Seven is a formula film at heart. We have all seen the story of the old cop and the rookie, so cleverly shown by William's clean room and David's messy one. Sure the image is hardly complex but it allows the movie to get into the swing of things without dwindling on things we're already very familiar with.
This film is not a relationship piece, the relationship they form is endearing but not exactly subject of the film. This is why I love this movie. It takes a formula and through it we see the social commentary. This film is dark but enthralling at the same time. David Lynch's other film Fight Club was let off the collar, it had no boundary that a formula provided. This allowed Fight Club to take a more direct route towards the commentary but lost the conciseness that Seven provided.
Seven is a marvel to look at structurally, similar to the Godfather thinking about it. It seals itself off so that there are three characters, the ending is where all the characters fulfill their role (not only the role they are given by the writer but the role given by John Doe.) It is difficult to explain how well crafted this film is, it's entire contents are 7 deaths and we leave with no questions or untied strings in terms of plot but internally I'm still conflicted.
I'm going to stop soon but was just enjoying the possibility that John Doe was the good guy. It is repeated several times that the complete act will be talked about and remembered forever and truly they will be. Do we deserve to be punished?
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