It was good in terms of special effects.
The characters were okay and relatively believable.
The plot was interesting, but pretty meh.
Then all of a sudden, people were like "OMFG Inception iz da bombbb!" for no reason. I mean, the director didn't even give it a definite ending. That's just the epitome of laziness. I know you could argue that he wanted it to be undefined, but I still find that lazy and uncreative.
I preferred Harry Potter tbh :3
I watched toy story 3. And yeah, it for kids. I got absolutely nothing out of watching. Its a movie about freaking toys that are alive.
I, for one, loved Toy Story 3. I think one of the reasons adults enjoy the Toy Story series so much is nostalgia. I like it when I see a bit in a movie that causes me to recall good memories. Toy Story 3 is a good movie that helps people reminisce about their childhood.
I can understand if horror movies aren't your thing, but there is no reason to hate on the greatest horror series of all time. Saw 3D was a great movie.
I absolutely LOVE horror movies, and I admit that the Saw series started out pretty good. However, as the series went on, the movies just degraded in quality. It could have been a GREAT series, but like many movie/television franchises, it just stayed around well past its prime.
I, for one, loved Toy Story 3. I think one of the reasons adults enjoy the Toy Story series so much is nostalgia. I like it when I see a bit in a movie that causes me to recall good memories. Toy Story 3 is a good movie that helps people reminisce about their childhood.
I absolutely LOVE horror movies, and I admit that the Saw series started out pretty good. However, as the series went on, the movies just degraded in quality. It could have been a GREAT series, but like many movie/television franchises, it just stayed around well past its prime.
Just because toy story 3 recalls childhood memories does not mean it is good.
I disagree that saw degraded over time. The only low point in the series was V. VI was almost as good as the original, IV had some of the best suspense in the series, and 3D had the best traps.
Saw is not horror. Saw is pointless torture and gore. It's not entertaining or scary, merely disgusting. Real horror is about suspense and thrills.
Suspense isn't horror. Its suspense. The suspense genre is movies like when a stranger calls, or vacancy. Horror is more brutal and has more shock value than suspense, and it is usually much more gory.
And if you think it is pointless torture and gore, than you're obviously not smart enough to get the real point of the movies. The traps are just a utility to convey a greater message.
I believe that I have enough social competence to slip into a party or two, potentially wooing some attractive females that would not mind spending the evening performing the booty dance on me.
And if you think it is pointless torture and gore, than you're obviously not smart enough to get the real point of the movies. The traps are just a utility to convey a greater message.
So what you're saying is that you went to see these movies for the story, and you didn't go just to see a bunch of people die gruesome deaths? Doubtful.
Here are some Rotten Tomato statistics (percentage of critics who gave the movie a positive review) for the Saw series:
Saw 1 got a 48%, 31% from top critics
Saw 2 got a 35%, 22% from top critics
Saw 3 got a 25%, 6% from top critics
and the trend continues. Most of the reviews call it gross and "dumb".
Meanwhile, Toy story 3 got a 99% overall, and a 100% from top critics. You can say that critics are pretentious and all that, but honestly, how can you argue with that enormous divide between these movies? The greatness of Toy Story 3 comes from how the story played out in relation to real life. What the filmmakers did is incredibly clever by essentially creating a "toy story" generation of children. When the first movie came out, all the kids went and saw it, then the second movie some years later, and the third movie came out right to coincide with the same original batch of children, who were about to go off to college, while it played on themes of letting the past go. It isn't about toys, it's about having to let go of your childhood, and that is why the movie was so touching, because of the audience it targeted, as well as their parents. And that's not even in my top 3 for the year.
It's interesting that people think that Saw 'lived past it's prime'. My understanding is that it was originally written somewhere along the lines of 16 hours long.
Also, I absolutely watched the Saw movies for the story/message. There are millions of horror flicks. I watched the original Saw because I was told that it actually had a decent plot/something to say, and watched the rest of the sequels accordingly.
I decided to put my vote in for Inception. It was thoroughly entertaining, well thought out and the ideas presented (dream invasion) are some of the coolest I've ever seen in a film. The cast was also excellent, with great acting all around. It may not be the best movie on the list artistically and I'm sure many viewers find the ending as a cop out or the movie flawed, but Inception has quickly become my favorite movie. I simply cannot be bored of it.
