David Fincher's best film & Best Thriller film

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2001)

Six years after seeing the film, "Se7en" is considered, in my opinion, the best creation of one brilliant director: David Fincher. Starting his career with George Lucas in "The Return of the Jedi" as camera assistant, now he's one of the most acclaimed film directors in the world.
His first worldwide known production was "Alien3", a sequel of the famous alien saga, the worst of all the saga, however. Then, in 1995, "Se7en" was out, and became a total success.
The film is a creepy, thriller production with a crew full of stars: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Palthrow and the awesome 72nd Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey (as leading role in AMERICAN BEAUTY). And the film was also an innovation in using weird and strange openings. This style was followed by several films like "Mimic", "Arlington Road", "Spawn", "Fight Club", etc.
Focusing on the film, "Se7en" introduces us Detectives David Mills (Brad Pitt) and William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) that are investigating several crimes which at first glance with no connection between them. After a deep search, they will find that only one man is behind all the murderers and with a philosophy: the seven capital sins.
With this plot, the film seems to be as other productions of the genre, but it's not. There are several points of "Se7en" that should be mentioned:

Brilliant atmosphere, one of the most weird and strange sets and places never seen in a film. The fat man's apartment is incredibly created. There are lots of details, like in the sloth victim's house, with hundreds of that fraganced pine trees (you know, that things for the cars) hanging from the ceiling to cover the smell of the body.

Excellent performance of the acting crew: every character is well performed by its respective actor/actress. Special mention to Brad Pitt.

The following films of Fincher ("The Game", "Fight Club", etc.) carry on the style created in "Se7en". I must say that all the thrillers produced after "Se7en" are just a rough copy of Fincher's masterpiece: they have just copied the atmosphere of the film but with no success. "Se7en" is the best one nowadays, no matter the budget, no matter the crew.

David Fincher makes the difference. "Se7en" is an example, a brilliant masterpiece. WORTH LOOK!!!!!!! 10/10
One thing that I still think about is: why didn't "Se7en" win any Academy Awards Oscar in 1995? I found it unfair and still think so.