Saw VII

5 / 10

Sometimes when I chew bubblegum, I like to stretch and flatten it into a thin sheet so that I can place it over my mouth and blow big bubbles.  It always seems like a good idea at the time, but then I notice the problems.  The sheet gets too thin, holes start to appear and the eventual bubble is never as good as I’d imagined it would be after all that hard work.  And then, when I finally put the gum back in my mouth, the once exciting flavour is all but gone.  Devo.

I feel the same way about the Saw movies.  When Saw was released in 2004, it was full of flavour.  It was original, creative, surprising and frightening.  Over the next six years and six sequels, each of these qualities was stretched and flattened like a wad of strawberrylicious.  The qualities became less substantial, more transparent, less elastic.  Small holes started to appear and gradually got bigger and bigger until you could see right through them.  The ‘bubble’ at the end – the big finale and culmination of all that hard work and concentration – deflated lamely, the air oozing unimpressively out of a hole in the side.  And ultimately, when all was said and done and the gum had been stretched and molded and exhausted, the flavour was gone.

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Willy cried in Little Miss Sunshine and only pretends to like the Godfather movies. He celebrates Jackie Chan's birthday every year.
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