And if you think it is pointless torture and gore, than you're obviously not smart enough to get the real point of the movies. The traps are just a utility to convey a greater message.
Oh my god you have got to be trolling. A greater message? Enlighten us oh great one. In the mean time, I'll take the series as what it really is - Stupid, disgusting, violent and pretty much irrelevant in all aspects. The philosophy behind the traps is so paper thin it acts solely as a vehicle to continue the intense, pointless gore. It is not good horror. It is not good violence. It is not even close to what a sane person would consider a good movie outside of the shock value. I cannot believe, with the high caliber of movies on this list, that anyone would even consider a write-in for such a pile of inane garbage.
It's interesting that people think that Saw 'lived past it's prime'. My understanding is that it was originally written somewhere along the lines of 16 hours long.
Also, I absolutely watched the Saw movies for the story/message. There are millions of horror flicks. I watched the original Saw because I was told that it actually had a decent plot/something to say, and watched the rest of the sequels accordingly.
Oh my god you have got to be trolling. A greater message? Enlighten us oh great one. In the mean time, I'll take the series as what it really is - Stupid, disgusting, violent and pretty much irrelevant in all aspects. The philosophy behind the traps is so paper thin it acts solely as a vehicle to continue the intense, pointless gore. It is not good horror. It is not good violence. It is not even close to what a sane person would consider a good movie outside of the shock value. I cannot believe, with the high caliber of movies on this list, that anyone would even consider a write-in for such a pile of inane garbage.
The series has multiple lessons, including:
-"By building a legacy, you become immortal." This was a quote from saw II, and the lesson was emphasized in saw 3D. Normally, when life ends, it just ends. It is meaningless. However, by building a legacy, you live on forever in the memories of others, and thus become immortal. This is exactly what Jigsaw did. He changed a lot of people's lives with his work, which brings me to my next point.
-"Cherish your life." As gruesome as the movies are, the ultimate lesson is to teach people to cherish their lives. "Some people are so ungrateful to be alive. But not you, not anymore." Jigsaw knew that the only way to get some people to cherish their lives was to stare death in the face. Jigsaw tested the human will to live. A lot of people are lifeless shells of human beings. Jigsaw helped the survivors to get their lives back. "He helped me."
-"Those who do not appreciate life do not deserve life." This is what the entire series is built around. If you don't appreciate the life you have been given, why are you alive anyway? Jigsaw gave people's lives purpose. If they failed to survive, they were already dead inside anyway.
People who were tested:
-Doctor Gordon, a man who continued to turn away from his family and cheat on his wife. He wasn't even a very caring Doctor, he was one of those people with his hand on the doorknob half the time.
-Adam, a photographer who was apathetic... but mostly just pathetic. He took pictures of people for money, went home to his ☺☺☺☺hole apartment, developed the pictures, and did it over again the next day.
-Amanda Young, a drug addict/cutter.
-Eric Matthews, a crooked cop who planted evidence on criminals in order to convict them.
-Jeff, a man who could not let go of the loss of his son, and wanted physical revenge against the man responsible for his death.
-Lynn, a doctor similar to doctor Gordon.
-William, a corrupt health insurance executive, who cut people's coverage as a cost-cutting measure, resulting in their deaths.
I believe that I have enough social competence to slip into a party or two, potentially wooing some attractive females that would not mind spending the evening performing the booty dance on me.
-"By building a legacy, you become immortal." This was a quote from saw II, and the lesson was emphasized in saw 3D. Normally, when life ends, it just ends. It is meaningless. However, by building a legacy, you live on forever in the memories of others, and thus become immortal. This is exactly what Jigsaw did. He changed a lot of people's lives with his work, which brings me to my next point.
-"Cherish your life." As gruesome as the movies are, the ultimate lesson is to teach people to cherish their lives. "Some people are so ungrateful to be alive. But not you, not anymore." Jigsaw knew that the only way to get some people to cherish their lives was to stare death in the face. Jigsaw tested the human will to live. A lot of people are lifeless shells of human beings. Jigsaw helped the survivors to get their lives back. "He helped me."
-"Those who do not appreciate life do not deserve life." This is what the entire series is built around. If you don't appreciate the life you have been given, why are you alive anyway? Jigsaw gave people's lives purpose. If they failed to survive, they were already dead inside anyway.
