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Friday, October 29, 2004
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Se7en
Review:
It's dark. It's gloomy. And if you can find any other synonims for dark or gloomy, it's all of them. The lightest color is off-white which is almost every wall, visible only if somebody switch the light on. Dark brown is the chosen color of every furniture, again if there is enough light to see them with. The apartments definetely needs repainting and the tennants seem to be very fond of 10-watts light bulbs, not a watt brighter. The weather doesn't help much either. It comes in two modes only; raining and cloudy with light drizzle.
And in this dark, dark city (the fact that it strongly resembles New York is hardly surprising) Somerset(Freeman),a veteran detective 7 days away from retirement pairs with a hotheaded new arrival Mills(Pitts) bubbling with high ideals to follow trails of a psychopatic murderer. Sounds like the basic plot of your everyday psycho-thriller, eh? Well, as you go along, this movie will take you to a higher ground.
The first of the ensuing murders is that of an obese man, tied in ankles and wrists, sitting face down in a plate of spaghetti. The murderer had force-fed him to death. Behind the refrigerator, the word 'gluttony' is written in grease. The second crime scene presents the body of a rich defense lawyer who was forced to cut off a pound of his own flesh and was left to bleed to death. Upon seeing the word 'greed' written in blood on the floor, something clicks in the mind of the well-educated, well-read Somerset. He knows that they must expect more dead bodies related to the remainder the seven deadly sins; sloth, lust, pride, envy and wrath.
Seven is the only psycho thriller i know where the acts of violence do not happen in the movie. It happens in your head. You are given the pictures of what had happened, it is up to you to imagine HOW it had happened. Don't expect any portrayal of running victims banging on doors in dark alleys screaming for help or a psycho scalps his victim's head while the latter is having dinner. Instead, you will see some of the goriest things a human do to another. It is disturbing, however, to imagine what kind of minds actually come up with these things.
The plotline is way above average and the ending...can't say anything about the ending. It is one of those things that will disturb you for days.
I've seen 'Kiss The Girls" and i have to say when it comes to old, reserved, wise and grim personality, Morgan Freeman is your man. In Seven he played flawlessly as a seasoned detective whose life and the lives around him has worn him down. While Pitt really believes that they will eventually catch the psycho, Freeman knows that what they do is literally follow his trail and pick up the pieces of evidences which someday just might be useful. This movie literally belongs to him. Brad Pitt however plays the standard explosive young cop eager 'to make a difference'. Freeman is the brain, Pitt is the muscle. Gwyneth Paltrow is pitifully underused. The psycho? I'm not gonna say anything about him. It's a neat surprise..and well cast too...
All in all, it is a smart thriller that doesn't aim to startle its audience everytime it gets a chance. You'll leave the theathre with something to think about.
It's 8 out of 10.
It's dark. It's gloomy. And if you can find any other synonims for dark or gloomy, it's all of them. The lightest color is off-white which is almost every wall, visible only if somebody switch the light on. Dark brown is the chosen color of every furniture, again if there is enough light to see them with. The apartments definetely needs repainting and the tennants seem to be very fond of 10-watts light bulbs, not a watt brighter. The weather doesn't help much either. It comes in two modes only; raining and cloudy with light drizzle.
And in this dark, dark city (the fact that it strongly resembles New York is hardly surprising) Somerset(Freeman),a veteran detective 7 days away from retirement pairs with a hotheaded new arrival Mills(Pitts) bubbling with high ideals to follow trails of a psychopatic murderer. Sounds like the basic plot of your everyday psycho-thriller, eh? Well, as you go along, this movie will take you to a higher ground.
The first of the ensuing murders is that of an obese man, tied in ankles and wrists, sitting face down in a plate of spaghetti. The murderer had force-fed him to death. Behind the refrigerator, the word 'gluttony' is written in grease. The second crime scene presents the body of a rich defense lawyer who was forced to cut off a pound of his own flesh and was left to bleed to death. Upon seeing the word 'greed' written in blood on the floor, something clicks in the mind of the well-educated, well-read Somerset. He knows that they must expect more dead bodies related to the remainder the seven deadly sins; sloth, lust, pride, envy and wrath.
Seven is the only psycho thriller i know where the acts of violence do not happen in the movie. It happens in your head. You are given the pictures of what had happened, it is up to you to imagine HOW it had happened. Don't expect any portrayal of running victims banging on doors in dark alleys screaming for help or a psycho scalps his victim's head while the latter is having dinner. Instead, you will see some of the goriest things a human do to another. It is disturbing, however, to imagine what kind of minds actually come up with these things.
The plotline is way above average and the ending...can't say anything about the ending. It is one of those things that will disturb you for days.
I've seen 'Kiss The Girls" and i have to say when it comes to old, reserved, wise and grim personality, Morgan Freeman is your man. In Seven he played flawlessly as a seasoned detective whose life and the lives around him has worn him down. While Pitt really believes that they will eventually catch the psycho, Freeman knows that what they do is literally follow his trail and pick up the pieces of evidences which someday just might be useful. This movie literally belongs to him. Brad Pitt however plays the standard explosive young cop eager 'to make a difference'. Freeman is the brain, Pitt is the muscle. Gwyneth Paltrow is pitifully underused. The psycho? I'm not gonna say anything about him. It's a neat surprise..and well cast too...
All in all, it is a smart thriller that doesn't aim to startle its audience everytime it gets a chance. You'll leave the theathre with something to think about.
It's 8 out of 10.
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