Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Se7en

This film was insane!
To start off with the music, the beginning credits had a distinct rhythm to it. The sound was very dungeon-like and had a slight sizzle noise. As the credits went on, the music got louder and faster, accompanied by a hard bumping. This gave me a very anxious feeling but was excited to see what the movie will consist of. I right away got the feeling it was a crime/murder/ cop movie because of the pictures presented through the credits, as well as the music.

I like how the film incooperated the 7 deadly signs along with the 7 cardinal rules and the concept of 7 days. The movie had many themes focusing mainly on the 7 deadly sins. The way the movie was portrayed for each sin was pretty complex, but always had an edge to it. I found myself questioning the murders on how it relates to the sin itself, but at the end of the movie when the murderer was in the back of Mills and Somersets car it all came clear.

When the murderer confessed his reasoning behind why he did what he did, I was amazed the thought behind such a horrific task. Each murder was to represent each sin BECAUSE of the individuals lifestyle. He wanted to murder certain individuals because they fit the sin's profile to a tee. He even said that he will "turn each sin against the sinner", and so he did.

I love how at the end he made the good guy (Mills) be part of his game and end up being a sinner. The final twist that the movie was exceptional.

5 Comments:

Blogger Vladigogo said...

But what about that final twist--how does it work?

Does Mills deserve wrath? Is he really wrathful?

The lawyer--is greed
The obese man--is gluttony.

Mills--wrath?

Is that a manipulation of the story and Doe's intentions?

5:14 PM  
Blogger Syd said...

I agree with you, I found that the way in which it was filmed over the seven days to tie into the seven deadly sins was very creative. It added an extra element of mystery to the buddy cop film because it also made it into a biblical murder mystery. You mention about the murder confessing to his reasoning behind why he did what he did, and how he chose the people to represent each of the seven sins. The question I would like to pose to you is do you think that the way in which the villain told Mills and Somerset his plan was the typical way as seen in the other buddy cop films we have watched; since he really didn’t give away the last two murders right away but made them wait to see?

7:53 PM  
Blogger Vladigogo said...

A great observation Sydni

8:09 PM  
Blogger Danny said...

I completely agree with you about how cool it was that he used the cops to finish his scheme. I loved how Mills was so repulsed by this man and his "insane" behavior and yet given the chance to ruin his scheme and make not give him the satisfaction of completing it, he could not hold himself back. I don't know if anyone would have been able to stop themself from killing him for what he did, but I did think it was a very interesting twist to the end of the movie.

8:10 PM  
Blogger Danielle A said...

I would not say it is the "typical" way, I would say it could possibly be a way for the villan to reveal their secrets. In this movie though, I feel that his confession was not only to have him admit he is insane, and that his plan is satanic, but it gives him the opportunity to have a legit meaning behind what he did; not saying it is at all ethical. Overall, in most films like these, I do not think that the villian has these thoughts and feelings behind murders, it is moreso because they were abused as a child or a crack addict!!!

1:06 AM  

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