People who were tested:
-Doctor Gordon, a man who continued to turn away from his family and cheat on his wife. He wasn't even a very caring Doctor, he was one of those people with his hand on the doorknob half the time.
-Adam, a photographer who was apathetic... but mostly just pathetic. He took pictures of people for money, went home to his ☺☺☺☺hole apartment, developed the pictures, and did it over again the next day.
-Amanda Young, a drug addict/cutter.
-Eric Matthews, a crooked cop who planted evidence on criminals in order to convict them.
-Jeff, a man who could not let go of the loss of his son, and wanted physical revenge against the man responsible for his death.
-Lynn, a doctor similar to doctor Gordon.
-William, a corrupt health insurance executive, who cut people's coverage as a cost-cutting measure, resulting in their deaths.
You get the picture.
Wow. Just wow.
First of all, those are the things that Jigsaw spells out for the audience. Those aren't lessons or themes from the movies, those are the characters sick justifications for the violence he causes.
I'll tell you a movie that actually does have all of those themes: American Beauty. Now, while American Beauty hasn't aged well in the last ten years it does set up on all of those themes that you mentioned and then some. And it does so without all the sick torture devices and without an audience of sadist teens to twenty-somethings laughing at the unfortunate victims. It's a film with real, well crafted characters. It has real moments of emotion, tension, conflict and happiness. Unlike the saw movies which are a combined several hours of violent nonsense.
First of all, those are the things that Jigsaw spells out for the audience. Those aren't lessons or themes from the movies, those are the characters sick justifications for the violence he causes.
I'll tell you a movie that actually does have all of those themes: American Beauty. Now, while American Beauty hasn't aged well in the last ten years it does set up on all of those themes that you mentioned and then some. And it does so without all the sick torture devices and without an audience of sadist teens to twenty-somethings laughing at the unfortunate victims. It's a film with real, well crafted characters. It has real moments of emotion, tension, conflict and happiness. Unlike the saw movies which are a combined several hours of violent nonsense.
Exactly, Jigsaw spells out those themes. There wouldn't be any saw movies without Jigsaw. He is the mastermind behind all the themes, and Tobin Bell is a fantastic actor. Almost every scene he has been in has been fantastic. (His scenes with Donnie Wahlberg in II, with Shawnee Smith in III, With Betsy Russell in IV, the shotgun chair with Costas Mandylor in V, with Peter Outerbridge in VI, and with Sean Patrick Flanery in 3D). Watch these scenes, and you'll see the level of emotion and morals his character conveys, and you begin to see Jigsaw less as a murderer, but more as a human being.
But if you think it is just pointless torture and gore, you're wrong, and that's your loss.
I believe that I have enough social competence to slip into a party or two, potentially wooing some attractive females that would not mind spending the evening performing the booty dance on me.
Saw gave up the ghost when the writers started to kill haphazardly, but the first TWO movies (of seven) were great. Saw III was good(ish), but Saw IV was terrible - and both movies left massive plot holes in the story line which were only made worse by them occurring at the same time. I never saw Saw VI or Saw 3D, and I will eventually, but it will be just randomly one day.
Toy Story 3 actually had terrific moments, and it littered with a great level of drama and nostalgia. It also puts a terrific cap on a trilogy that arcs through Andy growing up as well as the adventures the toys take over ten years. It really was great despite my misgivings about it. Now Cars 2 has me worried.
There is a massive backlog of movies I have to watch, so I cannot even fully give my opinion but I know that a sequel is probably not the best movie of the year (damn you T2 for making me say probably).
Inception was the typical Christopher Nolan movie. The Social Network was the typical David Fincher movie. Toy Story was the typical Pixar movies. All those fillmmakers/studios retained their usual brilliant style. As far as cinematics go, they recurred to the proven techniques audiences react well to. They were culturally influential THIS YEAR, but chances are most viewers won't remember them a few years along the line. On the other hand, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was a bold experiment, one that cult audiences will immortalize 2010 for. I know that in the future it will get the recognition it deserves, as the underdog in an unlikely scenario that defined a culture and a society. The movie is like a history book, and the filmmakers of tomorrow were its target audience.
