Heh, I’m watching Saw III now, and I came to this part where one of the characters, “Jeff” [spoil]reached the third test where his alleged son-killer (who actually driven against his son by accident) meets a brutal ‘twisted’ death… There, he knelled in regret, confirming the statement given by the judge, “Vengeance doesn’t solve anything; it only makes the pain greater.”[/spoil]
At that moment, I was really… sickened. Not by Jeff’s selfishness, probably by Jig Saw’s act, but most of all, by the cruel reality of life. It’s so sad that we live in a world where things we didn’t mean to do cause pain among others and, especially to Timothy Young, ourselves. At that moment, I didn’t really care about who died or who deserved to, I kinda just hoped that everyone was alright.
[spoil]Jeff didn’t just stand there the whole time. Everytime one of these three ‘tests’ was presented to him, he did hesitate, but he made his attempt in saving the victim as well (explaining the judge’s survival, appearance and opportunity in giving those wise words). Nevertheless, he was unable to save any of them (he accidentally killed the judge with a shotgun trap).[/spoil] A really sad ending to close the scene, and, to highlight the cruelty of life.
I don’t know if I would had hesitate if I was to be in his shoes and his son be my loved one. Probably. But I would probably act faster than Jeff, since none of them were actually guilty of something (meaning they won’t try and harm me once I free them). A life is only so precious after all.
What about you? What would you have done? Would you let yourself be taken by vengeance, [spoil]only to kneel as Jeff knelled,[/spoil] drown in the sorrow of regret, leaving that horrible mark across the rest of your life?
What would you do?
Edit:
Heh, in the end, [spoil]Jeff failed, too (he sliced Jig-Saw’s throat in vengeance), ended up in having his wife’s head exploding (it was connected to Jig-Saw’s life-monitor thingy). Phailed u louzy revenge-crazed freak![/spoil]