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"Saw 2"

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Why? Why!? The first was very enjoyable. Why screw it up?

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Why? Why!? The first was very enjoyable. Why screw it up?

The first film was rubbish. Even if they tried, I doubt they could screw it up any more

The first one wasn't too bad but it certainly wasn't anything special, I'd imagine that this one will just be more of the same.

There were only two things holding the first one back:

- The hilariously low-budget "car chase", which was actually filmed in a garage.

- The acting. I expected better from Elwes really. I never knew that blood loss caused your accent to change from American to British. I mean, near the end he sounded like Ozzy Osbourne on acid (although that's a regular occurence).

I thought it was pretty solid otherwise, though.

That just looks completely the same!

And strangely they've changed the director from the original. I really liked the original, might get it on DVD. But this looks somewhat disappointing and samey. Great concept though.

I was one of the few people who really enjoyed the original. The low budget helped it to seem more gritty. Everything looked geniunely old and used rather than hollywood buffed.

All of that is irelevant however, as this film will suck. It'll be 90mins of a guy trapped in a "situation", just like the first film, with 2 possible endings. Option one, the killer gets away again, effectively making it a complete clone of the original. Option two, the killer gets caught, which would make it completely opposite to the first film, undermining the first film which showed us how smart he was to start with.

I'll go and see it and it will hopefully be entertaining, but it'll just lack any originality.

I quite like the look of this. The first was hamstrung by a low budget (but still a pretty fun diversion). this one will have more spent on it.

I liked Saw, but this sequel is neither written or directed by the people that made the first film, so y'know...meh.

EDIT: I lie, Saw 2 has got one of the people from Saw in the writing credits, but still don't think it was strong enough to warrant a sequel.

monkey_man wrote:
> I liked Saw, but this sequel is neither written or directed by the
> people that made the first film, so y'know...meh.

To be honest, I think that's pretty much a good thing. It was poorly directed, acted, and contained some appalling Its In The Script moments. I still enjoyed it, but I have absolutely zero loyalty to the creators.