I won't vote, as I haven't seen like the 85% of that list. And also I liked a lot Despicable Me. x3
By the way, The Social Network really has great direction, dialogues, acting and score (I was dreaming a long time ago for "Baby, You Are A Rich Man" to be used in a movie), but it lacks a good story. Is pretty much "bleh" for me. There's not much tension, not so much confrontation, no real plot. Maybe is because I already knew a lot from it. Anyway, I gotta admit that, as a Software Engineer myself, I felt pretty much identified and a somewhat excited with the movie. Does this happened to non-nerdy people?
Also, I think Saw should put much less focus on the gore and the screams if it wants to transmit a message (which I perceive a bit childish). It doesn't matter that much what message it is if the receptor is not going to understand.
I'll tell you a movie that actually does have all of those themes: American Beauty. Now, while American Beauty hasn't aged well in the last ten years it does set up on all of those themes that you mentioned and then some.
Maybe I'm just biased since American Beauty is one of my favorite movies of all time, but how hasn't it aged well?
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It was good in terms of special effects.
The characters were okay and relatively believable.
The plot was interesting, but pretty meh.
Then all of a sudden, people were like "OMFG Inception iz da bombbb!" for no reason. I mean, the director didn't even give it a definite ending. That's just the epitome of laziness. I know you could argue that he wanted it to be undefined, but I still find that lazy and uncreative.
I preferred Harry Potter tbh :3
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I, for one, loved Toy Story 3. I think one of the reasons adults enjoy the Toy Story series so much is nostalgia. I like it when I see a bit in a movie that causes me to recall good memories. Toy Story 3 is a good movie that helps people reminisce about their childhood.
I absolutely LOVE horror movies, and I admit that the Saw series started out pretty good. However, as the series went on, the movies just degraded in quality. It could have been a GREAT series, but like many movie/television franchises, it just stayed around well past its prime.
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Just because toy story 3 recalls childhood memories does not mean it is good.
I disagree that saw degraded over time. The only low point in the series was V. VI was almost as good as the original, IV had some of the best suspense in the series, and 3D had the best traps.
Suspense isn't horror. Its suspense. The suspense genre is movies like when a stranger calls, or vacancy. Horror is more brutal and has more shock value than suspense, and it is usually much more gory.
And if you think it is pointless torture and gore, than you're obviously not smart enough to get the real point of the movies. The traps are just a utility to convey a greater message.
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So what you're saying is that you went to see these movies for the story, and you didn't go just to see a bunch of people die gruesome deaths? Doubtful.
Here are some Rotten Tomato statistics (percentage of critics who gave the movie a positive review) for the Saw series:
Saw 1 got a 48%, 31% from top critics
Saw 2 got a 35%, 22% from top critics
Saw 3 got a 25%, 6% from top critics
and the trend continues. Most of the reviews call it gross and "dumb".
Meanwhile, Toy story 3 got a 99% overall, and a 100% from top critics. You can say that critics are pretentious and all that, but honestly, how can you argue with that enormous divide between these movies? The greatness of Toy Story 3 comes from how the story played out in relation to real life. What the filmmakers did is incredibly clever by essentially creating a "toy story" generation of children. When the first movie came out, all the kids went and saw it, then the second movie some years later, and the third movie came out right to coincide with the same original batch of children, who were about to go off to college, while it played on themes of letting the past go. It isn't about toys, it's about having to let go of your childhood, and that is why the movie was so touching, because of the audience it targeted, as well as their parents. And that's not even in my top 3 for the year.
So what has Saw done that is so special?
Also, I absolutely watched the Saw movies for the story/message. There are millions of horror flicks. I watched the original Saw because I was told that it actually had a decent plot/something to say, and watched the rest of the sequels accordingly.
Oh my god you have got to be trolling. A greater message? Enlighten us oh great one. In the mean time, I'll take the series as what it really is - Stupid, disgusting, violent and pretty much irrelevant in all aspects. The philosophy behind the traps is so paper thin it acts solely as a vehicle to continue the intense, pointless gore. It is not good horror. It is not good violence. It is not even close to what a sane person would consider a good movie outside of the shock value. I cannot believe, with the high caliber of movies on this list, that anyone would even consider a write-in for such a pile of inane garbage.
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But I have to reserve judgment since Inception, Toy Story, Winter's Bone, Black Swan, and Social Network are still waiting on my must-watch list.
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I picked the 'other' option because I can't really remember most of the movies I've seen this year.
I'm going to just say Burlesque for the lulz.
Followed by You Again for some more lulz.
