Overrated,boring and silly.

Rating: 1/10 (5 January 2012)

I don't really get this movie, it is met with such high acclaim,yet it doesn't really have anything to show for it.
From the start i didn't like it,the tone is incessantly bland,the visuals are dull,they never even attempt to give any excitement to the audience,as if the story alone was enough to keep us entertained. The entire movie is a good concept with a disappointing realization, the series of murders influenced by the seven deadly sins and even though one or two cases do tend to shock and entertain us,altogether it's not as thrilling as it should be. As for the characters,Brad Pitt is horrible in this movie,it's like he forgot how to act,he never acts out the appropriate emotion and the last scene where he finds his wife's head in the box looked more like annoyance and disgust than shock,fear and trauma; of course,nihilism might have been the direction they were going to,another question pops in mind: "Should a death of a loved one be a nihilistic reaction?". Kevin Spacey's character would have been amazing if it weren't for his lack of motivation, his role was supposed to be that of an insane mastermind,but wouldn't he then have a better motive than an "I wanna be famous" attitude?
In conclusion it's a bad movie,I see why people do tend do enjoy it for it has some noteworthy scenes,but the fact is that it mostly relies on build-up and shock,while the outcome is predictable,the atmosphere is boring and the ending is too rushed.