What I knew going in:
Will Smith in a mystery about seven people.
Hype:
Meh-. I like Smith's action movies, and even some of the others like Hitch were passable.
Opening Thoughts:
I tend to like movies based on a twist so long as the twist isn't too easy to see coming. To be honest, I figured since this was supposed to be a Oscar Contender I should at least see it so that I could talk with other people about it.
Bottom Line:
Congratulations on adding a new Film to the Suicide Trifecta of Dead Poets Society, What Dreams May Come, and Requiem for a Dream. This film is depressing in so many ways, the least of which was the twist. Ugh. I despise films that are blatant attempts at emotional manipulation. In addition, the message that the only way to make up for a horrible mistake is to commit suicide and use your organs to save the lives of others made my moral center want to put on some steel toes and take a trip on over to the writer's junk drawer. A chick flick of the highest order, keep your Y chromosome safe and leave this piece of trash for the co-dependant women who will gush that its the best movie since Beaches.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814314/
Friday, January 2, 2009
Seven Pounds (Review)
Posted by Matt Cowee at 7:22 PM
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Dude, seriously, you spoiled the fucker for me. I can't see this movie now because I know the punchline. Although, from the trailers I figured he had insurance policies that were out of the 2 year suicide exclusion and that he made these people beneficiaries and then whacked himself. But I just thought that I'd bitch that you stole my punchline ending......
Trust me - The only movies I will spoil the endings to will be the ones you won't want to waste two hours of your life on.
--Q
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