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The series has multiple lessons, including:
-"By building a legacy, you become immortal." This was a quote from saw II, and the lesson was emphasized in saw 3D. Normally, when life ends, it just ends. It is meaningless. However, by building a legacy, you live on forever in the memories of others, and thus become immortal. This is exactly what Jigsaw did. He changed a lot of people's lives with his work, which brings me to my next point.
-"Cherish your life." As gruesome as the movies are, the ultimate lesson is to teach people to cherish their lives. "Some people are so ungrateful to be alive. But not you, not anymore." Jigsaw knew that the only way to get some people to cherish their lives was to stare death in the face. Jigsaw tested the human will to live. A lot of people are lifeless shells of human beings. Jigsaw helped the survivors to get their lives back. "He helped me."
-"Those who do not appreciate life do not deserve life." This is what the entire series is built around. If you don't appreciate the life you have been given, why are you alive anyway? Jigsaw gave people's lives purpose. If they failed to survive, they were already dead inside anyway.
People who were tested:
-Doctor Gordon, a man who continued to turn away from his family and cheat on his wife. He wasn't even a very caring Doctor, he was one of those people with his hand on the doorknob half the time.
-Adam, a photographer who was apathetic... but mostly just pathetic. He took pictures of people for money, went home to his ☺☺☺☺hole apartment, developed the pictures, and did it over again the next day.
-Amanda Young, a drug addict/cutter.
-Eric Matthews, a crooked cop who planted evidence on criminals in order to convict them.
-Jeff, a man who could not let go of the loss of his son, and wanted physical revenge against the man responsible for his death.
-Lynn, a doctor similar to doctor Gordon.
-William, a corrupt health insurance executive, who cut people's coverage as a cost-cutting measure, resulting in their deaths.
You get the picture.
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I'll vote for "other" and elect my choice as jackass 3, a movie I have seen.
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Wow. Just wow.
First of all, those are the things that Jigsaw spells out for the audience. Those aren't lessons or themes from the movies, those are the characters sick justifications for the violence he causes.
I'll tell you a movie that actually does have all of those themes: American Beauty. Now, while American Beauty hasn't aged well in the last ten years it does set up on all of those themes that you mentioned and then some. And it does so without all the sick torture devices and without an audience of sadist teens to twenty-somethings laughing at the unfortunate victims. It's a film with real, well crafted characters. It has real moments of emotion, tension, conflict and happiness. Unlike the saw movies which are a combined several hours of violent nonsense.
Exactly, Jigsaw spells out those themes. There wouldn't be any saw movies without Jigsaw. He is the mastermind behind all the themes, and Tobin Bell is a fantastic actor. Almost every scene he has been in has been fantastic. (His scenes with Donnie Wahlberg in II, with Shawnee Smith in III, With Betsy Russell in IV, the shotgun chair with Costas Mandylor in V, with Peter Outerbridge in VI, and with Sean Patrick Flanery in 3D). Watch these scenes, and you'll see the level of emotion and morals his character conveys, and you begin to see Jigsaw less as a murderer, but more as a human being.
But if you think it is just pointless torture and gore, you're wrong, and that's your loss.
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Toy Story 3 actually had terrific moments, and it littered with a great level of drama and nostalgia. It also puts a terrific cap on a trilogy that arcs through Andy growing up as well as the adventures the toys take over ten years. It really was great despite my misgivings about it. Now Cars 2 has me worried.
There is a massive backlog of movies I have to watch, so I cannot even fully give my opinion but I know that a sequel is probably not the best movie of the year (damn you T2 for making me say probably).
By the way, The Social Network really has great direction, dialogues, acting and score (I was dreaming a long time ago for "Baby, You Are A Rich Man" to be used in a movie), but it lacks a good story. Is pretty much "bleh" for me. There's not much tension, not so much confrontation, no real plot. Maybe is because I already knew a lot from it. Anyway, I gotta admit that, as a Software Engineer myself, I felt pretty much identified and a somewhat excited with the movie. Does this happened to non-nerdy people?
Also, I think Saw should put much less focus on the gore and the screams if it wants to transmit a message (which I perceive a bit childish). It doesn't matter that much what message it is if the receptor is not going to understand.
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Maybe I'm just biased since American Beauty is one of my favorite movies of all time, but how hasn't it aged well?
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I chose Inception, because I found it the most immersive, creative, and the cinematography was excellent.
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