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FEATURE PRESENTATION

Mentions:

• Official Site
• IMDB
• Wikipedia
• Clips from the Movie

Movies Mentioned:

• Big Daddy (1999)
• Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
• Reign Over Me (2007)
• Funny People (2009)
• Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
• Bowling for Columbine (2002)

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Intro Music: Dumb Things -Paul Kelly

Our Rating:

Jonathon: 7/10

Adrian: 6 /10

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Release Date: 29th October 2010 (US)/28th October 2010 (AU)

Director: Kevin Greutert
Writers: Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Key Cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Sean Patrick Flannery, Cary Elwes

When this is the statement from the director, after he has just been announced for a film…

“I just had the task of telling my 83 year old mother that no, I’m not going to be allowed to direct the movie we were all so excited about when my family last got together, and that I’m being forced to leave town before getting a chance to see her again. Yes, I’ll be filming people getting tortured YET AGAIN. So we’ll have to put off me making a film she can actually watch for another year. I’m not making this shit up.”

…you know you’re up shit creek. Greutert put that up on his blog, before quietly removing it.

After yanking “Saw VI” director Greutert (a seasoned film editor) off “Paranormal Activity 2″ by exercising a clause in his contract and forcing him to direct “Saw 3D”, Lionsgate/Twisted Pictures have finally put the nail in the coffin of the annual film series, with the ultimate chapter coming in… wait for it… 3D.

Ugh.

I’m not going to talk much about the plot or direction for Saw 3D. Why bother? It’s more of the same, except one of the traps is in broad daylight in public. Thank Christ for that, if only because the darkness issue in 3D films is still a serious problem. And yes, it’s as dark as the other entries in the series.

The plot reminds me of the James Frey/A Million Little Pieces/Oprah’s Book Club debacle. The difference? Instead of an annoyed Oprah, it’s a pissed off Jigsaw chasing after the author. I’d give you a run down on the narrative here, but what’s to say? Shit gets more twisted than every, continually looping upon itself until the Charlie Clouser-penned “Hello Zepp” creeps through the speakers and you realise you’ve had it all wrong for the previous 80 minutes. Cue someone’s line of “Game over”, cut to credits, put your popcorn in the bin on the way out.

The 3D is there. It’s not terribly well utilised, it makes the film darker, and it pointless. It’s a desperate ploy by a studio desperately trying to yank the last few shekels out of a dying franchise. Avatar this is not.

Costas Mandylor is as dull as ever, but luckily for him, he comes across slightly better in this seventh instalment. Why, you might ask? It’s simple. Chad Donella, in the role of Detective Matt Gibson gives what can only be described as the worst performance in a major motion picture in recent memory. If 3D is meant to involve the audience, then why give them a 2×4 delivering lines? Everyone else phones it in. If you want to see what it’s like for working actors who are all thinking “One last paycheck.”, then Saw 3D is for you.

If you’re invested enough in the previous six entries, yet haven’t caught the film over the weekend, I have the following advice;
Do not go see it in the cinema. Do not buy it on DVD. Do not rent it. Do not waste bandwidth downloading a copy. Do not catch it on television three years from now.

Just read the Wikipedia entry.

Saw 3D (promoted as Saw VII 3D here in Australia) has someone in common with the final canonical entries in the Friday the 13th (Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhatten) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare) franchises.

It’s a waste of time.

Rating: 1/10

“Bad film, rubbish title, dumb accents, and ah really good visual effects” “It was a disappointment from start to finish”

FEATURE PRESENTATION

LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE followes Soren [JIM STURGESS] and his older brother Kludd [RYAN KWANTEN] along with desert owl Gylfie [EMILY BARCLAY]. They are abducted by The Pure Ones, who want to form their own army in order to conquer the world. Soren and Gylfie manage to escape, their mission is to find the legendary Guardians to save the world from The Pure Ones.

Mentions:

• Official Site
• IMDB
• Wikipedia
• More Posters
• Teaser Trailers
• Zack Snyder announced for Superman

Movies Mentioned:

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• Happy Feet (2006)
• 300 (2006)
• Dawn of the Dead (2004)
• Watchmen (2009)
• 21 (2008)
• Across the Universe (2007)
• Macbeth (2006)
• Wolf Creek (2005)
• “Eureka” (2006)
• Despicable Me (2010)
• Sucker Punch (2011)
• “True Blood” (2008)
• “Lost” (2004)
• Star Wars (1977)
• The Queen (2006)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• Kung Fu Panda (2008)

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Intro Music: White Owl – Bertie Blackman

Our Rating:

Jonathon: 3/10

Adrian: 5/10

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