I give Se7en a 10

Rating: 10/10 (25 May 2011)

I first watched this film when I was around 12 years old. Needless to say, and with the benefit of hindsight I thought it was quite dull and very boring.
10 years later and boy did my opinion change. For now not only do I consider this film to be a masterpiece, but also the single most extraordinary film I have seen since I first watched James Cameron's Titanic in Jan 1998.
Shot through what can only be described as a grainy grey lens, the film highlights the ambiguity of it's characters by drowning the city and in it's landscape in a hopelessness reflective in the killings. It is also invariably raining in the film, which also adds to a sense of depravity and despair amongst those who inhabit this place of woe.
John Doe (the offender) is breathtakingly realised by ***** ******(I won't give it away) and Pitt and Freeman both work brilliantly together as their on screen alter ego's work tirelessly on the case at hand, whilst all the while deliberating on such themes such as morality, redemption and whether or not the guy they're after is just another fruitcake or something much more...
So to conclude: Se7en is astonishing throughout, with mesmerising direction, perfect casting and a top notch ending worthy of the award for the greatest film ending of all time...Se7en..it'd be a sin to miss it.