Jaws Film Analysis

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After convincing the studio to make the original ending, he went to the producer Arnold Kopelson, claiming that the scene with the box was "how this movie is going to be remembered", and he was hooked. Even from the time of its backs story everything about Se7en was unique, and that was before production. David Fincher bases his moves off of one thing, their bite. He was "always interested in movies that scar. The thing [he] love[d] about Jaws is the fact that [he's] never gone swimming in the ocean again"(Knapp). He uses CGI effects, actors, anything he can get to create that twisted sense of once upon Hollywood. Fincher is renown for his movies and because of that he is given large amounts of money to make them. Fifty million may seem like …show more content…

A big part of Fincher's filming technique is his use of using the setting and effects to greatly emphasize the character's ambitions and worldly sights. The "grime and decay" of their office builds upon the gloomy aspect Somerset has for the case. Their office is full of old cramped paperwork, revealing the layers of unsolved cases that make his dismal view palpable. However, Mills has a greater outlook on life, really stating how he can make a difference in the world. This is shown by his clean white house, rattling of the train's storming by. This occurs about the time where Mills is truly learning how wretched a case this is, and was his once glistening perspective on life spirals. His use of film neo-noir techniques connected him to the great Alfred Hitchcock (Lindsay). All of these aspects create a superior film that was like no other of its time. From the settings to the script and everything in between, Fincher used these tactics to make Se7en a gloomy and influential film that will live on. Similar to the effects of Se7en, Fight Club is described as "unsettling," "caustic," "twisted," and "bleakly funny" and is known for its satirical and offbeat humor, which could disturb any audience. Like …show more content…

Two of the films that he viewed included both Seven and Fight Club. For Ebert, Se7en is "one of the darkest and most merciless films every made in Hollywood mainstream". He emphasizes the viewpoints of both cops and how they tie together in the end, in the form of an Ernest Hemingway Quote. One of his favorite parts is Detective Somerset played by Morgan Freeman describing it as one of his best performances. Ebert brings forward how Somerset's role really brings to light the devastation of death. He describes Se7en as "Draw[ing] us in relentlessly into its horrors, some of which are more effective for being glimpsed in brief shots... Fincher shows us enough to disgust us, and cuts away". He describes how Fincher draws us into the gore, but seems concerned about the overall lesson being taken away. He talks about how the killer is the true focal point, and how if he faulted, the film would stray, yet he never does. Ebert defines Fincher's style and shows how crucial it is to create a satisfying movie(Seven). Ebert Admired the performance of Se7en, on Fight Club not so much. Ebert starts off by claiming, it's "celebration of violence...macho porn...in which eroticism between the sexes is replaced by all-guy locker room fights". Edward Norton is described as a "depressed urban loner filled up to here with angst". He doesn't think that the irony of the Protagonist meeting post-surgical victims of

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