Strange.. even as I write, I am beginning to wonder if I could ever complete this task! I've never written a review on a movie because, I have the humbling feeling that people always are of some stature before they could be viewed by those around them. SO, to give an opinion would be to view their growth from one angle only...
Saw IV.. basically is a horror movie. I mean, you can not go to a swimming pool and expect all the swimmers to be fully clad; nor can you expect swim wear in a DJ party. Coming to the context of the inspiration that has so cluttered the web with my cumbersome thoughts... I wanted to see this movie as i happened to learn it from the discussions that my friend happened to pass on to me. Well, ... I just concluded that the movie has to be ear marked for viewing.
For those who are not very conversant with the grapevine in movie circles (in this free ware community), one has but to air his desire to view something... the deed would be accomplished in a matter of about 2 nights... no ! you did not read wrong; the BSNL has given a small avenue to enable us to download stuff during the late / early hours of the day ("depending on which part of the country you come from"). So, our community (comps that download are holier than comps that suggest) converts the avenue to a broadway in night time and gets the stuff for all to enjoy.
So, one of the holier comps had done me the favour and i had a chance to see this horror movie SAW IV. Yes! it was what it promised to be.. and more so, as it was gory too! Great! as I mentioned earlier, i did not expect anything different. What touched me was the fact that even though it was not expected to be in the gener that could give out values, it did!
The person who was on his deathbed, being determined to avenge the death of his son who was killed even before he came out of the womb, has been a run of the mill story in the vernacular films that we came across! The "Villain" began to annihilate all those who did wrong in all sectors of the society! (a smell of Tagore?!) He not only strained his brains, he even trained people in that direction! Could he be a pervert or a maniac? No! Unlike Tagore (No, though it was not as gory!and all reviews expressed that the end justified the means!), his means too were taken care of while traversing the path to the end!
In this movie, what made me appreciate is the fact that the person gave choices to the people whom he intended to punish (Kill)! (The means also was glorious in the likening of Aparichitudu,) he had decided on the appropriate means of punishment... (kumbhi paakam etc..) yet, in contrast to what we have all appreciated in that gener of movies, the "Villain" decides to give an option so that each could walk out of the "Death trap" by punishing themselves as THEY deemed fit, voluntarily! This is a novel method. Those who could really evaluate themselves could escape the "punishment" and live! Those who could not, "deserved" their death.
One final theme that has really moved me was... "Every one has to meet their fate... yet, with patience, one can surely come out unscathed.... as, fate does not decree anything bad for anyone." The Fate has only lessons for us to learn.. the sooner we learn, the faster we progress.. and happier would be our lives!
