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David Morrison's interpretation is of course quite alternative, but here's the interesting part, because he seems to be able to justify himself.

In fact, for Li Yi, even he himself was a little stunned by this interpretation, but it didn't matter at all, because it was also part of the movie.

And "Seven Deadly Sins" is undoubtedly another movie that is not afraid of spoilers, because like the earlier "The Invisible Guest", after everyone knows the plot, their purpose of watching the movie may begin to change, or in other words It's different if you feel better.

Of course, David Morrison’s views are always only a minority.

Most of the reviews are based on the plot of the movie.

The details of the movie have also been analyzed most thoroughly, or in other words, the most.

Kahler, a well-known online film critic, shared his movie-watching discoveries on his personal social platform account.

"'Seven Deadly Sins' is undoubtedly a movie that pays close attention to details. If you review these details carefully, you will find that this is really a great movie!

Watching the movie this way, it has a different flavor - first of all, we ask a question, why does every murder happen on a rainy day?

When we watch this movie with such questions, we will find that it rains every time a crime occurs in "Seven Deadly Sins". Not only does the murder happen on a rainy day, but the entire style of the movie is full of gloom and gloom.The rainy day itself brings a depressing and unpleasant feeling to people, and also symbolizes that the city is filled with darkness and sin.Most of the rain and snow in the movie are artificial for the purpose of filming, so pay attention to these plot arrangements when watching the movie.

You should know that a movie often does not randomly create some kind of weather with special characteristics, so pay attention to some of the effects that are artificially created in the movie, because these effects often contain unique meanings.

Second question, why did the only sunny day occur at the last crime scene?
In the last scene, the murderer no longer commits the crime secretly, but begins his religious murder experiment in the public eye, in order to complete his last two "works" - jealousy and anger.

Then this time you need some movie-watching skills. Pay attention to the before-and-after comparison of some details, and you will often find the key points that the director wants to express.

Details are often hidden inadvertently. After talking about the weather, we turn to more special props.

In the same way, if a director makes a certain prop appear multiple times in a movie, then the prop must have something the director wants to express or symbolize.Directors often place some props in movies to serve as clues or express specific meanings. In this regard, you need to cultivate your keen insight when watching movies.

What is the meaning of the first prop, old detective William’s metronome?
It is not difficult for us to find that there is a metronome on the bedside of the old police detective. This metronome appears several times. Every time the old police detective is about to fall asleep, he will turn the metronome.

And the last time, he dropped the metronome!
What does the appearance of the metronome these times mean?
Different people may have different conjectures. I personally think that the old police detective is tired of this city. As a police officer, he is well aware of the evil hidden in every corner of the city. However, after being immersed in such an environment for a long time, people will inevitably become numb. , the police detective knows that his power cannot change this city, so he looks forward to his smooth retirement and leaving here.

The old police detective fell asleep relying on the regular sound of the metronome to cover up the noise of the city that could not be extinguished at night.

In fact, every time the metronome appears, or when the old police detective is lying on the bed, there will always be noisy sounds. I personally think that these sounds are not real sounds, but surround the old policeman alone. The sound in my ear.

These sounds are actually the same reason why the old police detective cannot sleep, and they also represent the noise of the city that cannot be extinguished even late at night.

After a philosophical argument with young police detective Mills - should we try to change or stay clean in the face of sin?
The old detective destroyed his own metronome.So the metronome shows the change in attitude of the old police detective before and after.

what kind of change?
Before that, he was already numb, used to listening to those noisy and harsh sounds every night, used to using the metronome sound to hypnotize himself and let himself ignore those noisy sounds. In fact, to a certain extent Say, the metronome also represents an attitude and a cycle!
He has been in this cycle for so many years, this numb city, this indifferent city. He wants to change, but often he just says: "A child saw it!" and his colleagues say: "Why did you say this?"

