The combination of violent aesthetics and suspense in "SAW6"

Grant 2022-03-24 09:02:01

The SAW series can be presented on the screen as a classic among the classics. In the sixth film, director Kevin Grout once again provided a visual feast for the audience, but compared with ordinary horror films, the saw series is not for the audience. Horror and setting a terrifying atmosphere, what you can experience in the sixth part is about thinking and examining human nature.
With the continuous development of the times, the audience's requirements for horror films are getting higher and higher. The reason is that the audience's aesthetic vision will cause visual fatigue as a large number of horror films enter the film market, so the requirements also increase. At this level, the film saw6 just caters to the tastes of the audience, and can be said to be a successful example of horror films.
Death seems to be a never-ending thing, just like the death come series, it constantly creates horror events, but after careful observation, it can be found that the death come series is gradually weakening in the horror film market, while the saw series is still keep heating up. The ending and process of the deathcome series always seem to be the same. The protagonist always succeeds in surviving in the opening part, and in the ending part, he will die tragically on the street according to the screenwriter's plan. In the process, the film did not make a big breakthrough, but the death of people is more tragic. Some of the death methods are similar to the death methods in the previous films. The only part of the audience's heart is that part of the death process is replaced in death come4. The process of X-ray transmission gives a 3D effect, which hides the violence and gore to a certain extent, but at a deeper level it shows the ultimate failure of the death come series. Compared with the death come series, the saw series attracts the attention of the audience with its continuous suspense and violent aesthetics.
Suspense part: To be clear, the suspense creation in the saw series can be called a classic. After explaining the horror events to the audience, the suspense still emerges one after another, which not only creates a terrifying atmosphere for the audience, but also drives the audience and the protagonist to think together. The seemingly useless scenes in the film are actually explained later in the film. While reminiscing about these scenes, the audience can suddenly realize that there is no artificial element, everything feels extremely real, and the audience will never know in the film. The truth of the incident, the film always leaves people to think. The scenes in the classics can be included in the scene where Kramer got up in the ending in saw1. Who would have thought that the first 'dead' would be resurrected? In saw6, the suspense element once again played its due role. The protagonist who had passed through the death obstacles that the audience agreed with actually died at the end. This suspense scene seems to have a sense of intrigue, but it is still the film A lot of color.
Violent aesthetics: It is not an exaggeration to call the bloody scenes in saw a violent aesthetic. The bloody scenes are laid out in front of the audience, slowing down the death process, and at the same time mobilizing the atmosphere, it is more to show the ugly side of human nature before death, thus triggering the audience to think about the theme. There is no repetition in the death process of various death methods, which is a visual feast for the audience who love the saw series.
Examining human nature: We have forgotten to think, we have forgotten the dreams and goals of being human. All the protagonists in this film seem to be a group of people who are decadent, depraved, overwhelmed and panicked, let their lives go by without ever knowing how to cherish them, behave hypocritically, and waste their lives absurdly. If we can regard every dawn as the last day of our life, maybe, we will happen, in fact, life is far more beautiful than we imagined. Does human nature have a moral bottom line? How should we cherish our only one life? In the tension and deadness of the series and behind the gory shots, maybe we'll get something.
This movie is telling us in a very extreme way that we should be in awe of life and be grateful to be alive. It's just a pity that we are often grieved and confused by the filth and form and the arrogant martyrdom model on the surface and forget to find the true meaning behind it.

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Extended Reading

Saw VI quotes

  • Jigsaw: You think it's the living who have ultimate judgment over you, because the dead will have no claim over your soul. But you may be mistaken.

  • Jigsaw: Hello, William. Before you are six of your most valuable associates. The ones who find errors in policies. Their findings result in over two-thirds of all applications denied or prematurely terminated. Now you must apply your analysis to them. And will you be able to find their errors? Six ride the carousel, but only two can get off. The decision of which two survive falls upon you. But remember, the mounted gun will continue to fire until all six rounds are spent. And if no decision is made on your part, all six will perish. To offer the two reprieves, you must press both buttons at once in the box before you. However, in doing so, you will give a sacrifice of your own. Two can live, four will die. Your decisions symbolized by the blood on your hands.