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Summary: You can't get any better than this.
Review: Seven is a great move, one of the best I've ever seen. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman are excellent. The movie is has a fast pace and is never dull. It's filled with suspence and mystery. Blus the DVD comes with all kinds of great extra features.
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Summary: EXCELLENT!!!!!
Review: Just a great DVD. Even though Morgan Freeman can ramble a bit during the commentary, it is so insightful that you find yourself listening, rather than watching. An excellent buy and a must have for any DVD collection.
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Summary: Unnerving - In a good way.
Review: The best thing about this film is the atmosphere it creates.Very riveting, and provides so many areas to explore. The characters in the story give us enough personality to say we know them at the end of the movie, but not enough to make the film predictable. Morgan Freeman again shows his ability to add true intelligence, wisdom, and feeling to a character, and fits in well with Pitt's ability to create a strong personality. The connection to Mideval poetry and literature is also an excellent medium for Morgan Freeman's character to dwell in. It gives depth to the murderer's personality without ever having to see a scene with Kevin Spacy in it. Imagry is dark, dirty, and worn. Colors are flat, and scenes are crowded with people. It gives the viewer a sense of depression that's required to grasp the killer's motives (notice that it's always raining except for the end!) Excellent film. Watch it.
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Summary: David Fincher and his fine collection of movies.
Review: If you're looking at this movie you understand how excellent it is and are not concerned about being persuaded towards that aspect. What you are being sold on is the packaging and extras and all of these are worth it. If you love the movie and drop it in periodically, you definitely should purchase this two-disc set.
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Summary: Unlucky 7
Review: SEVEN is probably the film that artistically brought "non-traditional" film making into the realm of successfully commercial. To young avant garde filmmakers, it is a beacon of genius. For cinema purists, its MTV meets COPS. Well as long as the two never marry, life will go on. The storyline involves 2 detectives, one young (BRAD PITT) and one on the brink of retirement (MORGAN FREEMAN). At its barest storyline, SEVEN is only as clever as the average mystery thriller. But, it is its visual and visceral approach that puts it in another, more admired realm. Filmed in what looks like only natural lighting, the film is often dark, grainy and relying heavily on shadow. Occasional gory visuals intentionally shatter the level of good taste. The film ends on a down note, which is becoming more and more common now, but at the time of release, was not always the case. The loaded DVD is excellent and well prepared. But, the film is not for everyone... 7 minutes in hell.
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Summary: Deadly Sins.
Review: Literate, morose thriller about a well-read serial killer (Kevin Spacey) on an apocalyptic spree in which he graphically illuminates each of the Deadly Sins, one by one, with each murder he commits. Notwithstanding the gory nature of the film, this sort of thing has its roots in the old-fashioned murder mysteries from half a century ago. For that matter, strip the movie of its language, blood, and arty photography and it would make a fine episode for A&E's *Nero Wolfe* program. (In other words, the movie isn't as shatteringly original, as mind-boggingly brilliant, as some of its rather disturbed worshipers claim it is.) But *Seven* came out in 1995, and so instead of Nero Wolfe we have Morgan Freeman, so bitter and just simply tired that he makes William Holden in *The Wild Bunch* seem like Richard Simmons by comparison. He's a veteran cop just seven days from retirement (GET it?) who gets stuck with this ugly case, as well as a flashy hothead for a new partner (Brad Pitt). These two make a nice contrast: the Hamletian depression of Freeman, and Pitt, who doesn't understand all the big words that the killer leaves behind. About halfway through, director David Fincher sets up a magnificent shootout: on the run, intense, suspenseful as hell. But once Spacey is revealed, a lot of the truly eerie discombobulation of the first part of the movie dissipates, and things start to run along on more conventional paths. You know the drill: Evil Genius vs. Intrepid Heroes blah blah, we've seen it all before . . . until the famous ending, which is unrepentantly negative. Indeed, it's almost enough to justify the inordinate fame of *Seven*: a Hollywood movie that dares to be a downer. Adding to the hellish feel is the visual composition: almost colorless, teeth-gritting high contrast, insectile speckles on the print, and all around sheer ugliness. The cumulative effect is one of grim majesty. But, but, BUT. It's just a murder mystery, folks. Pulp art, not High art. (Not even High Pulp Art.)
