History Awesome / Saw

* ''Film/SawX''

* After finding out what a horrible bitch Anna has been (killing her own baby and then framing her husband for it which lead to him killing himself all without a hint of remorse), seeing her brains blown out while trying to kill Ryan is utterly satisfying.

!!!'''''Film/SawX'':'''
* A meta one for the filmmakers, for making the [[LongRunner tenth entry in the series]] well-received by critics and audiences alike -- [[CriticalDissonance something that hasn't really happened since the first film.]]
* Special thanks go to Tobin Bell who gives a stellar, emotional performance once again as John Kramer at the age of 81.
** Don't forget Shawnee Smith, who reprises her role as Amanda at 54!
*** Also, Costas Mandylor comes back at 58 to reprise his role as Hoffman!

* Lynn's short, but effective, TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to John, who she's being forced to treat in order to stay alive when he asks how people will remember him.
--> '''Lynn:''' A monster. A murderer.
* You gotta give props to Jeff. He did what the [[PoliceAreUseless entire police force]] couldn't do: kill both Jigsaw and an apprentice in short order, even if it didn't do him much good.

* The reveal that Eric Matthews actually escaped the bathroom after the second film by breaking his own foot, and then managed to catch up to Amanda and deliver a brutal ExtremeMeleeRevenge. Even after she gets away, he taunts her by shouting that she's not the real Jigsaw, effectively hitting her BerserkButton.

* You gotta give props to Jeff. He did what the [[PoliceAreUseless entire police force]] couldn't do: kill both Jigsaw and an apprentice in short order, even if it didn't do him much good.

!!Meta:
* The whole making of the first movie, really. James Wan basically had to shoot the movie on the fly, with maybe two takes per line and having to scrap sequences he had planned and improvise multiple scenes on the day of the shoot when he found he couldn't get what he wanted. And he still managed to direct a film that took the world by storm, thanks in part to his ingenuity and Leigh Whannell's script delivering a compelling story. They did good.
** Shawnee Smith was actually very sick from flu when her scenes were filmed. [[{{Determinator}} She did it anyways]] and it makes Amanda's fear and discomfort all the more believable.
* After a ''seven-year'' SequelGap and the series having a less-than-stellar reputation, ''Jigsaw'', by all appearances, managed to ''successfully restart the franchise'' by earning $102 million and is generally considered to be one of the better entries, among both [[SoOkayItsAverage critics]] and [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel fans]].

!!!'''''Film/SawVI'':'''
* For many people, watching a medical insurance executive being put through the wringer (to say the least) was cathartic.
** On the reverse side of that, said health insurance executive summing up why Jigsaw is full of bullshit and extremely narrow-minded.
--->'''William''': Everybody thinks we're the bad guys. Nobody mentions the millions of people we help every year without incident. Or the millions of dollars we donate to charity every year. Or all the free clinics we support.
* William managing to fight off his lawyer Debbie (who was attacking him in an attempt to save herself even though he was making his own attempt to save her) long enough for a speargun from her harness to activate which ends up killing her.
* When Josh's turn comes round on the Shotgun Carousel, he knows he's about to die, but before he's taken out with a blast to the chest, he goes out with a wonderfully vengeful and angry FinalSpeech.
-->"Aw, well that's it, isn't it? It's over. You motherfucker! You spineless, pussy-whipped motherfucker! That's all it takes, eh? A bitch says one thing and it's all over! You know what William? Your policy is bullshit! Fucking bullshit! Well you listen to me, you son of a bitch. I did everything for you. Look at me! When you're killing me, you look at me!"
* Brent, when he takes matters into his own hands after his mother decides not to kill William. Whether or not it was justifiable is subjective, but it's hard to deny that his total lack of uncertainty or hesitation took balls.
-->'''Brent''': ''You killed my father,'' you motherfucker! Now you burn in hell!
* Hoffman's escape from the Reverse Bear Trap 2.0, with seemingly no method of survival. "Will to live" doesn't really do it justice.
** Especially awesome considering a vocal majority of the fandom was clamoring for Hoffman to be put in the jaw-splitter to ''die'' at the time, and his method of improvised survival gained the Lieutenant a squadron of fans.

!!!'''''Film/SawV'':'''
* Strahm escaping an inescapable trap. With a ''pen.''
* Strahm's [[DeadpanSnarker reaction to listening to previous movie's last tape.]]
-->'''John''': The games have just begun.
-->'''Strahm''': Fuck you.
* Luba knocking out Charles, the absolute dickhead.
-->'''Luba:''' Survival of the fittest, my ass!
* In a flashback, ''Saw I'' victim Paul Leahy manages to fend off his pig-masked attackers (John and Hoffman) for a good two minutes before finally falling unconscious. And that's ''after'' he received three straight jabs of sedative. Add to that the fact that he nearly strangled the physically-fit Hoffman despite his immense weight and that made Leahy the near MVP of the kidnap attempt. While it doesn't last, Jigsaw's LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain glance at Hoffman cements it.
* After spending a long time to find and pursue him, seeing Strahm beating the shit out of Hoffman was ''amazing''.