I still champion the first SAW movie as a text book example of how a fledgling filmmaker can get maximum bang with minimum buck. Director James Wan and his co-writer Leigh Whannell turned all their disadvantages as filmmakers - no budget, no-name cast (with the notable exception of one Danny Glover (who collected 2% of the total gross), one location and no shooting schedule to speak of - and turned them in to assets that spawned a half billion (and still counting) franchise.
~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With horror films, gore or no, it's pretty easy. If it's made by an American Studio, it's most likely gonna suck. American horror films tend toward extreme suckage so often that they're rarely worth watching even if you get in for free. > > B > > --- On Tue, 11/18/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Don't See SAW > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 10:35 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > Same here. I can't abide watching films that revel in literal blood and guts, dismemberment, and the like. > > ------------ -- Original message ------------ -- > From: "Justin Mohareb" <justinmohareb@ gmail.com> > > > I'm one up on you. I haven't seen one, two, three, four, OR five. > > I mean, sure he doesn't get paid not to act, but I'm just not into torture porn. > > JJ Mohareb > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 9:27 PM, ravenadal <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > > The good news is SAW V has stalled at $81 million (SAW IV made $139 > > million). > > > > The bad news is Tobin Bell, who plays the diabolically ethical villain > > Jigsaw - who, incidentally DIED at the end of SAW III - has been > > signed to star in FIVE more SAW movies. > > > -- > Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. > http://thebitterguy .livejournal. com >
