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 Se7en - New Line Platinum Series
DVD Review by Yanman |
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"I've been trying to figure something in my head, and maybe you can help me out, yeah? When a person is insane, as you clearly are, do you know that you're insane? Maybe you're just sitting around, reading "Guns and Ammo", masturbating in your own feces, do you just stop and go, "Wow! It is amazing how f***ing crazy I really am!"? Yeah. Do you guys do that?" Se7en is an amazing film and it elicits a response from everyone that has seen it. While everyone agrees that the movie has great writing with superb acting from an all-star cast and a very powerful message the question still remains, "What do you really think of the movie?" As a reviewer I see a lot of movies, and when I review them I usually watch them more then once, Se7en is different. I can still remember how I felt the first time I saw it (on laserdisc I might add) it left me visually shaken. It kept me up at night, what kind of person would do these things. Worse yet "What kind of screenwriter would put it on paper?" That writer (Andrew Kevin Walker) would creep me out again years later with another dark film 8MM. Se7en is certainly the type of movie that you must make your own decisions about, no reviewer can tell you how to feel. Paul Trombley, M.D, has reviewed the movie Se7en on DVD here at Yanman.com before. While the movie is still the same, the DVD format has grown quite a bit since his review. The original version of se7en was a "flipper" (DVD Deadly sin to be sure), because at the time dual layer discs were still very new, the video was non-anamorphic, and of course there is the lack of known extras that Paul speaks of in his original review. Fast forward to the present and the New Line Platinum Series, which is a two-disc version of the film. With a Anamorphic widescreen version of the film that was remastered from the original negative, a remixed Dolby EX 5.1 and DTS ES 6.1 Soundtrack, four commentaries, DVD-ROM, and a complete second disc full of extras. In one of the more interesting extras, the details of the remixing of the soundtrack and remastering of the video are discussed in detail (It was good to hear that all these changes were made at the request of the director). This disc is certainly worthy of it Platinum Series label, and will more then likely find its way onto our list of Top 10 DVDs of 2000. Well this is the third time this month that we have viewed serial killer movies, from The Cell (which releases on the same day as this Se7en two disc set) to the rather odd dark comedy of American Psycho. While this is not a genre of film that most people call there favorites, most people watch them in the same manor as any great tragedy like a burning building or a car wreck, as hard as they try the just can't turn away. And with this version on DVD you'll have plenty to watch and hear, better then ever before. Now would that be considered gluttony?
This DVD was reviewed on Yanman.com's Reference Theater #1, using a Toshiba SD-5109 DVD player, Toshiba TW56X81, and M&K 750 THX Speakers. Panamax protects all systems at Yanman.com. |
Se7en The type of movie that you must make your own decisions about. Staring: Brad Pitt Directed By: David Fincher Running time: 127 Min Bonus Materials
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