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Summary: It's sinful, let me tell ya...
Review: David Fincher directs this bird's-eye-view of our nation's growing insanity with intelligence and sincerity. Brad Pitt delivers his finest work; Morgan Freeman--whose status was already that of a notable veteran actor--gives his best performance; and Gwyneth Paltrow, no matter how much Shakespeare loves her, is at her peak in this movie. Stylish and yet ultimately uberdisturbing, this already-cult classic deserves all of this undivided, special edition DVD attention--as brutal as the murders might be, as scary as the chase scenes are, and as gruesome as the whole diabolic concept of murder, madness, religion, hopelessness, and revenge all seem when they blow up in your face. I guess, when it comes to watching this movie, gluttony is my sin.
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Summary: This is the Why DVDs were made
Review: David Fincher has become the one of the leaders in making DVDs the top format. This Platnium Series Edition of Seven is a great example of the way you need to make DVDs. First the extras: There are so many extras they had to unload them on a separate disc! There's all kinds of things in it like deleted scenes that added background on Morgan Freeman's character. It's pretty cool to watch if you want to get a deeper look in to Detective Somerset. There's a whole lot of other cool things to watch that explain the film making porcess, like what was going through Fincher's mind when he did the things he did. The audio comentary is fun. It's Brad Pitt and David fincher watching the movie with some phone in coments by Morgan Freeman that are enlightening. Overall the Extras are stacked. The sound to the movie was completely remixed for this movie. The surround sound is bad as all get out, so if there's any audio fans out there, you'll get your fix. The picture is awesome too. It's nice and clear and the blacks are very rich which is aesthetically pleasing to me. The movie itself is a mater peice of cinema. THe story revolves around a cop who transfers himself to a bad city to work homocide. That's Brad Pitt. His character will be taking over Morgan Freeman's place in the department becasue he'll be retiring soon. They work together on this case that envolves a killer who kills using the 7 deadly sins. Get it? The movie has wicked twists, and it's gritty style leaves you cringing for the next scene. Get this DVD
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Summary: Deserves Se7en Stars
Review: Serial killer movies are usally predictable, lame, poorly acted, unintelligent script... Hey, theres more. But Se7en, well, I know a masterpiece when I see one. The acting is supurb, the script is (gasp!) smart... God almighty in Heaven, a SMART script in a serial killer movie?... what is this world coming too? But, as I was saying, the directing is great, the extra features are splendid... there is so much more, but you need to see for your self. Se7en is about a murderer who kills his victoms according to the seven deadly sins. Rookie detective Mills (Brad Pitt) meets up with veteran Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman), who is six days away from retirement to stop this "madman". Se7en is an edge-of-your-seat thriller with more twists and turns than you can shake a stick at. Highly reccomended to all who enjoy excellent, well-acted, SMART movies.
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Summary: A Truly Facinating, But Disturbing Tale
Review: I truly loved, strike that, really liked this flick. To love this movie is perhaps an obsession saved for the pages of a Stephen King novel or a sign that I need help. This movie is very, very violent both overtly and passively. You are left with a sense that New York is nothing but a cesspool. While many non-New Yorkers might agree, I think its gritty cinematography and dialogue, really work to amplify the murderer's personality. Not only is he deadly insane, but also he is the deadliest in a world filled with violence. In addition, I think the movie has an originality that makes you smack your forehead and wonder why you hadn't written it first. It is the perfect tale where we all already understand the symbols and the motivations, but they are turned on their head. It was as if Hieronymus Bosch was the writer and we are looking at the modern day incarnation of the last panel of the Garden of Earthly Delights. In essence, the grotesque is used to shock, but also to teach us. The lesson could be religious or the fact great horrors have been committed under religion's banner. Or, which is most likely, that films are simply to make money. This movie has great acting beyond its violent and disturbing story. It is so good I don't think there is a movie studio that could afford to ever reassemble the four key actors to make another movie-Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, & Gwenyth Paltrow. This power pack puts the story beyond other disturbing tales like Kubrick's Clockwork Orange into a lasting package that, had it been a more tame topic, would be a standard on television for years. This movie belongs only a notch bellow the pinnacle of serial killer movies, Silence of the Lambs, and light years beyond such utterly awful attempts like Hannibal & Copy Cats. This is a great movie, but definitely not for children or the faith of heart.
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