So, we went and saw ‘Saw 3D’. I cannot begin to describe how disappointed we both were, me in particular!

ALERT: POSSIBLE MOVIE SPOILERS – READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

Some facts first:

We have followed the Saw movie series from creation to finish.

We have gone to every premiere weekend

All but one movie was what I would call intriguing.

The latter half of the series was really reaching for a storyline, but still managed to pique my interest each time.

The movies were (mostly) good at attempting ‘scary’ but not trying to overdo the fright-factor with transparent ‘gore’.

All in all we have been fans of the movie series.

With that in mind, I had high hopes for this last installment. Especially since it was touted as the completion of the ‘Saw’ journey. We’ve seen characters come and go. We’ve seen characters die and then pop back up in subsequent movies with the help of the ‘glimpses’ into the past that have applicable ramifications for the current storyline.

I think the whole ‘past vision’ effect is the meat and potatoes of this movie series. It is what kept Jigsaw alive, even when he was clearly dead a couple of movies ago.

So this current movie lost the ‘edge’. The traps weren’t moral tests, they were simply torture traps intended to elicit as much gore as possible. The more blood and ‘guts’ shed apparently boosts movie sales. It detracted so much from the original theme of the movie. But, then again, Jigsaw wasn’t in charge anymore.

**GRR**

Also the storyline circled. It was lacking in suspense and anticipation. I guess the idea for this movie was just kill everyone. No exceptions.

**GRR**

OH! And the movie was in 3D?! We were charged extra for these disposable glasses to enhance our movie experience right? Well, the only 3D we got to see was mostly in the previews. There were less than a handful of ‘something coming at you moments’ that weren’t breath taking in any way. In my humble (yet biased) opinion, the creators of this last movie made the move and started to print it when someone had the brilliant idea to go back and ‘make’ it a 3D movie. Making the movie 3D will of course boost sales!

In the end, this movie was full of bloat, shortcomings and disappointment. From the point of view of an avid SAW movie series fanatic – they really didn’t deliver on their end of the bargain.

A small part of me is glad the series is over now.

In the end, the series became a sell out simply because they didn’t know how to finish what they started.

I hope you save your money folks. I hope you save your money.

Vatican says ‘Avatar’ is no masterpiece (AP) – Yahoo! Movies

What is it with people these days? Can’t we just enjoy a movie for the shear experience? Nothing more. Nothing less. Does there ALWAYS have to be a hidden message? Does someone always have to ‘create’ or ‘dig’ for a hazed and distorted theme?

How about we just watch the movie and enjoy it for what it is – entertainment.

No.

Instead we have to tatter the headlines with religious disapproval and apparently an underlying racist plot??

C’mon people.

Isn’t there more important things going on in the world?

  Avatar (2009)

I of course keep talking about Avatar, we saw it in 3D yesterday. It was awesome, the visual effects are just mind boggling. The storyline just struck me as familiar. Boy sent to destroy forest. Find’s out forest has ‘people’. Forest people are ‘special’. Forest people have special ‘bond’ and relationship to forest. Boy meets forest people girl. Boy and girl fall for each other. Boy helps girl, changes sides, fights to keep forest alive.

Hmm..

It’s a far stretch.. but for anyone who was around for this flick back in the early 90’s – this synopsis has A LOT of similarities to the cartoon-made-movie ‘Fern Gully’?

Fern Gully (1992) 

Yeah, yeah.. I know one is an animated cartoon.. and one is the kick-ass CGI generated human-like phenomena, but think about it. In the end.. it’s all about saving the forest people, and preserving the ‘forest’.

Hmm..

This is just how my mind works. Sorry.