Topic: Se7en

Hey everybody, Teague here. Rarely does a movie come along that single-handedly revitalizes a genre. Once one does, a wave of sub-par imitators is bound to follow, and sure enough, we’re only now emerging from a decade-long necklace of crappy Se7en knockoffs.

(Fortunately, we now have superhero movies. Good trend, guys.)

Ryan Wieber subs in for Dorkman in this commentary for the David Fincher film that made us all realize we had a David Fincher on our hands.

Teague Chrystie

I have a tendency to fix your typos.

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Teague wrote:

Hey everybody, Teague here. Rarely does a movie come along that single-handedly revitalizes a genre. Once one does, a wave of sub-par imitators is bound to follow, and sure enough, we’re only now emerging from a decade-long necklace of crappy Se7en knockoffs.

Silence of the Lambs, it can be argued, was the first of the 1990s' wave of serial-killer movies, and got a lot of praise, Oscar recognition (the rare trifecta of all the top awards), box office, etc. It preceded Se7en by a couple of years.

Still, Se7en is brilliant for all the reasons you guys mentioned and has more atmosphere than Lambs, and doesn't resort to the 'boss fight' cliché at the end, which even Lambs succumbed to.

not long to go now...

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rtambree wrote:

Still, Se7en is brilliant for all the reasons you guys mentioned and has more atmosphere than Lambs, and doesn't resort to the 'boss fight' cliché at the end, which even Lambs succumbed to.


Se7en doesn't have a boss fight, but it does have a box fight.

Also, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and Manhunter (the predecessor to Silence of the Lambs) both came out in 1986. I was only 6 at the time so I cannot speak from memory on their impact, but it is my understanding that Henry was well received for its bold, realistic and unflinching take on serial killers.

They are certainly both better than the slasher movies released that year (Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Psycho III, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II)

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braedan51 wrote:

Se7en doesn't have a boss fight, but it does have a box fight.

Ow, that hurt me, physically.

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I think we're clear for Seven 2: Fourteen: Even Sevener. There's no way Mills goes to prison under the circumstances. He gets off with temporary insanity and undergoes court-mandated therapy and 5 years' probation and eventually gets rehired to the force with a desk job in the Evidence room.

The real crime, of course, is the fact that Somerset makes no physical attempt to stop Mills. For that, he loses his job and becomes a hotel concierge, where he eventually meets an aging socialite and travels the world solving crimes in high society as private detective.

Jon Doe (note the spelling on the leather shop receipt), actually recovers from his wounds and ends up a zombified husk in the "brown level" of a state mental asylum.

Warning: I'm probably rewriting this post as you read it.

Zarban's House of Commentaries

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Zarban wrote:

The real crime, of course, is the fact that Somerset makes no physical attempt to stop Mills. For that, he loses his job and becomes a hotel concierge, where he eventually meets an aging socialite and travels the world solving crimes in high society as private detective.

With psychic powers.

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