Se7en
As extreme as the storyline is, the monologues are comforting in a very rewatchable way. This is one of the movies I watched when I first started watching more and more movies and I’m glad it holds up, even when I know what happens. As cool as the story is, when I was able to unfocus myself from trying to figure everything out, I actually ended up getting a lot more out of it.
Fincher is really good at telling a story, and he didn’t try anything too overly preachy or profound in the traditional academic sense. He does, however, shine a light on the way society behaves, and this time around, his message ended up being oddly comforting. The dialogue and characters were strangely relatable. For someone in the environmental sciences, I hope to not get disillusioned by society. I thought Somerset’s character arc was so well done, and I found the movie so much more hopeful than the first time I watched it.
Really really glad I was able to catch the omnipresent rain on the big screen during this 30th anniversary re-showing. Also very funny that there was a guy snoring in the back corner louder than the bass of the speakers, and two fellas next to us absolutely geeking out and quoting the lines.