Monday Morning Quarterback Part I

By BOP Staff

October 26, 2009

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George Rose: I don't think Paranormal Activity made Saw VI look stale. Lionsgate did. I loved the first three Saw films. By the fourth it had become too distant from the original for me to continue investing hope. I didn't even bother to see the fifth one but by that point it had scared all competitors away, allowing the franchise to still open as high as the others. However, Saw V went on to earn less than Saw IV, which itself earned less than Saw III. This $14 million says exactly what the declining profits have been saying: the films just get worse and worse. The Saw VI trailer shows nothing regarding plot. With Jigsaw dead, it looks just like Hostel, a movie about people in a room dying in twisted ways. And let's be honest, Hostel VI wouldn't stand a chance against even Paranormal Activity 2. All Paranormal Activity did was call Saw's bluff and open wide up against it. Still, as long as the Saw movies make more than they cost on opening weekend alone we're going to see them for many Halloweens to come.

Jason Lee: I personally think that the films have become too insular in recent years. When you're making references to Saw III, your audience is going to have a hard time following the twists and turns. Beyond that, I found it strange that the Saw producers would take this opportunity to push such a strong health care message in the film. Talk about strange...




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Eric Hughes: No, what's strange is the Saw people actually believing that audiences go out to see these movies for its twisted, ongoing storyline. Nearly every interview with the writers included the unnecessary detail that they have everything planned out through like Saw VIII - and that the ending to the current release would hint at what's to come, and yada yada. Saying audiences have an avid interest in Saw's storyline is like saying people who tuned in for Halloween II did so strictly to see where Michael Myers really ended up. What happened this time around was Saw faced some actual competition - and in my eyes, better competition - and got burned for it.

Pete Kilmer: I think the Saw producers went one movie too far in the franchise. They killed off the main character a couple of movies ago and he's still causing problems? Fans of the horror genre forgive a lot when it comes to plot-logic....but they will notice when a franchise has run out of steam and is just being milked.


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