Nah, Spacey's character was an egomaniacal self-righteous psychopath.
Unless you like the idea of suicide by cop after murdering his wife as an identifiable trait that is.
His actual actions, i.e. killing all those people is wrong, to say the least.
However, it's his philosophy and worldview that Detective Somerset, and other people such as the OP and myself, can understand and identify with.
And I'm only in my thirties!
If the OP says his growing sympathy for Doe is a sign of middle age, then what am
I going to be like when *I* reach middle age?!
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BourbonKing (5788)
4 years ago
Then I'm misinterpreting the OP.
When I saw this for the first time I understood his motivation after Somerset finally cracks his code so in essence YES we can see where he's coming from but I don't see it as a sane perspective. His actions don't change human nature as much as they terrorize the general populace. It's akin to an Islamic terrorist who thinks murdering non-Muslim civilians in the most dramatic ways is going to change The West's perspective of Islam in general. In fact, their brand of terrorism makes life Hell for Muslims who don't support terrorism or any idea of forced conversion to their faith.
Middle-Age has nothing to do with understanding a character's motivation, but the way I read the OP is that he somehow gained an kinship-like appreciation for it.
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Burk48917 (11528)
3 years ago
I'm in my mid 40s, and the harsh reality of the world has justifiably beaten me into a cynic.
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