"seven" just finishing up on tnt

I haven't seen The Game (it's high on the Netflix cue), but Seven is a much better film than Panic Room to me. I liked PC, but not enough to buy it.
Everyone like The Game?

 

Fight Club..... that was a 7-Up movie to me.

Never got it, never will.

 

Actually, what happens is that when Morgan Freeman opens the box, there is a split-second flash of just Gwenyth Paltrow's head (similar, actually, to the split-second flashes of Brad Pitt in Fight Club). It doesn't necessarily look dismembered, but the intent is clear. It is her head in a box.

Oh, and I really enjoyed 'The Game,' though I don't think it merits inclusion in a discussion of Seven and Fight Club, which are both a level above it.

 

The thing about Fight Club is you have to watch it repeatedly. You start to see first all the clues in it. You catch all the comedy. Then you start to see the true brilliance of Tyler's character. You understand how there is some truth to what Tyler is saying, but he obviously goes WAY too far with it.
The thing I always say is Fight Club is a movie with a twist ending that would be great without the twist.
While I enjoyed The Sixth Sense, I can't say the same for that.

 

The Game is far above Fight Club to me.

 

I'll watch Fight Club again, but I think it is a niche product. Highly inaccessible.

Perhaps I'm way off. I'll try it again.

 

to me, any movie you have to see more than once to appreciate isn't a classic flick. "seven" hits you hard from the get-go and stays with you for days. 8) 8)

 

Well, to me any movie that gets better with each viewing is a classic, and Fight Club is like that. I'm telling you, I don't want to spoil anything for anybody, but I've watched it a whole bunch of times and I still see new things in it. You have to watch the background, listen to what is actually said, pay attention to what people are doing, etc.
I thought it was really good the first time I saw it. I've thought it was better and better each time since.

 

I think SEVEN and FIGHT CLUB are both great movies that have their own individual merits.

I do like SEVEN a lot, and one of my neighbors wrote the screenplay. However, there's a ton of inside jokes with FIGHT CLUB. It bears repeated viewings to begin to understand them all. One of the insider notes is here:

After the last shot of the movie, when Ed Norton is watching the buildings crumble to the ground, after that, and before the credits roll, it looks like there's a glitch in the film. Pause the glitch for a really funny surprise that references an earlier part of the film.