Seven Pounds (2008)

Posted : 5 months ago at Jun 23 22:18

"In seven days, God created the world. And in seven seconds, I shattered mine." Every frame of director Gabriele Muccino's Seven Pounds feels manipulatively engineered for one purpose: tear-jerking. On an emotional level, one could decree that this motion picture is satisfying as it indeed contains powerful moments. Yet on an intellectual level, the film is disappointingly shallow as it shamelessly defies logic with ridiculous plot contrivances and unconvincing character behaviour. Seven Pounds is a strange little movie - it's part romance fable, part maudlin study in grief and part puzzle, and it visibly hopes to grab the attention of the Oscar committee. The film is intended to be somewhat depressing in order to move on an emotional level, but as a result of the deliberate pacing and ...Read more

Posted : 9 months ago at Feb 22 12:36

After following the hype for this movie, I was a little disappointed at the end product. I heard that they had a closed set and were carefully guarding the story line so that no one would let the cat out of the bag. Don't get me wrong the acting was very well done. Smith does another excellent job portraying his character. Dawson was also great in her role. I just felt for all the suspense they were trying to build up, it didn't live up to a very suspenseful movie. I kind of figured out what he was going to do in the movie in about the first ten minutes. Then I just had to wait around and figure out how he was going to put all the pieces together. To be honest, I thought the pacing of the movie was pretty slow. If you are a fan of Will Smith, you probably won't be disappoint...Read more

Rating : 5/10

Posted : 9 months, 3 weeks ago at Feb 1 0:28

I was waiting for something different. I don't know what exactly but different. And I liked it though during the movie I got a bit confused. I started putting the things together through the end and it's interesting somehow.

It gets really moving and beautiful though sad too.

Rating : 7/10