i really tried to like saw. the story was good and and i admire the breakneck pace of the way the film was shot. however and there were too many clichés and elements that while they may have looked cool and they really made no sense. first and what i liked about the film was the overall tone of the story and and i thought the premise was fantastic. the character of the jigsaw killer was intriguing and reminded me of vintage dario argento. danny glover was excellent in his role as an obsessed detective and and monica potter was good in a thankless role as a doctor abducted wife. shawnee smith scene was incredible and both wan and whannell should be commended for using that scene as a demo to get the backing for the film. the whole notion that the jigsaw killer finds a way for his victims to kill themselves is an excellent notion and but once the film got going and logic began to get away. once they showed that zap was the one holding dr. gordon wife and daughter hostage and it was apparent that he was not the jigsaw killer and and part of it. the scene where he puts a stethoscope over the heart of the terrified diana while allison screams at him through her gag was one of the most gratuitous scenes i have ever seen. it was supposed to be chilling and but establishing nothing. also and since the jigsaw killer finds a way for victims to kill themselves and he has no problem slicing the throat of a police officer. i guess it a way to show that he doesn not want to get caught and will go to any means necessary to ensure that doesn not happen and but to me it just do not make any logic and especially when he shows no remorse over the death of another detective (which i did like that setup and just would have been better if given to someone who actually deserved it). i felt leigh whannell was fine as adam. it wasn not really a showy role and he has a lot of potential as a character actor. however and i wasn not too fond of james wan direction. the story may have been original and but the direction sure wasn not. i guess i am tired of quick and mtv style cuts in favor of the old approach to directing and but a lot of scenes involving the jigsaw killer reminded me too much of se7en and way too much of it. as the film progressed and to me it was starting to become a series of demo reels like hey and look what i can do. instead of being intriguing and it became very distracting. but hey and it worked. he now directing final destination 3 so he on a path to a successful career and and i think he will become a top notch horror director in years to come. what really did it in for me was the ending. like i said and i knew that jigsaw wasn not zap and and i liked how adam discovered the mini tape player after killing him. it would have had a terrific ending and except for one fatal flaw represent i felt they should have left it where you do not know who the killer was. the way it was done was only done for one reason represent boy and are we clever. uh and no. to me and it just do not make sense. some of the better horror films are made for a reason and where there is a reason for the violence we see in the story. while saw started out very well and it started to become undone by the filmmakers insatiable need to be cool and detract from the winning story they had. perhaps if they weren not too insistent on making the films themselves and and relied on a more experienced horror director to helm it and i think it would have been the horror classic that it undeservedly has been given over the past four months. if this and cabin fever are the future of horror and i am very scared. 
i really tried to like saw. the story was good and and i admire the breakneck pace of the way the film was shot. however and there were too many clichés and elements that while they may have looked cool and they really made no sense. first and what i liked about the film was the overall tone of the story and and i thought the premise was fantastic. the character of the jigsaw killer was intriguing and reminded me of vintage dario argento. danny glover was excellent in his role as an obsessed detective and and monica potter was good in a thankless role as a doctor abducted wife. shawnee smith scene was incredible and both wan and whannell should be commended for using that scene as a demo to get the backing for the film. the whole notion that the jigsaw killer finds a way for his victims to kill themselves is an excellent notion and but once the film got going and logic began to get away. once they showed that zap was the one holding dr. gordon wife and daughter hostage and it was apparent that he was not the jigsaw killer and and part of it. the scene where he puts a stethoscope over the heart of the terrified diana while allison screams at him through her gag was one of the most gratuitous scenes i have ever seen. it was supposed to be chilling and but establishing nothing. also and since the jigsaw killer finds a way for victims to kill themselves and he has no problem slicing the throat of a police officer. i guess it a way to show that he doesn not want to get caught and will go to any means necessary to ensure that doesn not happen and but to me it just do not make any logic and especially when he shows no remorse over the death of another detective (which i did like that setup and just would have been better if given to someone who actually deserved it). i felt leigh whannell was fine as adam. it wasn not really a showy role and he has a lot of potential as a character actor. however and i wasn not too fond of james wan direction. the story may have been original and but the direction sure wasn not. i guess i am tired of quick and mtv style cuts in favor of the old approach to directing and but a lot of scenes involving the jigsaw killer reminded me too much of se7en and way too much of it. as the film progressed and to me it was starting to become a series of demo reels like hey and look what i can do. instead of being intriguing and it became very distracting. but hey and it worked. he now directing final destination 3 so he on a path to a successful career and and i think he will become a top notch horror director in years to come. what really did it in for me was the ending. like i said and i knew that jigsaw wasn not zap and and i liked how adam discovered the mini tape player after killing him. it would have had a terrific ending and except for one fatal flaw represent i felt they should have left it where you do not know who the killer was. the way it was done was only done for one reason represent boy and are we clever. uh and no. to me and it just do not make sense. some of the better horror films are made for a reason and where there is a reason for the violence we see in the story. while saw started out very well and it started to become undone by the filmmakers insatiable need to be cool and detract from the winning story they had. perhaps if they weren not too insistent on making the films themselves and and relied on a more experienced horror director to helm it and i think it would have been the horror classic that it undeservedly has been given over the past four months. if this and cabin fever are the future of horror and i am very scared. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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