se7ven plot question (spoilers)
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se7ven plot question (spoilers)
it was on tnt the other night and ive never seen it before, but i caught the last 20-30 minutes or so...i figure seeing it all would help plus i bet they edit out alot on tv (very gory and dark movie), but i have a few questions:
1. was his wifes head really in the box?
2. what did morgan freeman mean when he said if he shoots him he will win? i get that spacey was "envy" but how does vengance work? brad pitt doesnt die.
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1. was his wifes head really in the box?
2. what did morgan freeman mean when he said if he shoots him he will win? i get that spacey was "envy" but how does vengance work? brad pitt doesnt die.
thanks.
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1. yeah. the dvd has the extra scenes regarding the ending. though even in the regular version you don't see the head.
2. i am pretty sure that spacy was betting that pitt would get death, though it would be manslaughter at most and that doesn't get death in any state.
2. i am pretty sure that spacy was betting that pitt would get death, though it would be manslaughter at most and that doesn't get death in any state.
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Originally posted by WiccanPagan
but spacey's whole deal was punishing those who were the sinners. if pitt was vengeance he was not punished.
but spacey's whole deal was punishing those who were the sinners. if pitt was vengeance he was not punished.
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well pitt's punishment doesn't fit the pattern that spacey laid out. he was punishing by death. the fat guy, the lawyer, the prostitute, the vain girl, and the guy who was still kinda alive. they were all punished by death. though the really skinny gross looking guy was a failed attempt.
i do see where you are coming from, though, tofu. i would see the death of my future husband/wife and my unborn child as much more of a punishment than my own death, but it still doesn't fit.
i do see where you are coming from, though, tofu. i would see the death of my future husband/wife and my unborn child as much more of a punishment than my own death, but it still doesn't fit.
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thats exactly what i was thinking WP.
pitt wasnt punished because of vengence the same way everyone else was. its just not the same as the other 6.
he was punished out of spaceys 'envy'. but spacey was killed by pitts vengence.
pitt wasnt punished because of vengence the same way everyone else was. its just not the same as the other 6.
he was punished out of spaceys 'envy'. but spacey was killed by pitts vengence.
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He wasn’t using death at all. His concern was attrition. It was the suffering! Somerset spells that out in the flick!
The fact of wrath (as opposed to envy) being the final one on Doe’s list is irrelevant. His job was done. I mean, could he be sure that “pride” would take the sleeping pills?
This movie is a masterpiece. I forgot Doe’s quote exactly, but: : ”This will be mulled over and talked about for years to come.”
BTW, please watch this uncut (letterboxed if you get a chance).
The fact of wrath (as opposed to envy) being the final one on Doe’s list is irrelevant. His job was done. I mean, could he be sure that “pride” would take the sleeping pills?
This movie is a masterpiece. I forgot Doe’s quote exactly, but: : ”This will be mulled over and talked about for years to come.”
BTW, please watch this uncut (letterboxed if you get a chance).
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My problem with it is that the wife is an innocent. Doe's whole point was punishing the guilty of the 7 deadly sins. He killed someone that was innocent of the big 7 to punish Pitt, this does not coincide with his MO.
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Originally posted by Cusm
My problem with it is that the wife is an innocent. Doe's whole point was punishing the guilty of the 7 deadly sins. He killed someone that was innocent of the big 7 to punish Pitt, this does not coincide with his MO.
My problem with it is that the wife is an innocent. Doe's whole point was punishing the guilty of the 7 deadly sins. He killed someone that was innocent of the big 7 to punish Pitt, this does not coincide with his MO.
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Originally posted by Cusm
My problem with it is that the wife is an innocent. Doe's whole point was punishing the guilty of the 7 deadly sins. He killed someone that was innocent of the big 7 to punish Pitt, this does not coincide with his MO.
My problem with it is that the wife is an innocent. Doe's whole point was punishing the guilty of the 7 deadly sins. He killed someone that was innocent of the big 7 to punish Pitt, this does not coincide with his MO.
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I doubt any jury would convict Pitt's character of 1st degree murder. They would probably see it as temporary insanity. If ever that defense could be used, this would be the time.
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Pitt wouldn't get convicted of first degree murder, but he would die in jail, that's probably what Spacey's character was counting on. Cops aren't generally well regarded in prison.
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I don't think Pitt would have been jailed; I think it more likely he would have been sent to a mental ward somewhere and, if charged and tried for Spacey's death, would have been found inncocent by reason of temporary insanity. At worst he might have been subsequently hospitalized for some relatively short period of time. He saw his wife's head, flipped out. Who wouldn't, especially with the killer there cackling about it?
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kudama: thanks for that explanation suffering makes much more sense than death as punishment in regard to the movie. it had been a long time since watching the movie and did not recall the bit about the sufering of the victims. regarding suffering, you are dead on, i don't think there is anyone out there that could possibly feel more suffering than pitt's character at the end.
ot, so what about the freeman only sequel?
ot, so what about the freeman only sequel?
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Originally posted by Dah-Dee
He saw his wife's head, flipped out.
He saw his wife's head, flipped out.
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Ok. First, this is just a movie, so it doesn't really have to make perfect sense.
That said, don't forget the John Doe's plans were thrown assunder when he was nearly nabbed by Summerset and Mills, leading him to probably impromise in order to complete the deadly sin leason.
That said, don't forget the John Doe's plans were thrown assunder when he was nearly nabbed by Summerset and Mills, leading him to probably impromise in order to complete the deadly sin leason.