Saw IV

24 hours after seeing Saw IV, I finally decided to look up on the net as to WTF was going on in the ending. The result was mind-shattering. In the past hour my opinion of the movie has gone from "man, this series is running outta steam" to "I AM NOT F**KING WORTHY". Here's the progression of my chat with my cousin, also a Saw fan:

hardatwrok: did u see saw 4 yet
Rodknee008: yeah
hardatwrok: yesterday?
Rodknee008: yeah
hardatwrok: what did you think
Rodknee008: did you see it yet?
hardatwrok: sucked huh
hardatwrok: ya
Rodknee008: yeah

:: revelation occurs ::

Rodknee008: omg
Rodknee008: omgggggggg

hardatwrok: omfg
hardatwrok: i need to rewatch both
Rodknee008: omggggg
hardatwrok: lmao

hardatwrok: HOW DID THEY THINK OF THIS
hardatwrok: THE IDEA MUST HAVE BEEN PLANTED BY SATAN HIMSELF
Rodknee008: rofl

The real twist in this movie completely flew over my head. I was way too focused (like everyone else in the theater) on the minor twists that were unfolding and utterly missed the bigger picture. Sifting through the 400 user reviews on Yahoo movies, it seems like most people didn't get it, which is both funny (in the sense of the film's cleverness) and sad (in the sense that mostly negative word of mouth will spread). This movie was brilliant, but I don't blame the people that didn't get it, myself included - its level of craftiness is just on a completely different intellectual plane.