Therefore, he gradually became accustomed to the questions he raised, being treated as nosy by his colleagues, complained about, and ignored!
He even stopped thinking about this issue, but the quarrel between Mills and him made him start thinking about it again.

Therefore, he dropped the metronome, because at this time, the metronome became an obstacle!

Lens!

Many times, some special shots also contain different meanings.

Li, a miraculous director from China, undoubtedly has deep skills in the camera!
There are no useless shots or nonsense in his movies. Any change in camera position is related to the advancement of the plot. The connection between shots has a wonderful connection between shots. Even an inconspicuous detail is carefully considered. .

There is no line at the beginning of the movie, but the image of a mature and steady old policeman is established. He is shown with a set of ordinary shots of getting up and getting dressed. The old policeman’s bed is kept spotless and his work utensils are laid out. Neatly, he arranged his clothes, tied his tie and finally picked up the keys and left. This was to contrast with the careless and unkempt appearance of the little policeman behind him.Next, they entered the crime scene. The old policeman and the young policeman Mills met for the first time. After that, the relationship between the two gradually developed into a close comrade-in-arms to solve crimes together.

In fact, this kind of role setting is very Hollywood. Hollywood genre films like to have two people with very different personalities form partners or opponents. This is more dramatic!
After showing the character of the old police detective, it’s time to show the character of the young police detective.After the opening scene, the young police detective Mills is shown getting up. His clothes are slovenly and his eyes are full of eye droppings. He has to be reminded by his wife to get rid of the eye droppings. The detail of the wife cleaning up her husband’s eye droppings is also to show the love between the young couple and to set the stage for what will happen later. The plot sets up the foreshadowing.Mills also wears a tie, but the way he wears it is a bit unflattering.In this way, the images of two police officers with distinctive personalities are temporarily established. Later, the characters will be gradually strengthened and perfected through lines, shots, and character actions.The first shot is of young police detective Mills standing in the rain holding a cup of coffee. Rain is also an important image in the film. The first five crime scenes were all discovered in the rain.Crime scene displays make use of many visual elements such as color and lighting, as well as the use of lines.At the same time, the appearance of metal objects also gives people a sense of depression and dilapidation. In the last scene, the metal high-voltage power line tower has the same effect.

Another point is dynamic shots and static shots.

Pay attention to the contrast between movement and stillness in the lens. Can it be expressed using a still lens?Why use sports lenses?
If you look carefully, you will find that these are very interesting. In the scene where the old police detective goes to the library to search for information for the first time, we will find that only the old police detective’s camera is moving, so why is only the old police detective’s camera moving? Does the lens move?

Why use a moving lens when the scene can be solved with a still lens?In order to contrast with the other static shots in this paragraph, I want to highlight the moving shots.Why highlight the old police detective here?The old police detective went to the police station library to search for books about the seven deadly sins. The black security guard who managed the library (doing nothing important) was playing cards idle, while the new police detective Mills was thinking about the case at home, making no progress.The film develops backwards, and we learn that the old police detective found clues to the murderer through books, so highlighting the old police detective here is also a foreshadowing of the subsequent plot.

What needs to be noted here is the small movements of the two people in the thinking process. The young policeman was thinking and playing with a pen while looking very impetuous, which was in contrast to the old policeman's calmness.In the process of thinking, the scene continues to expand through hard cuts and dissolves. The camera's gradual approach to the characters is actually leading the audience into the characters' hearts, and also hints that the two police officers are gradually approaching the truth of the incident.

The constant switching between the scenes of the two people also makes the audience understand that the two people are gradually thinking about each other, and we know from the previous scene that the old policeman is not willing to accept the case. He is helping Mills look up information, so this scene is also A scene where the friendship between two people progresses.

Let’s see next, what other special settings are there?Or a more interesting setting?

Mills home!
I think it's a very interesting and unique setting.

Why did the director arrange for the Mills family to "cross the subway"?
I believe that many people will be curious about this, why is there such a strange environment?

The first thing we need to know is what kind of person young Detective Mills is!

