get ready for some crazzy gore.

I don’t really like the idea of the next movie though. . .People trapped in a house by the jigsaw killer and they have to kill eachother in different ways.
We can only hope that it’s as good as the first.

Chestnuts roasted by Ant @ 04/19/2005 4:41 PM

Saw borrowed pretty heavily from japanense horror movies like evil dead trap, not to mention the black christmas ripoff with the eye in the closet. I still like it though.

Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 04/19/2005 5:48 PM

I want to see Saw but haven’t yet.

The plot to Saw 2 sounds quite a bit like the plot to a little horror film I saw on HBO Zone called "Eye of the Beholder" (at least that’s what I think it was called, it wasn’t listed at IMDB) and Series 7. Both were pretty good (especially series 7)

IFC had a bad horror picture night a couple of weeks back. I Was a Teenage Zombie (kinda gross and boring) and Body Parts (simply boring). Body Parts is getting replayed this Friday on IFC.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 04/19/2005 6:52 PM

"Series 7" is indeed a rockin’ good flick. On the same night I watched it, I also watched a horror flick called "Session 9" which totally knocked me on my ass. It stars David Caruso (among others) and it’s about a crew of workers that slowly go crazy and start murdering each other while de-asbestos-ing a deserted mental hospital. Really great, and creepy as hell.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 04/19/2005 7:11 PM

Didn’t care for Session 9. Found it ponderous and kind of boring.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 04/19/2005 8:04 PM

Sorry…had to look up ponderous.

SYLLABICATION: pon·der·ous

ADJECTIVE: 1. Having great weight. 2. Unwieldy from weight or bulk. 3. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull. See synonyms at heavy.

Yeah, I suppose I could see that.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 04/19/2005 9:08 PM

I appreciate it when people look up words they don’t understand. Because that’s what I do, man, that’s what I do.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 04/19/2005 9:10 PM

This is my first post. I just had to comment on how much I disliked Saw. I’ll take seven any day of the week, which there are seven of.

Chestnuts roasted by Tim @ 04/20/2005 12:30 PM

If you want a good, smart sci-fi/thriller movies, check out the first two Cube movies. They’re AWESOME.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 04/20/2005 9:57 AM

Hated Saw. Brings all kinds of dishonor to the term "horror." For a more intelligent review go to:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/author-2771/reviews.php?rid=1332984&cats=1&switches=worst&sortby=rating&page=

Chestnuts roasted by *Jem* @ 04/20/2005 2:30 PM

I think that dude’s name is Brian Orndorf, "Jem."

He writes for Filmjerk.com too. Great critic. One of the better onliners around.

And yes, SAW is a joke. Poor Cary Elwes.

Chestnuts roasted by Emily Gerbig @ 04/20/2005 3:40 PM

How about King Cheesaw from that one Godzilla movie? He was pretty snazzy. We need some American studio to make a real Kaiju movie. Not that giant iguana mess that was supposed to be the US version of Gojira.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/20/2005 4:00 PM

King, The destructor is very pleased with your using the correct name of the King of Kaiju. Death by Snu-Snu will be arranged . . . with Jeri Ryan.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 04/20/2005 4:59 PM

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