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Johnbobb - I remember watching this on the couch at a friend's house in high school because he was a big Nine Inch Nails fan and wanted to see it. It's one of the most "Fincher" films out there, establishing his distinct dark style, and to this day it's still one of his best. It's manages to expose the brutal violence of the world without being an explicitly violent movie. It's horror disguised as noir and is just brimming with an overwhelming sense of dread.

Snake - Why I Chose It - Forget Alien 3, Se7en is David Fincher's true birth as a visionary director. Se7en was a huge box office hit that stayed at the top for 4 weeks straight, and was critically acclaimed for its overbearingly dark tone that deftly balanced stark snap-shots of horror with an excellent story of mystery and criminal investigation at its core. Its ending has become nothing short of infamous and made "what's in the box?" a line people have come to dread.

My Thoughts - Se7en is an incredible piece of art. It's a multi-layered film covering a whole range of genres, tones, & emotions. Buddy cop moments give way to images of startling and gruesome corpses, sweet romance is overshadowed by the constant downpour of the city and a stressful investigation, defeat is snatched from the jaws of victory just when everything seems to be over. Se7en is not an easy watch, but it constantly holds your attention thanks to two of the best ever performances from Pitt's and Freeman's careers. Yet, it's Spacey's John Doe that takes center stage, as Se7en changes perspective for its final act to get the audience into the mindset of a true psychopath. It's a subtle shift but turns all notions of good and bad on their heads, delivering a climax that just chills to the core whenever that one famous line is ever uttered. Atmospheric, intense, and devastating, Se7en is a must-watch by the best the film industry has to offer.

Karo - A detective story about a serial killer who kills people in order to demonstrate the sins of mankind just in case it needed to be more obvious that people are a bunch of shitbags. So the story follows two cops as they investigate the crime scenes in an attempt to track him down. Think sort of a CSI kind of thing except, y'know, actually good. If the movie has one failing it is that is the climactic scene is a bit too obvious. Haha, I wonder who his mystery victim is? Man, it couldn't possibly be the character that they gave awkward out-of-place scenes to in order to make absolutely sure Detective Morgan Freeman knew what she looked like. Nonetheless, it remains a gripping crime thriller that is a fun watch and never drags even with its long runtime.

Charon - An extremely brutal and dark crime thriller, Seven's strengths are most noticable when it's focusing on the serial killer's breadcrumb trail. I enjoy films like this, where you have an intelligent serial killer that's leading the protagonists along while performing acts that are of debatable morality. While John Doe doesn't have a real presence as a character himself, having to let his actions do most of the talking until the very end, I have a feeling that if this were like an anime I'd love the character. Killers that base their crimes around "is this person really worth caring about anyway" are usually pretty interesting. The finale is pretty gut-wrenching as well; it's definitely something I saw coming but that doesn't remove the sense of dread you feel when you find out your hunches were right.
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