Se7en

David Fincher is a famous director that has been commemorated for his work. But there is one film in particular that blew movie lovers out of their seats. This movie is SE7EN. The BEST psychological horror film to roam the earth. And that says a lot for someone like me, who watches 300 films every year. This film follows 2 detectives who pursue a serial killer who murders their victims based on the 7 deadly sins: pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth.  The most important part of films is the acting. Without the actors in this movie, it wouldn’t have been so amazing. In a movie like this, with the greatest script to date you would need the LeBron James of acting, and in this case they were able to acquire them. Both Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt are exactly that! Their acting in this film should have won every single award in the year of 1995 but of course the Oscars are rigged and they didn’t win any. After watching the film, it showed me how critical the acting in a movie is. It especially showed me how great chemistry can be in a film. For example, the acting in the film was so amazingly good that it seemed as if the actors had known each other since birth. This  is shown as both of their characters in the movie have an opposite type of personality but as said before, their chemistry had made it seem natural.  The film begins with a violent scene where an obese man is murdered due to his gluttonous act. Which is the fact that he takes food to himself in a selfish way. Due to this fact the killer force feeds him food until his stomach obliterates. The kill is shown in a dark, black and gray colored camera lighting. This gives a sorrow and gloomy aesthetic that is shown throughout the whole movie, even when the plot focuses on the detective’s life. This aesthetic mildly foreshadows the ending to the film. In addition to the sorrow camera option, the rain in the movie creates a similar type of effect. And finally the last thing implemented to create a sorrow feeling toward movie lovers was the type of day. Something so simple as day and night would make such a pivotal effect towards the movie. The dark night would always be prevalent in the film when the murders were found. This creates a sad reality that all of these victims were murdered due to their actions, something as simple as doing your job. And when these are shown during the detective’s life outside their jobs, it reminds the movie lovers how the killer is still on the loose, with the detectives trying their best. During all of these murders, the killer would leave many clues on their next victim’s whereabouts. This creates a taunting feeling towards both detectives like their work isn’t good enough and the killer playing a game of cat and mouse. Where both detectives are the cat while the killer is the mouse, playing mind games. For example, during one scene, the killer leaves handwriting and traces inside of the obese man’s body that would lead to the next victim.  But the most important part of the film is the morale of the story. What is the morale, you may say? The author would make this film to question the actual meaning of the word JUSTICE. Justice refers to the quality of being just. This is usually determined through laws and court. But in the film, the serial killer would decide on justice depending on if they violated the 7 deadly sins. And if so he would murder the individuals and take it towards his own hands to make these people pay for their sinful actions. Although many of these individuals were just doing their work. This will also correlate to the second morale which is how far individuals would go against “evil”. This is well established during the first 20 minutes and makes me feel really uneasy because you know that the serial killer won’t stop at any cost. These themes connect to the real world as many individuals try to take justice into their own hands, and make mistakes that ruin their life. The music that is shown is implemented to create a very tense and intense feeling. And this definitely worked on me, as I was out of my seat the whole time curious if the serial killer would be stopped once and for all. Overall, SE7EN IS THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER. YES I SAID IT. This film is the most impactful piece of art because it connects happiness, sadness and tensefulness, all feelings that shouldn’t belong together. But this movie manages to do so. And because of this it should be considered and given its props in the history books. The music, lighting, acting, and morale of the story are all benefactors that show for this. PLEASE WATCH THIS MOVIE!!! IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE, LIKE IT CHANGED MINES!!