I see that most people nowadays are crazy about the Saw films, so I thought I would open a thread about this movie. Screw the Saw movies, here's the real deal we should appreciate.

A stunning movie, in my opinion. Right from the start, the awesome opening credits, the viewer is sucked in, right till the final scene of the film. A lot of people have said the ending is "an explosive, mind-blowing, spectacular twist" but personally I dont think it's a twist at all, it aint that explosive or mind-blowing either, but still a pretty damn brilliant surprise ending. In all fairness though the film isn't centered on the ending itself. Everything else works. The visual style is really dark and moody and depressing, the music is great, good acting from everyone, tight script, and a razor-sharp direction by David Fincher. This is quite possibly visually the blackest film I've ever seen. I have never seen so much black in a movie before. The NIN and Bowie tracks in the opening and end credit are brilliant too.

It's not gory actually, since almost none of the killings are on-screen. All you see are afterviews of the murders at the crime scene. This would later on be shunned for the "all-gore"-ness of movies like Saw and Hostel and The Texas Chainsaw remake/prequel. Here everything is in your head. You don't have unnecessary gore at all. (Of course I'm not really saying gore is bad, but this is so much better executed.)

One of the best serial killer movies, ever. One of my favourite. Saw is nothing compared to this.

9.5/10

Good movies are timeless. And of course there is a need to compare, since good movies set the benchmark.

If movie viewers, script writers, actors, directors, and critics do not compare, then we will just get more and more watered down crap aiming at nothing more than to make money at the box office.

Oh wait.........