Way out of line
By Alina Popescu on Aug 15, 2007 in Movies Reviews
Has any of you seen any movie from the “Saw” series? Or at least heard of them? I have only been told about parts of the movie and have seen a trailer for soon to come “Saw IV”. These movies features such a violence, cruelty and everything bad you can imagine that I am pretty sure they should be forbidden. The 4 minute trailer that I saw managed to bring out everything that was worse in humans.
We went and prohibited cigarette ads on TV. But aren’t we using double standards here? I believe the right approach would be to either ban everything harming people at any level or just stop pretending we care about what is broadcasted. Do you thing having a sign stating cigarette ads should not be watched by minors would help?
I have seen my share of movies with brutal serial criminals. I’d mention Seven and the Millennium series here. But at least there are sane conclusions there! And most of all, the criminal is caught. What happens in Saw? I wouldn’t know, but thinking that Jigsaw kidnaps and tortures people in all movies of the series might get you to my conclusions. There is no real punishment or consequence if he keeps doing it without being caught.
Yes, serial killers are a reality. But is taking such a close look to violence they bear inside and occasionally let out a smart approach? If one person only watches the movies and thinks doing something similar is fun, wouldn’t that be too much to pay for a bad movie? And have you seen the ratings these movies have on IMDB?
I for one believe a person who could think of such a sick script and go ahead and turn it into a movie is not in their right mind. Don’t we care anymore about who sees the movie? About the impact it has? About consequences? With everything available online, do we actually kid ourselves with false illusions of no-minor access to it?
If it were my choice, I would prohibit such movies from general TV channels. They should only be allowed on special channels with secure access. And in the cinemas…well, long after midnight. That would decrease profits enough to decrease interest in making up and producing such sick movies. Till then, do not waste your money on seeing any of these movies. And if you are a fan of downloads, it is really not worth your bandwidth.
Popularity: 4% [?]
well, you’re probably right…
but, hey! since the main stations provide violent
deaths&rapes¬ censored accidents at 5 o’clock in the
evening.. what to expect from the big hollywood producers?
it’s their cliche: we give people what they want to see! not true, they
don’t have alternatives….
I recommend you “bowling for columbine: by Michael Moore. He has some
pretty interesting concepts and proofs as to the media influence on
violence in America (as opposed to Canada).
Take care,
B
b0gdan | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
Small problem to the feed???
it don’t seem to work…
B
b0gdan | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
I agree 5 o’clock news are just as bad! And yes,
preference is not relevant when there are no real options. Maybe things
will change, at some point. Yes, there is, not solvable unfortunately.
But Bloglines works, there’s a button on my left sidebar.
Alina Popescu | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
Great series… But Saw IV ? Are you kidding me?
Jigsaw and Amanda both died at the end of Say III, so who’s going to do
all the “fun” stuff now?
There is one point where I have to agree with you, though. While
watching the Hannibal series, I was very aware that it’s just a
psychological movie made after a great book. But that was not the case
with Saw. It has the same “tension” and psychological games from
Hannibal, but mixed with the grotesque scenes usually found in your
average highschool-hoties-get-shlashed-one-by-one horror movies (the
legacy of Scream, if you ask me, but that one actually had a story…)
to give you the only movie that made me think “these kind of people are
real. The true stories on Discovery are TRUE.” And… I forgot what my
point was… But great series, nonetheless!
Ryan | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
Ryan, liking or not liking the movie is ok, as long
But the cruelty and grotesque and the never-able-to-stop-me evilness is
as you are more or less of an adult
pure murder on young and impressionable brains. Or on those already
inclined towards cruelty. Why play with dangerous weapons?
Alina Popescu | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
Cause they make big bucks. People are attracted to
destruction. People like to be scared. So they need movies like these.
Besides, if you really want to pick on such a movie, take a look at the
Cube series, which have the most unnecessary violence and gore.
Ryan | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
Ryan, cigarettes also make big bucks. And they were
still forbidden on TV. As for Cube, I’ve seen two of the series only. I
had a hard time seeing them, because they are also quite cruel. I pick
on all of them! I don’t say we should not see them. It is a personal
choice. But they should be, as cigarettes, consumed only when the
damage is strictly limited.
Alina Popescu | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
That’d be hard. The only way I see that possible is
to do some ppv (or other subscription type) channel whose subscribers
would go through periodical psychological/psychiatric evaluations and
the ones too impressionable/unbalanced denied the service. Right?
Ryan | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
Well, as long as they keep minors away, it’s still good
Alina Popescu | Aug 15, 2007 | Reply