Se7en was overwritten and overdirected and BORING.
I'm glad it didn't cause me to write Fincher off completely, though - he redeemed himself a billion times over with Fight Club.
There's more than one way to skin a cat. And I happen to know that's factually true.
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Jessica - Feb 16, 2009 10:17:46 am PST #9973 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Juliebird - Feb 16, 2009 10:22:45 am PST #9974 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I love Se7en, although it never fails to send me into a major funk after watching. As for the ending, I appreciate that we were along for the dawning realization of horror with Brad Pitt's character. I don't see why it was necessary to show her final moments. I can imagine, but I disagree (with my imagination).
"What's in the fridge!"
(lisah, I don't mean to imply that that's where you're coming from, only that this is my gut reaction to where I might wrongly think you're coming from, and is my own issue)
Hayden - Feb 16, 2009 10:25:11 am PST #9975 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I hated Se7en, too, although I can barely remember why. I hate everything Fincher's done, although I still haven't seen Zodiac.
Juliebird - Feb 16, 2009 10:26:15 am PST #9976 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
the Jake Gyllenhal Zodiac? Hated. Long, structureless, boring. It's like the "unabridged" Princess Bride, complete with hat-packing and random digressions into Florinese history.
lisah - Feb 16, 2009 10:32:50 am PST #9977 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
I hate everything Fincher's done, although I still haven't seen Zodiac.
I loved Zodiac!
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2009 10:44:16 am PST #9978 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Batman Franchise to Stay Dark at Least Two Years
Los Angeles (E! Online) – Holy bad news, Batfans. Looks like a Dark Knight sequel is at least two years away.
Director Christopher Nolan has inked a deal with Warner Bros. to helm Inception, based on his own screenplay. The sci-fi action film "set within the architecture of the mind" aims to begin shooting this summer and hit theaters in summer 2010, according to studio.
WTF does "set within the architecture of the mind" mean? Batman vs. Sartre? Batman does acid? Wait, that already happened....
Connie Neil - Feb 16, 2009 10:58:26 am PST #9979 of 10000
brillig
hat-packing
Ah, the rejected bride. Nice to see someone else who's read the comments in the book.
Polter-Cow - Feb 16, 2009 11:02:17 am PST #9980 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
the Jake Gyllenhal Zodiac? Hated. Long, structureless, boring. It's like the "unabridged" Princess Bride, complete with hat-packing and random digressions into Florinese history.
Ha. Yeah, I thought it was...all right, but it never really justified its existence. It was just a TV movie with better actors.
Amy - Feb 16, 2009 11:06:49 am PST #9981 of 10000
Because books.
Pitt's wife getting killed offscreen in Se7en worked for me, because it pointed up the distance between them. We see much more of Gwyneth with Morgan Freeman than we do with Brad Pitt, really. As much as he loved her, he wasn't really cognizant of what was going on with her.
But then, I liked it, so. Visually alone, I thought it was fascinating.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 16, 2009 11:09:06 am PST #9982 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Jessica, I realized that about Håkan when he asked Eli not to see Oskar when she went out that night, and she caressed his cheek. Up until then I thought he might actually have been her father, and just been protecting her for a decade or two. But that scene made it clear that he saw Oskar as his replacement raher than just someone Eli liked .