Saw 2

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:01pm

Did anyone see it?

I won't spoil it for anyone! but it was definitely good!

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:04pm

i want to rent the first one before i see the second. The second looks really good, the first one looked ok, but i don't want to see the second without having seen the first.

[JayKid]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:06pm

See the first, it was a good movie... although I thought the acting (some of it) wasn't the best. It was a good movie overall though and I enjoyed it.

I can't wait to see the second one.

[zepka102]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:10pm

the 1st one was freaky... need to see where they go with it with the 2nd move. i hope they didn't ruin it!

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:10pm

All the holes are filled in saw 2 and like the critics said i agree Saw 2's landing is much smoother than the first

[zepka102]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 12:14pm

i liked how Saw ended. it all came together so quick... it felt like some kind of shock treatment when it ended, and that last shot gave me some serious chills!

[BrendanStryker]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 1:41pm

The worst acting I've ever seen was in the first one, and it was, ultimately preposterous; but I still wnt to see this part two.

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:56pm

I thought that the original was one of the worst movies of 2004, and (though I never thought I'd be saying this), I will be checking out the sequel.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:39pm

I loved the first one. It was original, interesting, and incredibly creepy. The acting was deplorable, but ALL horror movie acting is terrible. I'll definitly be seeing the second one.

[suddenlyseymour]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:49pm

I can't wait to see this one! I loved the first one except for the acting but loved the story. Did anyone notice that the girl from the first one, the one that escaped from the puzzle and got away, she's in the 2nd one hehe should be goood

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:49pm

ALL horror movie acting is terrible.

I wouldn't go that far. There have been many decent/very good performances in that genre. Even some excellent ones.

You're right, though. The acting is the worst part of it. I watched it again last night, and the performances (save that of Monica Potter and Makenzie Vega) seem to get worse and worse every time. Updated On: 10/28/05 at 04:49 PM

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:52pm

All Cary Elwes acting is also bad (save "The Princess Bride.")

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:54pm

100 Greatest Horror Movie Performances

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 4:56pm

Thanks for the link, Midwest.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:19pm

I shouldn't have said all. I should have said ALL RECENT.

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:24pm

I agree with that a little bit more, but I think there's still some decent performances now.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:52pm

There's a decent one here and there, but for the most part, they're all pitiful.

When thinking of recent, good horror performances, few come to mind. The wife in the Amityville remake was quite good - but I don't know her name. Laura Linney was brilliant in Emily Rose, but I don't consider that to be a horror movie.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 6:23pm

My chum says she was just repeating, "This is so messed up!" over and over again in the last five minutes of Saw...I, unfortunately, haven't seen it, but do plan on seeing both soon.

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 6:47pm

Melissa George was very good in Amityville '05, as was Ryan Reynolds (I thought). And Linney was outstanding in ...Emily Rose.

Some other ones come to mind...

Cecile de France, High Tension
Jennifer Connelly, Dark Water
Elisha Cuthbert, House of Wax
Kate Hudson, The Skeleton Key
Lindy Booth, Cry_Wolf
Dakota Fanning, Hide and Seek
Ariel Gade, Dark Water
Gena Rowlands, The Skeleton Key
Johnny Depp, Secret Window
Sarah Polley, Dawn of the Dead
Blanchard Ryan, Open Water
Crispin Glover, Willard
Desmond Harrington, Love Object
Jessica Biel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Halle Berry, Gothika
Angela Bettis, May/The Toolbox Murders
R. Lee Ermey, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Sid Haig, House of 1000 Corpses
Jason Lee, Dreamcatcher
Sheri Moon, House of 1000 Corpses
Amanda Peet, Identity
Patricia Clarkson, Wendigo
Naomi Watts, The Ring
Matt O'Leary, Frailty
Gina Philips, Jeepers Creepers
Parker Posey, Scream 3
Johnny Depp, Sleepy Hollow Updated On: 10/29/05 at 06:47 PM

[suddenlyseymour]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 9:16pm

LOVED Johnny Depp in Sleepy Hollow, Secret Window and every other movie he's been in =), Sid Haig was so freakin creepy in House of 1000 Corpses and Sheri Moon with that laugh...soo creepy. I also wanted to add Cecile de France in High Tension, she was fantastic, a great actress

[CostumeMistress]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:04pm

I saw it tonight.

*possible spoiler*

I'm deathly afraid of needles... I FREAK out when I have to get a shot, have to have someone in the room with me holding my hand. I can't even watch an injection without getting queasy. Sitting in the middle of the row through the needle scene was about the worst torture of my life, because I REALLY don't want to be "that girl" in the theatre who has to climb over everyone, but I was genuinely starting to panic.

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:44pm

I also wanted to add Cecile de France in High Tension, she was fantastic, a great actress

How did I forget her? She was great in High Tension. I really loved that movie, though no one else on this board does.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:54pm

I liked HIGH TENSION and thought it was wonderfully scary until the "twist" was revealed. That was enough to make it the WORST picture of the year, for me. It was pitiful. The star, however, was fine.

All the people you listed were fine - but better than average? I don't know...

AND...AH! IDENTITY! I forgot that existed until you just said that - I despised that movie. Same deal as HIGH TENSION. Same twist as well - come to think of it. Same as SECRET WINDOW. Just pitiful.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:58pm

I thought Kate Hudson and Gena Rowlands were pretty terrific in Skeleton Key, although it's not exactly a horror film.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 11:59pm

Identity was already pretty stupid, but the ending made me throw my hands up in the air with frustration. Badly acted and that ENDING!!! Idiotic, random, abrupt, and made no sense. Thanks a lot, M. Night Shymalan, for popularizing the need for every horror movie to have a "shocking twist" at the end, no matter how asinine and illogical the twist is. (And thanks, as well, for never using a twist in your following movies that ever matched the cleverness of The Sixth Sense.)

Can't wait to see Saw II. Am going to re-watch Saw tonight on DVD. Has anyone watched the director's commetary? Is it worth a listen? I usually love that feature if I have time to use it.