Showing posts with label Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D. Show all posts

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Texas Chainsaw "3D" - Review

Texas Chainsaw 3D is a complete mess from beginning to end. I had heard it was bad but stayed away from reviews knowing some day I would watch it. I am having a hard time finding even a single redeeming value about this "film". I feel like I have lost an hour and a half of my life that could have been better spent doing other things. Unfortunately, I can't take this experience back so I may as well review it. This is a long review as it's pretty hard to cover all of the flaws in this movie without getting into some length.
The film opens with a quick montage overview of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. For a quick moment I thought to myself, maybe I should just watch that, but I pushed those thoughts out of my head and forged ahead. This film picks up directly where the 1974 film ended. This sets the film up to exist in a brand new universe where none of the sequels exist. The sheriff shows up at the Sawyer household which is now inhabited by several family members. Here is the very first problem with the film. I have seen the original chainsaw. There were four people in that house and there were no women and no babies. Did they all decide to rush over to the the sawyer house for a family breakfast after they had just slaughtered a group of innocents and let one escape? If they had been there