Seven redux

April 7, 2005 6:23 AM

The final scene of "Seven" performed by stuffed animals.
posted by oldleada (48 comments total)

All I can say is "YAY!!!"
posted by zerokey at 6:28 AM on April 7, 2005

WHATS IN THE BOX?
posted by Mach5 at 6:33 AM on April 7, 2005

That scene would have been more dramatic if Kevin Spacey had put the fetus in the box.
posted by Chuckles at 6:36 AM on April 7, 2005

Direct download, 12.2mb
posted by quiet at 6:37 AM on April 7, 2005

Nice link, thanks. Kinda reminiscent of all those classics performed by bunnies that crop up now and then on MeFi.

But... is this really how the movie ended? I mean those last seconds ... my memory might be failing me here but I thought that BraPi did NOT do Kevin Spacey the favor of killing him (thereby completing his grisly yet somehow artsy reeanactment of the 7 Deadly Sins).

Inquiring minds want to know.
posted by sour cream at 6:37 AM on April 7, 2005

Ummh, maybe I should have put a "spoiler warning" in there somewhere. Although, you really wouldn't be in this thread if you haven't seen the movie, right?

Mach5: Her head. Her, meaning Brad Pitt's young and beautiful wife (Gwyneth Paltrow?).
posted by sour cream at 6:40 AM on April 7, 2005

Can't beat the version William Shatner did a few years ago for the MTV Movie awards where he played all the parts.
posted by beowulf573 at 6:41 AM on April 7, 2005

Sour cream: The ending here is correct. I wouldn't go as far as to say "shot for shot" accuracy, but it's pretty close (except for the actual showing of the doll in the box..I would have loved to see just a bunch of yellow yarn)

Speaking of bunnies, there's some new ones.
(since the last time I checked, at least)
posted by zerokey at 6:44 AM on April 7, 2005

beowulf573, that sounds awesome! Did Shatner do the turning around in rage thing that the guerilla (err, I mean Brad Pitt, whatever) does?
posted by Chuckles at 6:44 AM on April 7, 2005

For those who haven't seen it, Shatner does Seven(4mg zip file - contains RM format)
posted by zerokey at 6:58 AM on April 7, 2005

He did the entire ending with the characters played by Star Trek's Shatner, Rescue 911's William Shatner, and TJ Hooker's William Shatner, all in the costumes from the different tv shows. The delivery person was the green orion slave girl from the original Trek (whom he grabbed and smooched with the right music in the background) and in the box was the head of William Shatner singing "Tamborine Man".

There's is something that tickles me about Shatner screaming "What's in the *bleeping* box!"

I tried to find a video but my primitive google skills have failed me.
posted by beowulf573 at 7:06 AM on April 7, 2005

Ah, of course as soon as I post...

mpeg for those who don't do real.
posted by beowulf573 at 7:08 AM on April 7, 2005

That scene would have been more dramatic if Kevin Spacey had put the fetus in the box.

Seriously, dude. I'm supposed to be sad about Gwyneth's head in a box? Boo-frickin'-hoo.

However, seeing Brad Pitt played by a monkey is the Best. Thing. Ever.
posted by Katemonkey at 7:09 AM on April 7, 2005

There's is something that tickles me about Shatner screaming "What's in the *bleeping* box!"

It's a shame Spacey's character wasn't called Khan.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 7:14 AM on April 7, 2005

That was surprisingly lame.
posted by bshort at 7:17 AM on April 7, 2005

well done...
i've often wondered whether, if something like this actually happened, the pitt character would be tried for first-degree murder. i doubt he would be convicted of course, but still...
posted by jmccw at 7:19 AM on April 7, 2005

If that ain't "Justifiable Homicide" I don't know what is.
posted by Optamystic at 7:28 AM on April 7, 2005

You'd probably be looking at voluntary manslaughter.
posted by Cyrano at 7:36 AM on April 7, 2005

Sour Cream: I.....I think Mach5 was just quoting the movie. "What's in the box" was probably the film's most memorable line.
posted by dougunderscorenelso at 7:44 AM on April 7, 2005

sour cream,
I don't think this needs a spoiler warning, since the post's link says "final scene", which implies that it will show the ending.
posted by Sangermaine at 8:11 AM on April 7, 2005

I'm friends with the guy that made this.
I still don't think it's that funny.
posted by ruby.aftermath at 8:11 AM on April 7, 2005

We Americans and our love affair with sadistic serial killers. (swoons)
posted by inksyndicate at 8:17 AM on April 7, 2005

I really appreciate the links to the Shatner version, but I have to say, it wasn't really that cool... They needed to play it deadpan like the puppet version, I guess they didn't have enough time...

"They"... What am I talking about... It was all Shatner.
(and he doesn't turn around like the guerilla)

That blue puppet as Kevin Spacey is awesome!
posted by Chuckles at 8:22 AM on April 7, 2005

A defense to use would be sudden rage. With a sudden rage defense a jury even if it believed the state established the elements of murder beyond a reasonable doubt, it could not convict [if it is] established by a preponderance of the evidence that [the accused] acted under the influence of sudden passion or in sudden fit of rage.
posted by quam at 8:29 AM on April 7, 2005

Kevin is played by a Boobah.
posted by gdav at 8:29 AM on April 7, 2005

This just made me realize with complete clarity how utterly lame the ending of that movie is.
posted by 40 Watt at 8:33 AM on April 7, 2005

i disagree that the end of Seven is lame.

