Movie-Seven

Yes---I had never seen Seven before. It was one of those movies that I had heard a lot about but never got around to seeing. So, here it was, at the top of my queue.

Now I had heard mostly really good things about Seven (1995), but always with the caveat of "but its really disturbing." And that it was. It is about a strange serial killer, who bases his crimes on the seven deadly sins; pride, sloth, gluttony, envy, lust, greed and wrath. And he elaborately stages each crime to make is supremely horrific.

Starring Morgan Freeman as the world weary, ready to retire detective, and Brad Pitt, as the brash new detective, the film is very well made, magnificently staged to evoke the most horror factor it can, without being a horror movie. And Kevin Spacey as the killer, the John Doe who has masterminded this affair, is creepy and sinister.

It is creepy and disturbing...but for all that, it also seemed just a little too pat, and little too, not predictable exactly, but inevitable. And the mastermind seemed a little too masterful and perfect in his crimes.

All in all, a very good movie,and worth seeing. But somehow it lacks something true about it, which keeps it from being "Wow!"