Is Saw V worth a blind-buy?

[Kaiju]

I haven't seen this movie but I enjoyed the previous films quite a bit. I've heard mixed things though, mostly bad

what do you guys think? oh, and sorry if this thread is misplaced, didn't know where else to post it

[t0nythebeat]

skip it. yes it was bad ... although I in some way thought it was better than the 4th which is not a good thing either.

rent it, if you must.

[PanasonicPlasmaMan]

awful. dont even rent it

[cdot2four]

I loved it. They did a really good job of explaing the previous 4 movies. Best of the series? No, but not the worst either.

[AaronDodd07]

Dude, this is an awesome movie and it ties up most of the questions from the other one's. I will own this day 1.

[theokbadguy]

Originally Posted by Aaronjackie07

Dude, this is an awesome movie and it ties up most of the questions from the other one's. I will own this day 1.

+1

[Kaiju]

Very mixed...I might just give it a rent I guess.

[t0nythebeat]

Originally Posted by badchannels

If you already have the others....why skip part of the story? It does truly tie all of the previous ones together and it isn't as bad as every loves to say. It isn't the best horror film out there, but neither were the others. The thing about the Saw films that I do like....is that they aren't mindless like most other horror films out there....they are smart. You are actually curious as to how things were done...you are looking for explainations throughout these films. You want to know how every character is involved in the story and how they tie into the others.

If these films were as bad as everyone loves to say.....people wouldn't be buying tickets...they wouldn't be on part V and working on part VI already. And people wouldn't be able to have an opinion if they weren't curious enough to watch each film to begin with.

Get part V and keep the story together in your Blu library....FTW, everyone wants to be a critic. The truth is most of the viewers saying it sucks aren't smart enough to write a truly smart horror script themselves, let alone stretch it out over 6 films. Gather your own opinion when the last film in the story is made. I also find it amusing that " the majority " of those that dog them....own at least one or two, if not all of them so far.

The Saw films are not my personal favorite btw...but I do have to give credit where credit is due and not just dog Saw sequels like most do. The scripts along with the gory traps in these films are indeed intelligent. You can't " honestly " tell me while watching these films that you aren't captivated by each trap and what will happen. I have yet to see anyone...I repeat...anyone...get up and leave the theater to go to the bathroom whenever a trap is visible on the screen. Truth hurts...but asses are in the seats.

Seriously, the Saw Franchise is embarrassing to the horror genre.
And you must have obviously not seen Saw 4 or Saw 5.

[Khaotix]

seeing as I have the first 4 and like the series as a whole , I will be pre-ordering saw 5 as I never saw it in theaters as I don't go to theaters with ticket prices the way they are.

[alkalinesi]

i love all of the saws, so im gonna blind buy it. plus i have the other 4 so they need 5. cant wait for 6 and 7 either!

[bw1605]

buy it

[cdot2four]

Originally Posted by badchannels

True horror fans...support all horror. Why? Because horror doesn't ever...ever...get enough credit.

Amen brother

[quexos]

I can see some mixed opinions on this one. As it comes to cinemas here in a week or two, I will go see it and forge an opinion.

[t0nythebeat]

Originally Posted by badchannels

True horror fans...support all horror. Why? Because horror doesn't ever...ever...get enough credit.

... def not.

[mpstjohn]

Skip it.

I count myself as a die-hard Saw fan, and while with Saw 4 (despite its flaws) its probably the best quality blu-ray (in terms of the sound and picture quality) of the Saw lot no amount of blu-ray extras can make up for the fact that Saw 5 was the crappiest of the sequels.

The twist ending is lame, the movie is 85% flashbacks (most ripping off of Amanda's flashbacks from Saw 3) and the traps are the worst of all five films (explain to me how breaking glass jars with a pole is a dangerous game, please..).

The only people who are defending it are doing so only because they think that Saw 4 is worst, and not because they think Saw 5 is actually good next to the first three.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

As part of the collection, it's definitely worth the purchase. It's entertaining. However, I'd rank it as 4th in my list of best to worst.

I'll be buying it. If for no other reason that my best friend is a featured background expert in it. There is one scene where he takes up the entire middle of the frame and gets a good 30 seconds of screen time.

[garageinc2001]

I'll buy it on SDDvd just because I have all the others on SD. Dont shame me too much. It will be awhile before I buy them all on Blu.
As far as V being a blind buy, if you're a fan then you WILL enjoy the movie. Look for a good price and go for it.

[BLUE MYSTIC RAIN]

Originally Posted by PanasonicPlasmaMan

awful. dont even rent it

Gets me every time !!!

[Verbal]

Originally Posted by badchannels

True horror fans...support all horror. Why? Because horror doesn't ever...ever...get enough credit.

Maybe that's because horror fans support all horror....good or bad. Perhaps you should start supporting just the good ones.

And the Saw films aren't horror films...they're gore films. Big difference.

[Blu-Benny]

i'm gonna grab it and add it to my standard dvd collection. this doesn't warrant a high enough need on bluray for me although i do enjoy the previous 4.