He is a person who hates evil. At the same time, he is young and ambitious, eager to achieve results, and has strong hormone secretion. This is different from the numb escape of the old police detective.Maybe the director wanted to use this method to remind this young man not to fall asleep again and again.

And when is it more important to express the "subway room" section?This paragraph appeared in a scene in which Mrs. Mills, Tracey, invited the old police detective to be a guest. When Mrs. Mills, Tracey, asked the old detective about the city, the old detective started his "Every city" It’s all the same, and it becomes numbing over time” cliché.At this moment, the subway roared by, seeming to deny the old detective's theory with its loud noise, reminding him that ignoring and evading could not deny the existence of evil.

Of course, there may be some more profound meaning, but I haven't thought of it yet, but there is no doubt that this is a very interesting setting and a very exciting setting!
You can immediately remember the "characteristics" of Mills' home!
Perhaps there is also a subway home used here to allude to Mills’ character!

What character?Just like passing the subway, you know it, but it still happens. Some of Mills' actions are very similar to this.

For example, when he broke into the house, the old police detective had been trying to stop him from handling the case illegally, but after he agreed, he kicked the door open the next moment!

Of course, there must be many details in the movie, and I need to continue watching to find out.

However, after reading "Seven Deadly Sins", it also left me with many questions, or puzzles!

First of all, although the director did not shoot the bloody scene of Tracey (Mills' wife)'s head, Tracey should be dead. The director has made sufficient preparations in the previous article, arranging a meeting between the old police detective and the Mills family, and arranging Tracey's death. Xi told the old detective about her pregnancy, including the fact that before the murderer surrendered, his police colleagues told Mills that his wife had called the work unit, all to prepare for the final scene.So why did Tracy deserve to die?Is this an innocent person that the murderer killed indiscriminately to complete his own plan?

Secondly, when the murderer regretted his crime the most, he expressed that he had committed one of the seven deadly sins because he coveted Mills's happy marriage life, instead of killing Tracy, who seemed to be innocent in his eyes. So this Is the huge "work" of crime and punishment no longer "pure"?
After all, all his previous works may be self-evident. Guilty people should be punished and judged, but innocent people?Why are innocent people being killed in the same way?And he was still being persecuted by him, who claimed to be God’s chosen messenger?Isn't this a paradox?
Many film reviews regard Tracy's death as a cliffhanger, but I don't think so.If what the old detective saw after opening the package was not Tracy's head, why didn't he clearly deny it to Mills at the critical moment when Mills was extremely angry and about to lose his mind?This doesn't make sense. "

In fact, "Seven Deadly Sins" is indeed not perfect, but in the eyes of some people, these imperfections or controversial issues are precisely the most exciting part of the movie.

For example, is Tracy dead?There is a huge amount of controversy surrounding the topic of what is in the box.

"Everyone in the Seven Deadly Sins was punished (death or torture) because the punished committed one of the seven deadly sins. Mills' wife did not commit a crime, so there was no reason to be punished. The murderer died because Jealousy, jealousy is not the reason for the death of Mills' wife, it is the reason for the death of the murderer.

So according to the above logic, if Mills' wife dies, the eighth sin will occur, which is obviously not the director's intention!

Let’s look at the murderer’s last words and deeds in the police car and on the road. In the police car, he said he would not kill innocent people indiscriminately; when he saw the dead dog, he said it was not him. These all show that the murderer would not kill innocent people indiscriminately. , he is just punishing those who deserve to be punished by God's order. To sum up, Mills' wife Tracy is not dead! "

"He should be dead. The murderer's original intention was to punish the sinners and did not want to kill innocent people!

But he was jealous, jealous of Mills' happiness, and his jealousy made him have to destroy Mills' happiness to constitute the crime of jealousy, so that Mills was punished for killing himself out of anger, which ultimately achieved the effect of preaching!So if Tracy doesn't die, how can he guarantee that Mills will shoot? "