The firstSawfilm is not about ultra-gory traps, not really.
But in what way exactly didSawinfluence the horror sphere?
Did semi-rebootJigsaw, released in 2017, attempt to rewrite, recalcify, or correct any perceived missteps?
Will 2021sSpiral: From the Book of Sawtry and do the same?
In short: Does theSawfranchise honorSaw?
The problem is, I dont really see that in the originalSaw.
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Also,Sawisnt even that violent!
So what wasSawconstructed to be?
In short: a psychological chamber thriller.
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It is a thoroughly concluded film.
But in Hollywood, and especially in horror, nothings concluded.
Which brings us to these dangSawsequels.
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Its just, like, thatsallthey are.
None of the other facets of the original film seem to be honored, heightened, or expanded on.
Gone is the emphasis on morality, on the chance of improvement or learning a lesson.
In its place is a perverse emphasis on violence, on carnage, on abject nihilism.
The hook of these films is no longer what would you do in this situation?
Instead, it is watch these puny humans suffer and die in increasingly agonizing ways.
This is not any sense of propulsive storytelling, nor is it in any way violence with a point.
Its dramatically inert, and its tonally suffocating!
And thats not what Jigsaws about, man!
Of course I am!).
Hopefully,Spiral: From the Book of Sawhas studied the book well, and becomes the second.
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