Se7en
Saw it in the IMAX rerelease and it was a good movie to see on the big screen but idk if imax was necessary. Still as disturbing and dark and discomforting as always. Really a truly sadistic and depressing movie. Morgan Freeman is really, really good. Brad Pitt does a solid job overall with some shining moments. And Kevin Spacey, damn he kills it. I wish I could watch this movie for the first time again, and to watch it when Kevin Spacey was still accepted, I’m sure that reveal went crazy. There’s lots to point out in this movie, it’s truly a great detective thriller. We got media involvement, seeing the media chase them down the same as our killer does. We got old school versus modern detectives and seasoned versus young as Pitt focuses on what is in front of him and is run and fun while Freeman is methodical and wants to see what is around it all. Great representation of this with their outfits as well as their guns obviously. One thing I think is incredible is the difference in seeing versus imagining. We see these brutal kills throughout the movie, I mean really vile, brutal kills. And they make you cringe and make your skin crawl and everything negative you can think of. But the kill that made my body revolt the most, and this may be universal, was the lust kill. When the picture of the murder weapon is shown I look away. It does more than the deaths itself. The second time it came up I literally covered the screen. That to me is incredible film making. That feeling was being searched for by the director and it was achieved. I thought this film had real discussion too. It was pessimistic no doubt, but it’s hard to deny some of what John Doe and Sommerset say. Forced attrition, no true innocent man, and sinful society. The car scene at the end is a masterclass in every aspect, Spacey is great there. But what I want to mention is the thought of Mills saying they’re innocent and Doe clapping back. They aren’t innocent arguably. They didn’t deserve death obviously, or even jail for some of them. But they aren’t innocent people. We all sin and harbor sin. We aren’t all innocent people. Doe is strong one way, Mills ignorantly the other, and Sommerset is the realistic middle. It really is a great movie. It’s got way too many good quotes, I mean way too many. The whole movie is just perfect dialogue. It’s got commentary on sin, religion, policing, sanity, philosophy, and much more. Plus it’s kinda funny.
“This is not even my desk.” hangs up phone
“Wait, I thought all you did was kill innocent people.Innocent? Is that supposed to be funny?”
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.”
“He's a nut-bag! Just because the fucker's got a library card doesn't make him Yoda!”
“What's in the box? What’s in the fucking box?”
“Apathy is the solution. I mean, it's easier to lose yourself in drugs than it is to cope with life. It's easier to steal what you want than it is to earn it. It's easier to beat a child than it is to raise it. Hell, love costs: it takes effort and work.”