Seven Pounds (Muccino, 2008) - new Will Smith film
12-21-08, 02:03 PM
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12-22-08, 12:45 PM
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I was thinking the same thing, he appeared to be on the "verge" some time back. After 61 I thought he would really go places.
As far as this movie goes... within minutes you can basically figure out where it is going. They should not have tried to market it has a mystery/drama hybrid.
I would give this 2 stars out of 4, it had some moments but... overall it was pretty poor.
As far as this movie goes... within minutes you can basically figure out where it is going. They should not have tried to market it has a mystery/drama hybrid.
I would give this 2 stars out of 4, it had some moments but... overall it was pretty poor.
12-27-08, 02:28 PM
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Rosario Dawson is not a thing. She's a human being. That's perverted. Masculine nature doesn't justify this. To be a man, not just biologically but in character, one must protect women and uphold their beauty and potential... even women in media.
12-27-08, 02:45 PM
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Not a strong movie in the least. You have to be quite a pushover to fall for the artificial nature of this dreary, unfocused mess.
12-27-08, 03:11 PM
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This post has to be a joke, but regardless of whether it is or not, it's not "perverted" to want to see a person naked. Especially is she's a smokin' hot thang.
12-27-08, 09:13 PM
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12-27-08, 11:47 PM
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I just saw it and thought it was good. Kinda slow but a decent way to spend a couple of hours. Probably not worth a movie ticket but its rental quality. Not a movie you would want to take a girl to, as its kind of sad. Overall its a good story about a guy who has a guilty conscience and wants to make up for a huge mistake.
12-29-08, 11:39 AM
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Ok, this was film 2 in a 3 film marathon on the day after Christmas.
First, this had to be the most sterile, soulless and emotionally draining film about redemption that I've ever seen. Wil Smith's character just drained me of all emotional response. I guess it did not help that I knew the ending after about 5-10 minutes of the runtime.
I agree with those saying it was overly manipulative. But it had to be as it sucked all the real emotion out of the room. I hated the relationship between the Smith and Dawson characters. Not a believable moment there. And I can't say I know what the filmmakers want us to feel about the main character in the end. Other than to try to wring tears out of the emotional crowd through the unnecessary coda to the film.
Overall, I rank this easily the worst film I have seen this month. At best this is a dry, borderline melancholy C+. At its worst, it is a D or D-. To sum it up, of the seven hours spent watching films that day, this film was the only time I felt I wasted that day.
First, this had to be the most sterile, soulless and emotionally draining film about redemption that I've ever seen. Wil Smith's character just drained me of all emotional response. I guess it did not help that I knew the ending after about 5-10 minutes of the runtime.
I agree with those saying it was overly manipulative. But it had to be as it sucked all the real emotion out of the room. I hated the relationship between the Smith and Dawson characters. Not a believable moment there. And I can't say I know what the filmmakers want us to feel about the main character in the end. Other than to try to wring tears out of the emotional crowd through the unnecessary coda to the film.
Overall, I rank this easily the worst film I have seen this month. At best this is a dry, borderline melancholy C+. At its worst, it is a D or D-. To sum it up, of the seven hours spent watching films that day, this film was the only time I felt I wasted that day.
12-30-08, 02:46 AM
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I can't believe all the divisive opinions. I was expecting a lot of mehs, C's, etc. But not people in both extremes.
Well, I liked it. I just can't see how it's manipulative. But I can see how people can misunderstand it. Rosario Dawson looks good even when she's dying. I really liked Will Smith's acting.
For me it's 3/5* but not in my Top 10 of the year.
Well, I liked it. I just can't see how it's manipulative. But I can see how people can misunderstand it. Rosario Dawson looks good even when she's dying. I really liked Will Smith's acting.
For me it's 3/5* but not in my Top 10 of the year.
12-30-08, 03:54 AM
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12-30-08, 08:32 AM
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Like I already said, but you failed to realize, or you're just mad at me because I called you soulless, which says more about you than it does me, I figured out the plot pretty quickly. But that really is losing the point of the movie. The movie's success had little to do with keeping the "secret." And like I already said, this is a feeling movie mostly, not a thinking, intellectual, and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm sorry you didn't figure that out. There are proper ways to watching films.
People get the movie. It was a bad movie.