Rule No, 38: you shall not confuse the characters good deeds with a good movie. I.e., a good character does not a good movie make.
Though Will Smith plays one of the most profoundly moving characters ever seen in movies, one that might be willing to endure it all in order to do the ultimate good deed, in this case, his good deed reveals itself way to late, by which time, I'd say, a big percentage of the movie-goers have gone to sleep. SORRY. That's that. I rate this movie with a Watch It or a Stay, just because it really is touching, and, in the end (of course if you manage to get to it) it'll leave you a beautiful message. Also, Will Smith was great in Happyness and Ali, but here, mmh, I don't know, he just seems emotionless.
I started speculating about what the title 7 Pounds stood for, and though you'll be able to draw your own conclusions here are some of my initial theories:
a) The amount a Londoner is overcharged to watch this movie.
b) The weight of the footage that should have been cut out, but wasn't.
c) The amount of popcorn you'll be able to go through before figuring out what's going on.
d) The weight at birth of your imaginary baby with Rosario Dawson.
At one time it is confusing enough that you don't know weather their will be a lot of sub-plots going on (like in se7en, where you see 7 crimes based on the deadly sins)
By all means avoid yourselves some Holiday harsh times and just wait for this movie to come out in video... then, and only then, figure out if a nice game of chess wouldn't suit you better. (If you can stand around and wait for FEMA, these are about the only two activities that would cover the time).
So remember, if you don't expect much, you'll come out with much more than you hoped for, but beware, this doesn't look like a potential Golden Globe, but I would gladly honor it with the Lead Balloon, non-the-less, I do admit the message is worth it but... text messaging is also an efficient way of communicating. Cheers and a Happy New Year!
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