Media Log: Nanatsu no Taisai

Media Log # 4

Promotion poster of the Movie "Se7en"

In this media log the movie that I would like to talk about is se7en. Se7en is a movie starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. Its about a man named Jon Doe murdering people because of his religious beliefs.

Se7en is a movie that really connects to me since I really like the concept of the sins, so I would just describe the seven sins depicted in the movie without spoiling much of the film.

To begin with the seven deadly sins are:
1.Pride
2.Lust
3.Envy
4.Gluttony
5.Wrath or Anger
6.Greed
7.Sloth

Each represent a devil in christian belief but we'll not dwell in that, instead we will try to describe what this are:

Pride is technically good on its own because people need it but when it becomes a too excessive it turns into something bad. Lust is self explanatory, if you lust about something chances are you're going to attack people to attain it. Envy same as lust only difference is the thing you want is an object not another person's body. Then we have gluttony, this is excessive eating. Then wrath or anger, anger has two forms the quiet anger and wrath. Wrath is releasing your pent up anger to others harming them and yourself in the process. On the other hand quiet anger is something more of  thinking about hurting others while not putting it in action, throughout time this will accumulate to form Wrath. Greed is excessive want for money. Usually accompanied by power. Sloth is doing absolutely nothing or being too lazy that you trample upon others because of your decisions.

In the movie the seven sins are killed accordingly:

First was the sin of Gluttony, the man that was killed was forced eat until he died. The murderer actually forced fed him by shoving food down his throat. The purpose of this is to signify that eating too much will make you explode, which the murderer signified by cutting pieces of the guys meat and putting them on the table for him to eat.

Second was an attorney who was killed by draining the blood from the body. The body was also bludgeoned to a wall, signifying his Greed because behind the wall was his personal vault.

Third was sloth, this guy was kidnapped by the murdered and tied to a bed for a year. He was dubbed as a zombie because he was left rotting tied to the bed and considered to be dead until they managed to find him. Upon finding him it was revealed that the man was an infamous murderer and child molestor, thus the police wondered if the murderer is doing good or is actually something more sinister.

Fourth and Fifth in no particular order were Pride and Lust, the lust victim which have died in a very interesting manner, is a woman slut. Her job was a whore - sorry for the lack of term before- and she was forced by the killer to be raped by a man. Although the man was severely traumatized of what happened because of what he's been forced to do. Actually here is a picture I think it says it all.

The dildo used by the man to rape the woman

The victim of Pride on the other hand was a supermodel who was proud of her beautiful face. She was given the choice of saving herself by cutting her face up or she could just end her life. She choose the latter since a model's life is a model's face.

The sixth and seventh victim are also simultaneously done, the sins being Wrath and Envy. Envy was an envious man, he actually is envious of the other man, Wrath. because of this Envy murdered a close relative of wrath which prompts Wrath to repeatedly shoot Envy. Thus ending the deadliness of the seven sins.

Throughout the movie, I realized that everyone has their own fatal flaws, but then when this flaws are what makes us human. Trying to change that fact by murdering others is simply stupid. The world in itself flows in such a way that every pain and suffering it gives becomes a necessity for everyone to evolve in their own little way. Thus I conclude this movie's message in my own perspective, the flow of time is unwavering, the death of millions is but an instance of time. What the world needs is not destruction but adaptability to change and interact.

" 'The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for'...I agree with the second part."

-Ernest Hemingway

 Janus Headed Cat by Artist Alexis Covato

Reference/s:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_(1995_film)
http://www.deadlysins.com/sins/