As much as I wanted another Saw movie after VII, I think the movie is by far less good than the original series, and it is VERY clear that it was not made by the same people. It feels like a nice script made by Saw fans rather than a real Saw movie by the original creators.
Can't say it's a bad movie because it isn't and I did enjoy, but I couldn't help but being disappointed that the movie completely ignores the storyline of the original series. The 7th Saw movie's ending had SO much potential, and I think it should have been obvious that the new Jigsaw movie will have to pick up where the last movie ended, but instead, 99% of the original story is not even mentioned. None of the original characters is being mentioned at all except for Jigsaw himself, and you literally don't need to know or remember anything from the original movies, except for who Jigsaw is and his last physical condition.
I mean, where is the REAL important person from the end of the 7th movie? What happened to them? How could you completely ignore them?
The traps and mini stories are also BY FAR less smart than the ones in the original series. Some of the traps and tests are even predictable. The one thing that the original movies weren't is predictable.
The twist is... OK, not very impressive but at least it's nice.
Gore is lacking, and even though I always thought the gore wasn't that important on the original series, now that it's lacking I finally understand how much it affected the experience when it was there.
The good parts: It was a new Saw movie! With Tobin Bell and Billy The Puppet! That's enough to make me wanna watch it.
Can't say it's a bad movie because it isn't and I did enjoy, but I couldn't help but being disappointed that the movie completely ignores the storyline of the original series. The 7th Saw movie's ending had SO much potential, and I think it should have been obvious that the new Jigsaw movie will have to pick up where the last movie ended, but instead, 99% of the original story is not even mentioned. None of the original characters is being mentioned at all except for Jigsaw himself, and you literally don't need to know or remember anything from the original movies, except for who Jigsaw is and his last physical condition.
I mean, where is the REAL important person from the end of the 7th movie? What happened to them? How could you completely ignore them?
The traps and mini stories are also BY FAR less smart than the ones in the original series. Some of the traps and tests are even predictable. The one thing that the original movies weren't is predictable.
The twist is... OK, not very impressive but at least it's nice.
Gore is lacking, and even though I always thought the gore wasn't that important on the original series, now that it's lacking I finally understand how much it affected the experience when it was there.
The good parts: It was a new Saw movie! With Tobin Bell and Billy The Puppet! That's enough to make me wanna watch it.