Someone gave my 2 year old a boobah for xmas. the thought of it sitting in the playroom as i sleep chills me to the very bone.
posted by glenwood at 8:39 AM on April 7, 2005

I hate boobahs. It figures they would all be murderers.
posted by Amanda B at 8:42 AM on April 7, 2005

Boobahs. Christ on a bike.
posted by craven_morhead at 8:51 AM on April 7, 2005

40 Watt, that's funny... this just made me realize with complete clarity how great the ending of this movie is. I found it just as intense and disturbing as the actual movie, with freakin' puppets.
posted by papercake at 9:28 AM on April 7, 2005

Ah, I love Se7en's ending. I remember seeing it in the theatre and just being blown away, even though I hated Pitt's reaction when he found out --- something about the faces he made, how he kept turning away, I don't know, it really bugged the hell out of me.

That being said, this puppet thing must have been a pain in the ass to make, and for that, my commendations. Now I want to watch the movie again.
posted by m0nm0n at 9:40 AM on April 7, 2005

It took me a few minutes to realize it was a boobah, but my two year old caught the screen out of the corner of her eye and said, "Blue Boobah!"

Friends of mine taped a version of Predator with Simpsons figurines. I've been after them to get it up on the web.
posted by frecklefaerie at 10:17 AM on April 7, 2005

This was pretty good. I was hoping they'd include the single frame of the wife. I like how even the most harmless looking stuffed animals can have a sense of menace with the right dialogue.
posted by Down10 at 10:50 AM on April 7, 2005

There's no ending of a movie I've hated more than the ending of Se7en. Gwyneth wasn't a star then, she was just another appealing actress playing the minor role of The Wife. I thought it was so horrible that a pretty woman had to end up with her head in a box just so the moviemakers would have an excuse to create all those clever killings that preceded it. Doesn't really have the same affect with puppets, and all I've remembered about that movie and its ending is the head in the box and how absolutely cruel and cynical I thought that was. I haven't watched that movie since it was first in the theatres, and I'll never watch it again.
posted by TimTypeZed at 10:58 AM on April 7, 2005

I liked this better than the bunnies. The bunnies are so 2004.
posted by JT at 11:11 AM on April 7, 2005

I'm with TimTypeZed. "Seven" is only a cool movie if "cool" means "disturbing." It's only worthwhile to the degree that one thinks that watching someone go through pain and seeing nice people dismembered is "thrilling."
posted by koeselitz at 11:20 AM on April 7, 2005

m0nm0n wrote: Ah, I love Se7en's ending. I remember seeing it in the theatre and just being blown away, even though I hated Pitt's reaction when he found out --- something about the faces he made, how he kept turning away, I don't know, it really bugged the hell out of me.

Well, he's not a very good actor.

TimTypeZed wrote: There's no ending of a movie I've hated more than the ending of Se7en. Gwyneth wasn't a star then, she was just another appealing actress playing the minor role of The Wife. I thought it was so horrible that a pretty woman had to end up with her head in a box just so the moviemakers would have an excuse to create all those clever killings that preceded it.

I agree, although I've since revised my opinion: I now find the ending heartwarming and wish that every Gwyneth Paltrow movie ended with her character's head in a box. It would have made Shallow Hal almost watchable. Almost.
posted by gigawhat? at 11:25 AM on April 7, 2005

"What's in the box?"

PAIN!
posted by Lord Chancellor at 11:44 AM on April 7, 2005

Amazingly, the gorilla did a better job than Brad Pitt in that scene.
posted by euphorb at 12:08 PM on April 7, 2005

Here comes Gwyneth’s head in a box
Gwyneth’s head in a box
Soupy Sales my friend
Here comes Gwyneth’s head

Here comes Gwyneth’s head in a box
Gwyneth’s head in a box
Skip Stevenson’s dead
Here comes Gwyneth’s head

All flesh is grass
Finish your paella
All flesh is grass
Finish your paella
All flesh is grass

Here comes Gwyneth’s head in a box
Gwyneth’s head in a box
Skip Stevenson’s dead
Here comes Gwyneth’s head

posted by matteo at 12:49 PM on April 7, 2005

Uhh...you people do realize that if the movie had ended differently, only 5 of the 7 deadly sins would have been accounted for, right? Personally, I thought the whole thing was done immaculately and any different ending would've ruined it. Apparently, the studio was really pushing for a different ending but Brad Pitt's contract specified that it stay how it was.
posted by nTeleKy at 2:06 PM on April 7, 2005

Stupid little boobahs sing stupid little boobah songs *grumble* *grumble*
posted by graventy at 2:34 PM on April 7, 2005

It's only worthwhile to the degree that one thinks that watching someone go through pain and seeing nice people dismembered is "thrilling."

Dear, those were actors.
posted by sonofsamiam at 2:38 PM on April 7, 2005

Oh man, the waving gorilla arms are killing me...

Lord Chancellor, tell me that's a Dune reference...
posted by unsweet at 2:39 PM on April 7, 2005

Yup yup.
posted by Lord Chancellor at 3:13 PM on April 7, 2005

More dogs with hats!
posted by andendau at 8:04 PM on April 7, 2005

It's only worthwhile to the degree that one thinks that watching someone go through pain and seeing nice people dismembered is "thrilling."

One of the things I admire about Seven is how little violence there actually is in the film. There is only one murder shown in the film, the shooting at the end.

All the other murders are just referred to, but they are described so vividly that people think they saw stuff like mutilated vaginas and people being dismembered, when it wasn't shown. The horror comes from the viewer's imagination.
posted by bobo123 at 8:47 PM on April 7, 2005

sonofsamiam: "Dear, those were actors."

Not for my money.
posted by koeselitz at 8:29 AM on April 8, 2005