SE7EN: A brilliant spec script by Andrew Kevin Walker

[@margaretkerr4591]

Daniel - you are my new masterclass. Wonderful videos, that are helping me as a writer and director. I have never been a patreon - but I need to be for this channel. Much love mags from bonnie Scotland 💗

[@ScriptSleuth]

Aw, shucks, Margaret. What a nice comment!

[@margaretkerr4591]

@@ScriptSleuth i feel i should be in a classroom with you taking notes. Superb insight xx

[@jeffgillson]

"dead dog" "... I didn't do that." That little drop of comic relief is on the fucking money.

[@ScriptSleuth]

It's a great point you make. When stories broaden the spectrum of emotions, it gives a break to the audience from possible melodrama, and also creates more satisfaction.

[@danielmurray9820]

Man....big time 😂

[@v-22]

Andrew Kevin Walker wrote a masterpiece - no hyperbole here - which has been enjoyed by millions but I had never heard this man's name before. Screenwriting is the most vital and, yet, the most under-appreciated part of filmmaking. Fuck me!

[@ScriptSleuth]

It really is! Thanks for watching.

[@1bridge11]

You kiss your mother with that mouth?

[@Luke101]

“Become vengeance, David…become Wrath” What an iconic line

[@errwhattheflip]

That line was fucking awesome. Beautiful line

[@THATGUYTALKSMOVIES]

Great vid! Only one thing: The viliain, Doe, didn't have the 'Tracy' motivation until half way through the film. Tracy wasn't at stake originally. She and David became a thought to him only after Mills runs him off from the crime scene...specifically giving him his name! "Hey I got a right to be here man!"

[@gmalexander1035]

Another ace of a video. And here I thought perfect the balanced timing of your exposition and the supporting video clips. I much admire your work.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Cool! Thanks for watching.

[@AnnoyingMoose]

4:40 One of the best reversals in cinematic history!

[@ScriptSleuth]

I remember the entire audience leaping out of their seats in the theater!

[@lifewayundermusic9777]

Great video and thanks. It puts down the fact that there are still unanswered questions about the movie, even after the screening.

[@bobbyflynn9166]

Awesome channel bro. I'm impressed with the level of quality in your content. Please keep up the great work! These are both enjoyable AND super informative.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for the great comment, Bobby!

[@samuelbungo4339]

Some great insight there. This channel is awesome and deserves more views!

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks, Samuel! Very kind of you.

[@conureron3792]

Very intense movie. Screenplay was well done, obviously. Good job breaking it down into its essential components.

[@ScriptSleuth]

What other films would you like to see me cover? Let me know in a comment below!

[@4inchesofpleasure]

Films that successfully integrated flashbacks to enhance storytelling.

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@4inchesofpleasure Great idea!

[@Jason-uw9ex]

I Saw The Devil

[@ScriptSleuth]

@@Jason-uw9ex Good one!

[@McGradyKalcho]

Can you do UNCUT GEMS or GOOD TIME. Also maybe THE LIVES OF OTHERS or TAXI DRIVER

[@BlakeThePerson]

You're doing excellent work here. These are really thoughtful breakdowns of each movie. I'd be curious to see you look into mistakes, or poorly developed elements in otherwise great films. For example, the love story between Neo and Trinity is very poorly developed in The Matrix and the story essentially hinges on that relationship. It's just interesting to see how a movie can survive and even thrive despite being imperfect in some respects.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for the kind words, Blake. I totally hear what you're saying in that there's a lot to be learned from the flaws in certain stories. I'll keep it in mind.

[@yoelrodriguez948]

I love this channel!

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks, Yoel!

[@jambler15]

This is the first video of yours I've seen. You did a really magnificent job here! I especially love the "scene hooks" portion. Overall Seven doesn't work for me as well as most people, but I do find the ending to be perfect (starting with John Doe turning himself in). So glad the director & cast fought back against the studio, and won!

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for watching, and the nice comment!

[@bhuwanshah3215]

Dude great observation and really great insight, learned a lot thanks a lot👍

[@ScriptSleuth]

Awesome, I'm glad it helped you!

[@HistorywithHannibal]

Morgan Freeman in 1994: prisoner Morgan Freeman in 1997: law enforcer

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

What an arc

[@jonp72]

I went to the same high school as Andrew Kevin Walker, although he was way before my time. The weird part is he went to my high school at the same time that Bret Michaels of Poison was also a student there.

[@ScriptSleuth]

That's a star-studded high school!

[@michellecrocker2485]

This is the classic example of the trope of the older and wiser vs the young and proud

[@chris_mortz]

Nice one, Daniel! Top content 👍

[@SerMattzio]

Great video. You deserve more subs. Subbed.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thank you!

[@HistorywithHannibal]

Yeah, 10 million at least

[@charlemarcharlemar2401]

Oh, and I still gave it a thumbs up.

[@jodygarrett2145]

Your channel is great my friend

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thank you for the nice comment!

[@prajanbhattarai3124]

underrated channel

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks, Prajan!

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[@cultusfetus]

this is such a good video

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thank you!

