So I saw this last night. I enjoyed it, but hate myself for enjoying it, if that makes sense.
If I were a movie reviewer I would give it a lot rating, but in truth it made for a fun night out with mates, and what more do I want?
As far as the series goes, the deaths were rather unoriginal and it continues the "Basically it's just people dying in strangely hilarious ways" theme of the second film onwards (the first, to me at least, feels like the more serious and least death-porn-esque one of the lot, at least from what I can remember of watching it).
Also they went crazy with the 3D, seriously. They didn't need to throw so much at your face. It makes you flinch/jump the first time, and have a reduced but similar reaction the second, but you get kinda fed up with it after awhile.
The snake coming out at the audience at one point was pretty cool though, if only because it prompted me to waved at it
It felt pretty needless though.
Still, the film does get a chuckle out of you when you see the various, unoriginal deaths.
I was expecting the ending to reveal the whole thing is one giant flash back and for the guy to decide to just let the accident happen and for them all to die, which would symbolise the series ultimate theme of "Death always wins" and that fighting it is pointless, but that didn't happen. Not sure if that would have made a better ending or not really...
And yes, the film does have a token black guy. Yes, he does provide some comic relief and yes he dies in a particularly unfulfilled manner.
I wouldn't recommend going to see if you have other, better movies you can pick from, but if you are in the mood to see people die in hilarious manners and don't particularly care about plot or character development...well, I can't think of a better movie that matches those criteria
On a very positive note, I saw the trailer to the movies "Gamer" and "Dorian Grey" there...I wish to see those movies ^^
