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2. Se7en

Scarlet - 1
Genny - 2
KBM - 2
Inviso - 3
Johnbobb - 4
Snake - 4
Karo - 6
Charon - 7
JONA - 12

Scarlet - Anyone who puts Gwenyth's head in a box is okay by me. ~Ari Gold
Rating: 92/100

Genny - Rarely is a movie so devastating to the psyche as Se7en. Pitt put on a solid performance here, but Kevin Spacey as John Doe is the real standout managing to tread the extremely fine line between sociopath and sympathetic in a seemingly impossible task. It made me question how insane could someone this calculating really be, and how senseless could his actions have been if they led him to his exact desired outcome. Doe was cruel beyond reason, but he became a martyr for the cause of exposing corruption and in some cases putting an end to it. It's still a bit of a mind fuck just thinking back on it. 9.6/10

KBM - WHAT'S IN THE BOX? WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOX?

Goddamn I love this movie. It definitely holds a nostalgic place in my heart as one of the first horror movies I watched home alone at midnight, when I was 16 (something that's become a Halloween tradition for me since). As someone who loves a dark, creepy atmosphere in her horror movies, Se7en has it in spades. I'm a big David Fincher fan, thanks in large part to his affinity for getting that atmosphere in his films just so, and this probably holds up as still my favorite movie of his. With a stacked cast all working at the top of their game, and a truly creepy, creative premise, this is a film that grabs you from the very beginning and never lets go. Haunting and relentless, with imagery that will stick with you for a long time after you've watched it, this is one of the darkest, outright scariest movies out there, for my money, with a bunch of extremely talented artists doing some of the best work of their careers. (Including noted sexual predator Kevin Spacey, whose performance may not have been as much of a stretch acting-wise as we once might have thought.)

Inviso - Im not gonna claim that this movies ending sold it, but goddamn if it didnt boost an already solid film to even greater heights than I could have ever imagined. I meant, the whole tone of the film starts out so dark and gritty and it adds an extra sense of realism to the plot. Morgan Freemans character being a cop less than a week from retirement helps build the atmosphere of the film. Hes not some hotshot that wants to catch a serial killer for fame and glory. This isnt that kind of movie. No, hes a cop who has seen a whole bunch of awful shit, and hes tired of it, and hes pissed that he has to spend the last week of his career dealing with (at the start) some fat guy being fed to death. But then he gets saddled with the above-mentioned young, hotshot detective, and hes stuck dealing with a shitty, rainy, final week on the job. Its just an interesting setting. Its like The Killing on AMC. I loved that show for its gritty reality.

Meanwhile, youve got Brad Pitt, and I feel like he nailed his role. Hes cocky, he thinks hes hot shit, and because he hasnt experienced life in a big city police force, he doesnt know the ins and outs of the law the way Freeman does. So hes aggressive and rude and violent at times, and this all culminates it a spectacular climax to the film, where hes pushed to his limit and snaps by an effectively-frightening serial killer. For all the awful things hes done, is it any wonder that Kevin Spacey plays a chilling, emotionless psychopath? Seriously, that ending wraps up the bleak, depressing tone of the film so perfectly, and aside from grossing me out with the Gluttony murder, I loved this movie.
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