Rating: Summary: Perfect Ending Review: Seven has one of the best endings ever. Keven Spacey puts out another one of his perfect supporting acting jobs. I think the highlight of the movie is where Spacey reveals himself. The car ride out into the middle of nowhere was excellent. This movie has scenes that would turn even the hardest of stomachs. Quote of the movie: Spacey takes Freeman and Pitt to the middle of nowhere in a car, leading the detectives to the conclusion of his masterpeice. They step out of the car and see a dead dog laying in the road. The 2 detectives turn to Spacey. Spacey says "I didnt do that"
Rating: Summary: Definitely the best movie of all time. Review: ASIDE FROM THE OVERLY GORY VIOLENCE, THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT MOVIE. BRAD PITT IS TYPICALLY WHINY AND ANNOYING, YET IT WORKS SURPRISINGLY WELL IN THIS SHOCKFEST. MORGAN FREEMAN'S PERFORMANCE IS CONSISTENTLY ASTOUNDING AND KEVIN SPACEY IS MIND-BOGGLING AS JOHN DOE. THIS WAS FAR AND AWAY THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE. FROM THE EERIE OPENING SEQUENCE TO THE COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE ENDING, THE CAST AND DIRECTOR WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A MOVIE THAT WILL HAVE YOU THINKING FOR A LONG TIME.
Rating: Summary: Fantastic first hour-and-a-half, but then turns sour. Review: This movie started out great, had a terrific chase scene through an apartment building, and frighting death sequences, but from the scene where the killer walks into the police department with the blood-stained shirt to the very end, the movie goes completely downhill. Still, thanks to a fantastic performance by Morgan Freeman as usual, I think it is worth watching.
Rating: Summary: Shock Gimmicks Succeed ... And Scare the Bujeezus Outta You! Review: There is one majorly bad thing 'bout this DVD (bad enough to make me use the word "majorly"): You've got to flip the disc to watch the whole thing. I mean, you have to watch half the movie, stop, and get up and MANUALLY FLIP over the G.D. disc, in order to watch the rest of the film. Now, that's a letdown for yer. Coming in second is the fact there is no directorial commentary track (something I look forward to so much that I bought GODZILLA on DVD. There's a mistake). All that aside; what can I say 'bout SE7EN that hasn't already been said? Fincher, coming off the being the scapegoat for the under-appreciated ALIEN3, handles the material wonderfully. It's shocking in such a way that, even though you know you're gonna be stunned 'bout seven times, it gets you every time; particularly Leland Orser's cameo appearance (if one can call Orser's appearance a "cameo"). The ending will leave you . . . uneasy to say the least. It's a good, good film, but it will leave a certain taste in your mouth that you will not at all care for.
Rating: Summary: This.....story is so powerful, so captivating....it's Deadly Review: This....story and I call it a story because it's not just a movie to me. It just so happens that Andrew Walker wrote the greatest movie ever written and it made more than 95 million dollars. I have The Seven Deadly Sins tattooed in red on different parts of my body and needless to say it is something I strongly believe in. I'm not going to ask that you "like" this movie. I only ask that you understand it and if you understand this movie then you've just taken a step to being human. As far as "hey do I want to see a good movie tonight" you could watch something else but if you haven't seen Seven it would be a Sin not to!
Rating: Summary: Monumentally underated film Review: Ever had a dream where you feel like you're falling? That inescapable feeling of knowing that you're going to hit the ground eventually, but you can't stop it? Seven feels like this. You are caught in an inescapable trap, you cannot escape, you cannot avoid the inevetible. From the opening to the end, you want the murderer to be caught, you want him to be killed. Yet, this is not failure for the killer. This is sucess. How do you win in the situation? You can't. Whatever you do, you must fight your instincts to prove the killer wrong, but you cannot. It is with a heavy heart that I condemn the killer to his own glory... Pitt proves once and for all that he can act. It would have been so easy for a lesser actor to walk this action orientated role, to look clean and prissy. Pitt captures the mood and perfectly displays what must be considered to be the most disturbing decision anyone can make. Freeman adds to the screen as wisdom does. He cannot act freely, and must allow youth to take the lead. Thereby, his answers, however correct, are not always implemented. That's a hell of a read, isn't it? Watch Seven. You'll remember it for a long time. buy it and you can re-live the pure suffocation that it induces. Just don't show it to your kids.
Rating: Summary: In a word: Brilliant Review: David Fincher hits the nail on the head with this one. The tension does not let up, and just builds on and on, slowing down to an almost unbearable climax. Fincher is evidently a skilled director, and he is lucky to work with skilled actors as Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey who is terrific in his role, giving Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter a run for the money. Gwyneth Paltrow is in this too, as Pitt's wife, but her role is a discreet one. One could say she adds the air of feminine beauty and grace to the movie, a pleasant change to a constant tension build-up. Congratulations must also go to Howard Shore with his beautiful and exquisite music, perfect for this movie, even when the credits show up the tense atmosphere is still somewhat hanging around densely, because it's David Bowie with his strange "The Heart's Filthy Lesson". Oh yes...this is a film that must be seen. If you haven't you, you really don't know what you're missing.
Rating: Summary: Best movie of the 90's The 2 sided feature is GOOD! Review: Seven, in my opinion, has been the best movie of the 90's and deserves is place among the best suspense thrillers ever made. I own the DVD and whave this to say about it. The 2 sided feature was a great descision by New Line. It allows for the best picture quality posssibe on DVD. Rather than compress the information to 1 side, the kept the image intact by putting it on 2. Dual Layered discs were rare at the time of its release, so the decision to 2 sided was clearly the best choice.
Rating: Summary: Another Kevin Spacey Classic!! Review: "John Doe has the upper hand!" is a line that you will not forget in this twisted, suspense thriller. Kevin Spacey demonstrates once again why he is one of the best actors in the business. His unsettling portrayal of serial killer John Doe will leave you in awe. Turn out the lights to watch this one of you dare!
Rating: Summary: Not as good the second time round Review: When I first saw this film, I was in Madrid, Spain, and I found it just about as shocking as anything I had seen in 20 years of movie-watching. My partner said she was utterly disgusted and never wanted to watch it or anything like it ever again. Three years later, we decided to have another look, and neither of us was particularly shocked or disgusted at all. We just thought that the plot was nothing special and the ending was unconvincing. Which goes to show, movies that specialize in shocking viewers tend not to last as well as movies that concentrate on the basics - good scripts, interesting plots, and an atmosphere that isn't laid on with a trowel.
|