One simple question: is Jigsaw the most annoying psycho-killer in cinema history?
The evidence...
• he’s pointlessly loquacious, he just goes on and on and on- blah, blah, blah, blah, blah- talking endlessly, you’d have thought a guy with so little time left would be more succinct but no... has he never heard that brevity is the soul of wit?
• ...and if he thinks his message so serious why does he treat it as a game?
• ...and to what end is he jabbering, it wouldn’t matter if what he was saying was interesting, but it’s so repetitive- ‘value life’, ‘this is a test’- he could be replaced by a roadie, ‘one, two, one two, testing, testing’,
• ...and what does he say, well, it’s a sort of half-baked philosophical nonsense that’s a bit too much like it was jotted down in the back of a 15-year old’s school exercise book,
• ...and in turn this moralizing seems to have very limited internal logic; the
• ...and his traps don’t seem to fulfil the parameters he apparently envisages,
• ...and his puzzles are needlessly contrived- they have so many variables that he must be either very lucky or there are several thousand un-triggered back-up plans sitting round like so much UXO and cluster bombs, in fact, he’s like some speed-freak Bond villain-cum-Satanic Mary. Whitehouse,
• ...or maybe he’s just watched Se7en a few too many times and completely misunderstood the simplicity of John Doe’s master-plan... and they say movies don’t make you violent!
...the case for the prosecution rests.
The big surprises about Saws II and III are that they don’t suck- a technical term- (II was in fact quite enjoyable) and aren’t especially violent.
The big minus... each sequel detracts from the excellent original Saw.
The big plus... at least they’re well-made (and watchable) unlike
PS: I loved this TV guide description of Saw II, “Think Se7en meets The Crystal Maze”. So, now you know, Jigsaw is in fact Richard O’Brien... prepare to beam back to the Planet Transsexual.
1 comment:
I watched the first Saw a couple of weeks ago. I was amazed to find I really enjoyed it. The surprise at the end even got me.
It's clearly the idiot grandson of Se7en but quite cute none the less.
Intending to watch the second one though I've heard there are diminishing returns with each sequel - which is as you'd expect, I guess.
Even on the basis of one film though, I agree with your points about Jigsaw. Also, how sick can he be if he's survived for seven (or is it eight?) films...
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