# "Saw" - upcoming horror flick, any thoughts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413 "2004-07-16T14:07:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/1 "2004-07-16T14:07:54Z")
I’m not at all a horror film buff, but this one is looking rather … disturbing. In a good way 🙂 Lots of Internet buzz, apparently got a great reaction at Sundance. Movie description: > [@](#): > > A young man named Adam (LEIGH WHANNELL) wakes to find himself chained to a rusty pipe inside a decrepit subterranean chamber. Chained to the opposite side of the room is another bewildered captive, Dr. Lawrence Gordon (CARY ELWES). Between them is a dead man lying in a pool of blood, holding a .38 in his hand. Neither man knows why he has been abducted; but instructions left on a microcassette order Dr. Gordon to kill Adam within eight hours. If he fails to do so, then both men will die, and Dr. Gordon’s wife, Alison (MONICA POTTER), and his daughter will be killed. Recalling a recent murder investigation by a police detective named Tapp (DANNY GLOVER), Dr. Gordon realizes he and Adam are the next victims of a psychopathic genius known only as “Jigsaw.” With only a few hours left to spare, they must unravel the elaborate puzzle of their fate in the midst of mounting terror. The killer has provided them with only a few clues and two handsaws – too weak to break their steel shackles, but strong enough to cut through flesh and bone Two different trailers for this film: [First Trailer (Quicktime format)](http://download.ifilm.com/qt/portal/2642103_200.mov) [Second Trailer (Windows Media)](http://lionsgate.arcostream.net/lionsgate/saw/saw_fd_300Kbps.wmv) After watching the trailers, it seems the movie has a great premise, but the director has a serious case of ADD. Anyone here seen it? Anyone looking forward to it? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/2 "2004-07-16T14:24:28Z")
This is the first I’ve heard of it, and unfortunately, the lame-ass computer here at work will probably burst into flames if I try to watch the trailer, but just from the description, I am _so_ there. I love horror movies. I love puzzles. I love the Dread Pirate Westley. It’s all good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/3 "2004-07-16T14:45:19Z")
Saw [QUOTE=rexnervous] Lots of Internet **buzz** , apparently got a great reaction at Sundance. [/Quote=rexnervous] I haven’t heard anything about it, I just wanted to say this was a great unintentional pun. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/4 "2004-07-16T14:49:48Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > This is the first I’ve heard of it, and unfortunately, the lame-ass computer here at work will probably burst into flames if I try to watch the trailer, but just from the description, I am _so_ there. I love horror movies. I love puzzles. I love the Dread Pirate Westley. It’s all good. 🙂 Just go find a computer that works - if you like the description, you’ll love the trailers. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/5 "2004-07-16T15:57:54Z")
I predict lots of bad puns: “My eyes are sore: I just saw _Saw_” etc. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/6 "2004-07-17T20:23:37Z")
hate to bump my own thread, but I’m quite curious about this film, esp. anyone who has seen it, but even what you all think of the trailers. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/7 "2004-07-17T20:43:56Z")
I’m confused. Every description of the movie I’ve read, including the one in the OP, describes a movie that has nothing to do with the Quicktime trailer (can’t view the WMV for some reason). What’s the dealio? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/8 "2004-07-17T21:34:49Z")
The trailers are teasers - introducing you to Jigsaw’s style, with two of his earlier murders, and giving a (very) brief introduction to Glover’s character. The synopsis is the plot of the actual movie. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/9 "2004-07-17T22:53:09Z")
I would just like to take the opportunity to say that… **HOW FUCKED UP IS THAT?** …is the coolest movie tagline _ever_. And it looks like it could be good. (On the other hand, _S7ven_ looked pretty appealling on the strength of its trailer, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/10 "2004-07-18T12:35:01Z")
I don’t know if it’ll make it to the theaters around here, but I’m definitely marking it as something to rent. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/11 "2004-07-18T13:38:10Z")
Looking forward to it. I like the dark movies. Seems like a cross between [Cube](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/) and Seven. ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-upcoming-horror-flick-any-thoughts/255413/12 "2004-07-18T16:09:34Z")
Did you see the international posters for the film? :eek: I have a hard time seeing Canadian or U.S. theatres putting those up. Here are links to the two posters from [CHUD.com](http://CHUD.com)… [http://www.chud.com/news/july04/july7saw2.php3](http://www.chud.com/news/july04/july7saw2.php3) [http://www.chud.com/news/july04/july7saw3.php3](http://www.chud.com/news/july04/july7saw3.php3) And here’s a [CHUD.com](http://CHUD.com) [review](http://chud.com/reviews/saw.php3) of the film. Anyhoo…