Wow. I just saw Saw and it was scarey, unpredictable, disturbing, and all those other words people are saying about it, it really is a good movie and gives some good surprises along the way.
For me though, there were two let down points. One was Cary Elwes accent, which just kept popping me out of the movie and back to reality. The other was a bit more general about movies and really bugs me, the poor stock script moments.
Let me explain, without giving anything away from Saw by using some generic examples.
Baddie has cornered the very strong and resourceful goodie and has a gun to his head, but rather than shoot him in the temple two, maybe three times for luck, he decides to tell him his entire plan and all that goes with it, including how to thwart it, where his Granny lives, and his inside leg measurement.
Or try this…Person gets a gun and points it at the baddie knowing that they are a cold faced evil killer and that they are just a normal run of the mill person. Okay in their imaginary world they’ve surely seen movies, and they’ve seen this a million times where the baddie waits, and waits, then leaps forward gaining possession of the gun and turning it on them. Momentary blip in the grand plan of chaos.
Why? WHY? We know that we would behave totally differently in both situations. We know that we would kneecap or shoot the naughty bits off the baddie and then call the police. Not just stand there and call them while he looks and works out a plan. If we were the baddie, we would just shoot the goodie and not even mention anything of our evil take over the world plan. Wouldn’t we?
Well these are the kind of things I’m talking about, and there are two similar bits in Saw that just drove me crazy, quite poor plot devices that stand out a mile from such a well crafted movie. Why do writers insist on doing this? Does it drive anyone else mad…or am I the only crazy one…and does anyone know the bits I’m talking about (without spoiling it for those who haven’t seen it!)?
