Review of Seven电影《七宗罪》影评

Review of SevenIf there were two movie tickets a week ago,one was for The Pursuit of Happyness and the other one was for Seven ,I would choose the former without hesitation. I am not meaning that Seven is unworthy to be watched, I made the decision because I am not a big fan of noir films which are filled with darkness, moist and blood ,all these make me uncomfortable. If I haven’t select this course, maybe there was no chance that I would watch Seven .However, I did realize that Seven is absolutely an excellent film after watching the film and reading plenty of film reviews about it .Seven not only changes my opinion on noir films but also helps me to form a new way to watch a movie. I was that kind of audience who won’t get to the bottom of the film, I hardly investigated how the scriptwriter design the dialogues ,what the subtle relations among polts, what the true aim of shotting such a movie and so on.Yet I learn that this way of viewing can not make me understand an outstanding film by watching and reviewing Seven .There are several parts I want to talk about Seven:1.The film itselfThere is no doubt that Seven is successful both in the box office and public praise. The script ,written by Andrew Kevin Walker,was excellent .The contrast between David Mills (Pitt) and William Somerset (Freeman) was strong,the dialogues were planned elaborately,the polts were compact, all these made the whole film abundant and logical.As director of the film,David Fincher’s style was showed thoroughly, rainy day ,gloomy room and bloody scene ,the atmosphere was depressive. Of course, David Fincher’s technique of expression was smart,he did not make this film only a detective one, he organized the whole film with an ingenious way.He moved the audience’s mind to Somerset and Mill,Mill’s family ,the dirty society and humanity,in that way he lead the film to a higher realm. Undoubtedly, Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman’s perfect acting are the most important part that made the film such asuccess.2.What the film tried to sayThough the film was named Seven, I don’t think advocating seven deadly sins of Catholicism is the true aim for shotting this film. In my point of view, seven deadly sins are only the background ,how people treat each other ,family and society ,the lose of belief and humanity ,indifferent and ruthless life in modern city are theme .By shaping Somerset, Mill and John, the film showed us there different kind of people who living in modern city and there different attitudes towards life .Somerset was a experienced ,calm and wise soon-to-retire policeman.He dressed himself seriously every morning and listened to the pendulum clock every night. He was the representative of people living in modern city, on the one hand he hated the indifferent , disordered and sordid modern life, on the other hand he found no way to face all these so he chose to escape .However, Mill was a positive ,enthusiastic and reckless young policeman who had a warm family and a favorite job. When faced with evil or danger ,he never chose to run away ,instead, he believed that he would make things better.On the other side ,his reckless and impulsion brought himself disastrous lose. John was a well-educated ,finance-independent man who tormented and killed seven people including himself .It hard to judge whether John a devil or not ,he killed these people in order to preach to common people. Somerset’s escape, Mill’s reckless and John’s extreme, none of them could be called “heathy”. In fact, everyone of us could find some resonance among these there persons more or less .Living in modern city and faced with various temptation, everyone’s soul was not so pure and be distorted somehow.Apart from the theme mentioned above, there is also an important part in this film,the existence of new medium changes the way people to think .When the case got into trouble ,Somerset went to the library to read masterpieces. He thought ,pondered and could catch every detail so he found the breach quickly.To the contrary, Mill only looked the pictures taken in the scene again and again then found nothing at all. The film showed us the difference lies between traditional and modern medium.When reading a book ,one needs to translate the words into his or her own mind, needs to digest and absorb. By doing these step by step, one could think in a unique way and could really get something from those book then enrich ones own mind. However, watching TV or surfing the Internet won’t make you think or ponder for all you need to do is to receive the information the screen present to you .There was a very ironic scene in the film ,Somerset was reading book in the library while the staff members were playing cards with the music of Bach’s Air On The G String. With development of human society ,many precious culture and masterpieces are ignored and forgotten by us. Human civilization seems to be less and less important in modern life .3.What I get from SevenThe first thing I get from this film is that watching a film just likes reading a book. You need to taste it with you heart instead of you eyes ,if you really want to learn something from it .The most valuable part of a film is not the scene showed on the screen but the feelings and thoughts it brings to us audience.Another thing I absorb from this excellent film is that my understanding of humanity and society are clearer. Our world is both beautiful and ugly,just like nobody is perfect ,the world has its sunny side as well as dark side.As common people ,we should try to love our life like Mill and Tracy did . At the mean time, we need to become wiser and calmer in our daily life like Somerset. No matter under what circumstances, we can not go to extremes because it’s dangerous and destructive.The third thing is that I realize I need to change my way of thinking. Dependent on Internet too much, I hardly ponder these days.As a adult ,I need to form my own way of thinking so I will read more books instead of surfing more websites.In a word ,one can get a lot of from an excellent film .If you want to find one ,I recommend you to watch Seven .。