 | Jamie P. |
7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Ingmar Bergman is an excellent director. His movies are very visual and amazingly done well. Although this movie is not very suspenseful todays standards its still a great classic. I couldn't help but laugh at some of the dialog to this movie. The script was great. The ending was a little disappointing. It was still good but I guess i just expected a little more. Death was such a great character very clever. If you enjoy good classic movies that others have copied years later then this is one you want to check out. Was this review helpful? Yes
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 | Tony S. |
7 out of 10 people found this review helpful
I liked this movie. For its time, it was very bold and existential. There are great characters (like Von Sydow's outspoken squire) and some great lines. This is probably one of the first movies to really explore the concept of one becoming utterly disenchanted with the validity of "God".
If you're intelligent and open-minded, I think you'll like this movie. Was this review helpful? Yes
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| Andrea P. |
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
PAUL S.: PLEASE EDIT YOUR REVIEW TO REMOVE THE SPOILER AND NEVER AGAIN GIVE AWAY THE ENDING TO A FILM! "The Seventh Seal" is perhaps my favorite of all Bergman films. It has been called an exercise in existentialism, but I see it more as a paean to life, as the knight fights craftily to defeat the grim reaper, much as many of us eventually come to bargain with God. Aside from the obvious fact that the knight is a Crusader, the film contains elements of religiosity that are none too subtly interwoven. And although the outcome of Bergman's meditations on a supreme deity (e.g., does He or does He not exist?) may differ from most, this is what I believe lends the film its greatest interest. Put on your thinking cap and anticipate a lively discussion afterwards of what it all -- life, death, sacrifice -- means. "The Seventh Seal" is beautifully crafted and ranks highly with another of Bergman's signature pieces, "The Virgin Spring". Was this review helpful? Yes
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 | Larry G. |
2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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 | JACQUELYN F. |
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
recently i've been receiving dvd's that we're freezing please chk them also do you give credit for the ones you can't play and whom should one contact on this matter and you sent me 2xs fat albert 1dvd?/ please try better. thank you ms. j.f. Was this review helpful? Yes
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| David S. |
3 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Does death have a plan for us, is it fate, can we not escape it? This is done often in movies but this was the first real look at this issue in a blockbuster movie. How about playing a game of chess against death? In the time of the black plauge, when death is quite powerful so powerful that more and more people can see him and a few that have seen so much death like our ex-crusader knight they see him and can talk to him and play a game of chess against him. The knight shows great honor by saving others. Great show will watch it again and again, death is knocking so I should be ready. Was this review helpful? Yes
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| Glenn B. |
1 out of 6 people found this review helpful
...one must consort with death. Ehhh...very interesting concept, but I wasn't that impressed with the delivery. I realize that Bergman was just trying to exorcise his religious demons, and that some people can't watch this because its con-God or agnostic or something, but I try to flush out all of that to get a pure view of a movie from an unbiased standpoint. Here we have a knight returned from the Crusades to find his country ravaged by the plague. Death approaches him and says its his time. He knows, but challenges Death to a game of Chess to stay alive and to find answers to his self-proclaimed meaningless life. Personally, I think that this would do with a expertly crafted remake. The scenes between von Sydow and Bjornstrand are pretty good, but the rest of the movie lacked in the same respect. I didn't care for the characters, aside from Death and the Knight and maybe his Squire, and the atmosphere was occasionally campy. But, still worth it to see. Was this review helpful? Yes
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 | PAUL S. |
3 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Having heard and read many synopses of "The Seventh Seal", I decided to rent it. This is an existential look at death, and what it means to each of us. Bergmann starts us with a Knight as he returns from the Crusades. All he wants to do is go home to his wife. But from the beginning, Bergmann introduces Death who tells him that it is his turn. To stave off, he challenges Death to a chess match. As this prolongs his life, he relishes what it means to be alive while also having distane for the selfishness and ignorance that he comes accross on his journey home. He comes across a couple with a child (The Holy Family), and stalls Death during the final match so that they may live. Upon arriving home, Death takes him and his traveling cohorts. The Holy Family relishes the sacrifice as the ride off into the sunset. A rather peculiar film. Only watch if you like "avant guarde" cinema. Was this review helpful? Yes
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| Shane C. |
2 out of 19 people found this review helpful
I'd rather watch a Woody Allen movie instead. Over rated I'm sorry to say. He's supposed to be a genius. I will give his others a chance though.
Bottom Line: Rent Stardust Memories. Was this review helpful? Yes
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| Tim C. |
4 out of 36 people found this review helpful
This movie blows; actually it sucks...my cat's *ss. Don't waste your time. Was this review helpful? Yes
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