Se7en

“David. If you kill him, he will win.” THIS is what a murder mystery should be. I really enjoyed how the movie really encapsulates and draws you into a city that is corrupt and dangerous around every corner. the city is never named but a lot of the big city’s are like this. The characters are beautiful written yet very intriguing. Take Mills for example, he’s a regular dude with a bad temper, but still, knowing that, there’s just something about him that feels like it’s being hidden. I love that the movie doesn’t expand upon that either. Kinda just leaves you wondering.  The killings are a whole other thing though. The way they were portrayed and executed was beyond me. I thought it was gonna be like “oh yeah gluttony kill big fat man”. But no, it indeed was NOT like that. It was gruesome, vile and disgusting. I feel like that level of rawness and realism isn’t used enough in movies today. I just feel as if movies today don’t get the point across that well to portray that someone, like a REAL PERSON was killed (within the movie obv). It all just feels Hollywood fake. The way that David Fincher visualized these brutal killings and brought them to the screen is something so special that I don’t think a lot of other directors could do.  Because of how the movie was filmed, suspense was obviously a leaning point for Fincher. He was able to do this so well that it got me a lil nervous in real life. A good example of this is the sloth scene. I did NOT expect that dude to be alive, and a more important example, the box scene. The box scene was like no other scene I’ve seen in a movie. It had me guessing but still almost 100% sure what was in there. Idk I was expecting them to show it, but I was waiting for that too. The whole ending had me in a trance. “Is he gonna shoot him, is he not? Is Sommerset involved?” Sommerset was indeed involved. Do I think he was working with the killer, no. Do I think he knew who he was giving the info to, no. I feel like sommerset would have refused the offer if he knew who it was coming from. To our knowledge he was the only one who knew about her baby. So how did John acquire the information? It’s probably hidden in the details somewhere but I don’t wanna fall down that rabbit hole.  The thing that made me a little uncomfortable is that they made it seem like John Doe was right, but the thing is, is that I kind of agree with him.  “Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. But that's the point. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night.“ What he is saying is true. We walk past sin every day and we cannot do anything about it. Why would we do anything about it when we are all full of it? It is rare that someone wakes up and says. “I’m not gonna sin today” and even if you do say that, you will almost indefinitely fail. Whether it’s lying, stealing, cheating, gorging, hating, road rage, inability to admit wrongdoing, or resentment towards others. Those are all sins. But we breeze by them without a thought or care. I sin, you sin. But what we can do, is try our best to avoid it. (I sound like Joseph Seed💀) All around one of the BEST movies I’ve ever watched. And yes, it had its flaws, but don’t we all?