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reasons why YOU π«΅ should watch the saw movies
The first movie canonically takes place the day before 9/11
The reason it's called "Saw" is because you saw it. I'm not kidding. The movies, especially the first one, deal heavily with the themes of voyeurism, surveillance, and the consequences of the act of witnessing something
Amanda Young is one of the best horror characters ever
Jigsaw became a serial killer because he's pro life. I'm not kidding
Almost everything that happens in the franchise can be traced back to one cop
Every other scene is filmed like this
Haters will say Jigsaw's morals get more incoherent as the movies progress but THEY'RE WRONG because you're not supposed to take Jigsaw's philosophy at face value. Don't get me started on this I will go for the throat
Haters will also say the traps are too unfair. "The traps are too hard" this "the traps are too hard" that WHAT ABOUT "wow these traps have a poetic quality" or "the traps of this movie have a really interesting overarching theme"
The props and practical effects are genuinely phenomenal
The Saw movies seem to take place in an alternate universe where cops can be good but flawed people but the franchise still has a lot to say about the inherent corruption in law enforcement, punitive justice, insurance companies, and the health industry in America. A LOT.
I joke a lot about how green/blue these movies are but a lot of work goes into giving these movies a consistent atmosphere they just wouldn't feel like Saw without
Peter Strahm. Peter Strahm is one of the greatest characters in the entire franchise
Just. Are you seeing this. Just look at him.
The star of movies 5-7 is a man whose previous filmography were eroticas and he looks more like a male stripper in a cop costume than an actual cop
Jigsaw is....canonically bisexual?
In a flashback scene with a younger Jigsaw they did absolutely nothing except put the actor in a backwards baseball cap
Every. Single. Movie. Recontextualizes the movies that come before with stupid flashbacks that somehow make them funnier upon rewatch
A lot of the twists are actually good
There's trans subtext behind Amanda and Hoffman NO NO NO GET THAT COMICALLY LARGE HOOK AWAY FROM ME LISTEN IM RIGHT IM RIGHT
Some real actual lines said by real actual Saw characters: "This is the most fun I've had without lubricant." "Of all the guys to scam you picked Jigsaw? I mean, I call that... epic bad luck." "Do you know anything about the Chinese zodiac?"/"Aw Jill, no. NO!" "And read the papers. I saved that little girl π
" "Pirahna."
Saw victims ranked by sexiness