Seven

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Summary: finest screenplay ever
Review: The finest dark thriller ever concieved. Don't miss a syllable, it is all there but you still wont get it till the end. Morgan Freeman, Pitt and all the others give fine performances but it is the screenplay made by the devil himself. The direction is impeccable, not a single error. This is modern day shakespeare served with chianti and fava beans. Also try Fight Club and The Game but skip Aliens 3 and his Madonna videos[all by Fincher; a former anamator with Lucas' I.L.M.].

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Summary: Disc Layout
Review: Although this is an excellent movie, full of drama and suspense, i noticed one shortcoming of the DVD version after purchasing it....This movie is disturbingly cut into two parts, one half on one side of the DVD and the second half on the other side...it is a bit of a pain to flip the DVD just when the suspense is beginning to build

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Summary: 'The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for...'
Review: One of the most disturbing thrillers ever made (forget Lambs this is truly frightening), Seven both shocks and challenges you, grips you then knocks you out, and leaves you cold with a little shortage of oxygen and a mild headache.

First the actors. Morgan Freeman showcases his patient acting style here in a calm, knowledgable role while Brad Pitt turns up the intensity and heat factor with hot-tempered hotshot role. Gwyneth Paltrow does a fine job in her few minutes on screen as Pitt's wife. And the final actor, (a well kept secret during most of the movie) Kevin Spacey, the killer, does one of the greatest jobs for a villain I've ever witnessed. No other actor could have got the sympathy he got with the disturbing, offensive material he said to Freeman/Pitt, even if the sympathy was tiny, just a little shred.

As for the theme of the film I'm not quite sure whether to think director Fincher was trying to make a horrifying homicide thriller, a character study in the middle of a killing spree, or a challenging, depressing, twisted message to the world (which has some credibility when you hear Spacey explain it). If Fincher was putting in the effort to do the latter, which is unlikely, I believe he might be quite disturbed or even hacked off at the world. But I believe the prince of acting's (Spacey) harrowing performance is partly the reason the movie could get this impression/reaction.

Overall this is one of the best detective thrillers of the decade, maybe of alltime and is definitely worth looking at, but its not for the squeamish or the deep-deep-thinkers (it might influence..). P.S. the momentary glimpse of Gwyneth's face during the film's final act (before Spacey/Pitt finishes the masterpiece..) gave me a HUGE psychological shock, I couldn't sleep for a week...good work Fincher!...

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Summary: Great Movie - Terrible DVD
Review: I love the movie. This article has nothing to do with that. The makers of this DVD should be ashamed of themselves. Only half the movie comes on each side, meaning that during the movie, you have to get up and flip the disc. That is just plain unacceptable. A DVD holds 4.5-4.7 GB per side. Long movies like Pulp Fiction have room so it is hard to believe that Se7en, clocking in at at a measly 127 minutes has to be double sided. Also the widescreen VHS edition of Se7en contains a mini commentary and the theatrical trailer. It is a shame that the DVD contains neither. This is an awfully planned DVD, but salvages some merrit in the fact that I still like the movie enough to buy it.

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Summary: early disc info....
Review: Initially, some of a earliest releases (The majority of which were done by Columbia) did not use dual-layer technology; and required the disc to be flipped over mid-way thru play.

If your paying attention, and you know who you are - YOU NEED TO RE-RELEASE THESE. I am sick and tired of flipping my Goodfellas disc over.

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Summary: what! flip over disc
Review: this movie is visually stunning, and an audio masterpiece. but what is this. at the end of scene 20 you have to flip the disc over. why. some dvd's can fit tons of information and other stuff on one side. like the matrix. but this disc has little info on it and you have to flp it over that sucks. otherwise if you like the movie buy it.

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Summary: Seven Stars!
Review: This movie is incredible! Since it must be viewed with an open mind, this movie is not for everyone. It's dark, gory, and downright disturbing; however, none of that takes away from the fact that it is magnificent. Brad Pitt plays a detective new on the force, and Morgan Freeman plays his partner and mentor. These two men are clearly from opposite ends of the spectrum, which makes the plot even more interesting. Together, the detectives slowly enter the mind of a killer who patterns his crimes after the Seven Deadly Sins. Kevin Spacey plays the insanely psychotic killer who has a surprise twist for the detectives. The climax of Seven is unlike any movie or book out there. It will leave you begging for more. This movie is for anyone that can handle a little bit of gore and a lot of suspense!

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Summary: GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN
Review: David Fincher's dark and creepy thriller gets under your skin from the very beginning, with a credit montage that does more to alarm you in two minutes than most thrillers do in two hours. The absolutely horrific premise and plot of this twisted morality play will leave you sick in the pit of your stomach. All of the performances are superb; Brad Pitt has never been this good before or since, and Gwenyth Paltrow provides an important shot of vulnerability. Watch for Kevin Spacey in a key role, and be prepared to hate this movie for a few days after watching it -- until you are drawn back to it for a second viewing, to reassure yourself and hope it ends differently. Haunting and vicious; I have taken off one star for the particularly garish ending, and a few unnecessary grotesqueries -- but in all, a superb, thinking-man's thriller.

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Summary: On a scale of 1 to 5, I give it a "Seven", and then some
Review: Simply put, "Seven" is the greatest movie of all time. I've watched this movie over and over and over again, it doesn't get any better than this. It keeps you on the edge of your seat through out the whole movie. Just when you think there's a break in the action and suspense, BAM!-- Something else happens that gets you on edge again. "Seven" has a great, smart story with wonderful acting to back it up. This movie is far superior than "Silence Of The Lambs". Kevin Spacey does an excellent job of playing a psychotic killer, while Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman shine brilliantly on the screen as detectives.

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Summary: Gothic, Stylish, Effective And Thrilling.
Review: David Fincher's "Seven" is one of the great, gritty, gothic detective thrillers. It's a film both rich in story and style. You're horrified, you're exhilarated, and all through-out, the screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker (8MM, Sleepy Hollow) keeps you thinking and putting the pieces together of a macabre, perverse puzzle of serial murder. Like "The Silence Of The Lambs," "Seven" effectively takes us into the dark corners of the human mind, using two detectives as the vehicles into this dark journey. The cinematography is rich in it's use of shadows and colors. What's effective about the structure is that we can't quite see what we would like to see, which is more horrific. Kevin Spacey gives an incredibly good performance here as a psycho and ranks with Anthony Hopkins's Hannibal Lecter. I loved how Fincher keeps the gothic mood in every scene, we never quite feel easy even during simple scenes of conversation. The plot is gruesome, but intriguing. What is disgusting is done with style, Fincher keeps the artistic values of the story strong, instead of just focusing on grossing us out. "Seven" is thrilling and perversly intriguing, it's exhilarating and intelligent. The structure is wonderfully complex and the ending is shocking and surprising. "Seven" is a really good movie from a very talented director.