During the Christmas break, I took some time off from my internet pillaging and went to the movie theater. I decided to see Seven Pounds by Will Smith since the man has been making some major inspiring movies that I'm liking at this moment.
Didn't you see Hancock? I did NOT expect that ending! Well done!
Well, anyway, I saw the movie and it was...eh...not cool, not tight, and non-refundable.
In this film, Will Smith (playing Ben Thomas) stretches his acting muscle to play a crazed psychopath/good Samaritan. During the movie, the audience knows that he's on some kind of mission to find the perfect and right people to receive his gifts and good favor. We also know that he has some skeletons in his closet that drives him to be the way that he is. It's so mysterious the way the movie is handled.
The ending is so off too.
Highlight the below sentence if you want a tiny spoiler.
Who would ever take their lives the way he did?
I don't want to give too much away because it does sort of play into the movie, but it's just weird. Smith seems to be releasing more movies with twist endings. Hancock was the first I noticed and this is the second.
I was indifferent to this film because it was bland and it makes you think too much. The length doesn't help, either (It clocked in at 2 hours). I could understand if it was long and entertaining but this was totally not the case. This is the kind of movie you would have to see more than twice to get the big picture. The creative way it was edited was nice, I admit (since I do film editing), but the story didn't attract me at all.
And I ask you this? What the hell was that song and dance Rosario Dawson's character did when she and Ben were on that date? I laughed so hard at that part! I really did! I credit Dawson for making this movie somewhat watchable with her being so easy on the eyes. I picked up Clerks 2 after seeing this flick because of that reason.
In conclusion, I expected something better coming from the same director who did The Pursuit of Happyness, Gabriele Muccino. It seems that Smith and Muccino are forming some type of Tim Burton/Johnny Depp partnership. I just hope this team can come up with a little better of a product the next time they collaborate.
Source: NY Daily News
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