texas chainsaw massacre: the beginning

really? i knew not to expect too much, but this thing is ridiculous! what a load of trash this movie is. this one is meant to be a prequel to the remake of the original (confusing, i know). i really enjoyed the remake, so i was kind of interested in this one. i though that maybe they would go into the history of the crazy family, maybe give us some motivation for the evil that they do. no such luck, instead we get a complete retelling of the first one, except this time its with new characters. and less quality. one of the plot twists from the first one is that the sheriff turns out to be one of the family members, in this movie we are shown how he gets to be the sheriff. apparently he just killed the old sheriff and took his uniform. seriously? no one would have noticed? lame. that is about as thorough as this movie gets with motivation and back story. other than about thirty seconds of where the leatherface chainsaw killer came from (wow! he was a baby found in a dumpster! amazingly original writing there, guys!), we never see any reasoning behind why this family is so messed up. nothing. and thats about what this torture porn movie adds up to: nothing.