Se7en

In my Acting Academy class, we watched a movie called Seven. It was my first time watching this movie. First off i would like to say as scary as it was for me, I would like to watch this movie once more straight through, because i did not have the advantage of doing so. I believe if i was able to watch it straight through i could consume and take in everything properly.

The movie seven is about two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, working in a crime filled city who become deeply involved in a murder case. The murders are all correspondence to each of the seven deadly sins:

Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity.

Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation.


Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.

Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body.

Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath.

Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.

Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.

Seven was a great movie a little disturbing but that was okay. It allows you to reflect back on your life and think about the things you do. You will start to try and figure out whether the things you do now or have been doing are right or wrong, and which of these seven deadly sins are you doing. Since we are all human i think we all at least have or done one of these sins. I will admit that there is one there that i need to work on and i have been working on it since the day i was baptized. Living right and staying away from the pleasures of sin is something i am trying to accomplish. It's not easy, not at all and that's why i will continue to live my life trying to live right in Gods name.

In the movie i liked how they allow us to take the time to understand what each death signifies, rather then going from one death to the next and not giving any space in-between to let the viewers take in and understand whats going on. The story line was good and the actors for this movie were chosen well. Who better to play the part of a detective who can barley hold is temper in then Brad Pit and who better to play the part of the calm , reasonable detective then Morgan Freeman. Both actors did a great job but i do have to say Kevin Spacey as (John Doe) did a remarkable, stellar job. I think his character was probably the hardest to play. I mean come on the guys playing a psycho path. Well that's what they make him look like in this movie. I can tell that this movie had some serious method acting involved.

John Doe: Oh really? So, what were you doing? Biding your time? Toying with me? Allowing five innocent people to die until you felt like springing your trap? Tell me, what was the indisputable evidence you were going to use on me right before I walked up to you and put my hands in the air?

One of my favorite parts was when they were riding in the back seat and John Doe (Kevin Spacey) starts explaining how these people are not consider innocent in his eyes and how each and every one of them deserved to die.Here is a quote from that scene,"[interrupts] A woman... so ugly on the inside she couldn't bear to go on living if she couldn't be beautiful on the outside. A drug dealer, a drug dealing pederast, actually! And let's not forget the disease-spreading whore! Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. But that's the point. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I'm setting the example. What I've done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed... forever".  Very well done. This was a real good movie and i recommend everyone to go and watch it and then reflect back on your life After you have watched it, believe me it will get you thinking and you will want to consider changing the way you do things in life and control the things you do. Also it will make you think of they way you treat people. I know i will continue to try and live right till the day i die, it will be my mission.