I’m not writing this up as a movie review as I can’t be arsed. Sorry. Instead it’s just a quick post. The *only* reason I went to the cinema to watch this film was because of all the bad press it received. Apparently it was gruesome. People were even taken away in ambulances. I thought this would be amazing to see, so why not.
Interestingly, I felt the opposite of the reviews. I was expecting to be vomiting in my seat but groaning at the poor direction. In fact it wasn’t that gruesome. Nor scary. Nor even particularly grotesque. Sure, there were plenty of attempts at the shock factor, and enough moments to potentially get your stomach churning. But maybe mine stomach is made out of lead because it didn’t have the desired effect on me. Yeh, it was sick, but I’ve seen worse. Such as Hostel. I did, however, think the film was reasonably alright. It wasn’t as good as Saw I but was considerably better than Saw 2. However, neither of these things are particularly surprising - Saw I was a very good film, mainly because it was pushing the genre in to areas that really hadn’t been seen before… and Saw 2 was a bit pile of crap, aiming to cash in on the first.
In Saw 3, the film tries to get away from Saw 2 as much as possible, and instead focuses on a new series of “games” whilst tying up some questions and issues from the original film.
Yes, it’s nothing special, but I’ve seen worse films. It didn’t have me browning my undies, but I wasn’t bored shitless by the end of it.
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