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[@sydneyperson1336]

so good!!!!

[@ericdevdan3156]

5:08 - 5:30 HUGGEEE SPOILERS. ur video is amazing btw

[@ScriptSleuth]

Sorry to spoil a movie from over 25 years ago 😅

[@EvilDogFilmsOfficial]

Very cool video, thanks

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for watching!

[@marcelinohudgson5197]

Great video, thanks a lot

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks for watching, Marcelino!

[@dazedconfused5594]

please do Michael Mann Heat too

[@ScriptSleuth]

Ooh, yeah, that's a good one!

[@rajeevpaul662]

Fabulous 👌👌👌❤❤❤

[@ScriptSleuth]

Cheers, Rajeev!

[@aaryanvadaria5494]

Nice!!

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thanks, Aaryan!

[@MCOult]

Wonderful video! Thank you! "Seven" didn't do very well at the box office, although Mr. Walker's script is good. As pointed out, much of that was due to the unsettling nature of the movie (gore, etc.), but I think a large part had to do with the casting: Morgan Freeman is great, as always, but neither Mr. Pitt nor Miss Paltrow is right for the parts. Pitt played his character like he was a rookie cop, fresh out of high school and the police academy: childish, adolescently emotional, and out of control, rather than the experienced detective he is claimed to be; Paltrow's character was also childish, but Miss Paltrow seemed to do little more than "phone in" her work: no chemistry between her and either leading man. (In Paltrow's defense, her character is weak; Miss Paltrow might not have liked the character -- or possibly the way Fincher directed her to portray the character.) More (or better) character development would have helped, along with grownup portrayals of the Pitt and Paltrow characters. It's a mostly watchable movie. But it could have been exceptional.

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@HarryHusted]

How many times was the coroner visited in Se7en?

[@ScriptSleuth]

That's a good question. I can recall only one time with the Gluttony victim. It made me think of other movies like The Silence of the Lambs and Chinatown. They seem to limit the morgue scenes to only one. Perhaps the audience doesn't want to see that too often.

[@HarryHusted]

@@ScriptSleuth I was thinking about not having such a scene at all. Instead, have the Medical Examiner comes to the detective's office and drops off the report. Then she can rely on what was on it to the captain in a later scene.

[@khaledhesham8721]

He should be won best original screenplay

[@ScriptSleuth]

Agreed!

[@gupwalla961]

Over “The Usual Suspects”?

[@OZ88]

Somerset was the mastermind of killings.

[@jockinjayaraj2866]

Super bro super ❤❤❤❤SEVEN SAMURAI MOVIE analysis you will

[@ScriptSleuth]

That one is definitely on the list!

[@MOJOJONO]

Wait... Wrath is one of the deadly sins? I'm dumb. The whole time I was thinking the end scene was just a sick play for death by cop.

[@geoffhoutman1557]

Wouldn’t “Andrew Kevin Walkers’ SE7EN” be a more accurate title?

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

I mean, sure he wrote it, but David Fincher directed it.

[@geoffhoutman1557]

@@TomEyeTheSFMguy And the video is about screenwriting..

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

@@geoffhoutman1557 Uh huh. That's why he mentioned AKW.

[@danielmurray9820]

Great film ... Pitt's acting is hammy and self aware, it realky feels like watching someone act rather than an actual person ... not every scene but most.

[@Stratmanable]

What are you appearing vintage next?

[@McGradyKalcho]

Do you write ? This understanding of the scripts is beyond the chart man trust me i am not just saying it. I could use someone like you beside me. If you cant write on your own which is completely fine just find a writer and guide her/him .

[@ScriptSleuth]

I do write, and this channel has been the best thing I've ever done to accelerate my learning curve. Breaking down and analyzing movies is the best education I could have ever asked for.

[@gouthamvidyadharan9940]

Interesting

[@dennydowling2169]

While I did enjoy this movie, the script is weak when it comes to the last two sins. It was hard enough to accept the premise for the pride victim, but envy and wrath had to be totally contrived. The writer simply could not come up with a good way to invent people who would be believable targets for John Doe's wrath. (See, he didn't really need David for that sin.) What was the killer going to do for the last two sins without the non-natural injection of David Mills and his family into the story line?

[@ScriptSleuth]

It's a good point you make. Does that negate the value of the rest of the story?

[@dennydowling2169]

@@ScriptSleuth I think it’s still a good story but the Seven Deadly Sins are really not execution-worthy in the first place so using them as a basis for murder was always going to be difficult.

[@ScriptSleuth]

I agree it can feel a bit contrived towards the end. However, I think it's a brilliant way of constantly pushing our attention to the future of the narrative, because we want to see how all seven deadly sins will be carried out. In that sense, they managed to capture our attention for an entire movie, which is half the battle.

[@bobbyjames5327]

It was a boring movie to me. Finally I watch the whole movie. It took a long time to get to the shocking highlight scary ending. ..dob1945usadoc..

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

It took the time it needed.

[@jayaprakashj6462]

Awesome video... lots of thanks

[@ScriptSleuth]

Thank you for watching.