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In my opinion Se7en is easily one of the forty best movies ever made.  It is cast with fantastic actors like Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Morgan Freeman, and Brad Pitt, each portraying their well-developed characters in a manner that should have put them all into consideration for major awards.  The visual effects are haunting and make for a dark look at an American city through the eyes of police detectives working to solve gruesome serial killings themed around the seven deadly sins.

Okay, Panic Room is a point of argument among my friends as to how well-done it is.  One opinion runs that it is a shallow thriller with a predictable plotline and filled with many of the special effect techniques that were both necessary and complementary to Fight Club.  The other opinion states that the entire movie is meant to be a Freudian look at Meg Altman (as played by Jodie Foster) mentally during a dream sequence and that her daughter Sarah’s (Kristen Stewart) presence, along with those of the three burglars represents various elements of her psyche.

Fight Club is a cult-favorite both in its cinematic adaption and in its novel form as written by Chuck Palahniuk.  The film adaption employs Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf, and Helena Bonham Carter to bring Palahniuk’s novel to life.  Brad Pitt is reported to have exclaimed to Palahniuk on the set, “Thank you for the best part of my life!”

The Game (1997) – The Game slipped under the radars of many appreciators of movies.  It is a very good thriller from Fincher in which Nicolas Van Orton (Michael Douglas), a propserous San Fransisco investment banker receives a gift from his screw-up brother Conrad Van Orton (Sean Penn) along with generic instructions to call a number listed for more information.  What follows is a twisting storyline that weaves very delicate plot layers into a complex and thoroughly enjoyable web.  Nicolas must find out the meaning of the game in order for it to end.