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I think John Doe choose Mills because he was able to get under his skin so easy posing as a photographer . He figured he will be able to push him to violence with killing his wife and unborn child . You're right though he had his chance to stop him prior . As a detective Mills pretty much sucks IMO . He should have been a regular patrolman . Somerset was the real Detective of the pair .
1. The film gets better with age. I bought a Remastered Bluray about 10 years ago; it looks fantastic.
2. That staircase scene kills me every time. Mills' reaction, the fact that he yells out his name...I shake my head each time that scene comes up.
3. The
'95 me (probably) would not have killed him. Especially having gone through the investigation with Somerset, knowing what his grand plan was. That's easier to say than to live through. However the
'22 me, older, wiser, and much more aware of how unfair the courts can be, would have likely done what Mills did.
That being said, I do have a question adjacent to the one asked in this thread, if Andrew Kevin Walker and David Fincher were to re-team (
they're currently wrapping up The Killer) for a
30 years later sequel: would it work?
I love how the movie ends, and I love how we don't know what happens to these characters. But...I still wonder, what if?
