Now I haven’t seen “Saw” yet, so I’m trying to be careful reading other people’s reviews so I don’t learn too much about the film. Just read Cobb’s, and I definitely want to check out this flick now. He explains what the real “horror” of the movie is:
The problem with Saw is that there is very little disbelief one has to suspend in order to watch it. It makes it all the more horrifying that this could indeed happen - of course it could, if a screenwriter can imagine it.
An interesting way of doing things - putting the viewer in a situation that is closer to being feasible because one wouldn’t be able to keep themselves out of the situation - whereas many horror or spy or action movies have the main characters being a different breed than the average filmgoer. Not to say that this hasn’t been done before - I’m sure I’ve seen 50 films with that being done - but it’s all about context, now isn’t it.
