Seven Pounds - Love it or Hate it, there seems to be no in between.

Is this the new film done by the same guy that "The Puruit of Happyness"? If so, then I'm looking forward to seeing it. And as far as Will Smith goes, "Happyness" changed my opinion of him to the positive.

Loved it!

Top Will Smith performance.

Put me into the hated it crowd. I think WS needs to get a new agent as his last string of movies have been pretty damn bad IMO. By the end of the movie I had no idea what the director wanted me to feel, sorry for the guy,happy for him? I just thought he was a jackass....some pretty big plot holes come into play as well that dont quite make sense. I mean the guy was loaded...couldnt he have done more then what he did...SPOLIER...staying alive? I have many more complaints of the movie but all in all...I hated it with a passion.

+1

What a POS! It seems that Smith likes to copy 2 other male actors that pucker their mouths...Bruce Willis and the newest James Bond. What grown man walks around with a stupid ass look on his face like that?

The only redeeming value of the movie was our film had black lines running through it at the very beginning, complained, as did the whole theater, got into the next showing (then found out it was a POS) and 2 free passes for another time.

Oh, and at AMC theaters, they've added "TEXTING" to their on screen message of not using your GD cell phone during the movie!!!

Another reason to stay at home.

While I agree with some of what you are saying, no matter how you put it, he could have done more then what he did had he not done what he did at the end. After I sat in the theater for two hours I realized I could have read everything I needed to know about the movie in a minute. It was a waste of time. And yes I still think doing what he did makes him a jackass AND not only that but a selffish jackass. There are so many things that would have to go right for what he did to even work its completety unrealistic. There are MANY more factors to what he did besides blood type. Anyways, I've said too much and I know I'm nitpicking parts of the movie but I just REALLY did not like it, and thats ok I'm not trying to argue or anything. I just really do like WS as an actor but I cannot agree with the movies he has done laltey at all, they are garbage imo. Hes trying to hard too prove himself instead of just doing what he wants imo. He doesnt seem like hes having fun anymore.

Well, he could always go back to doing crap like Wild, Wild West, Bad Boys & ID4. The times he seemed to be really having fun was with the MiB flicks and only the first one was worth watchin'. I think his good movies outweigh his bad, though he's far from being my favorite actor.

good for them..they are dumpy theaters! Luckily my Warren THX theater has the same exact rule! ((APPLAUSE!))

My girlfriend made me go see this yesterday and I quite liked it. Yeah, Smith looks like he's sucking on one of those super sour candys most of the movie. His I'm in pain look but I though he was quite good. I also pretty much knew what was going to happen the whole time but there were some interesting surprizes.
The best thing without a doubt was Rosario Dawson. Oooooh, she is sooo hot.

^^^ I too watched it mainly because RD was in it. I did like the movie and thought Smith did a good job. The movie had me guessing for a little bit but I then knew what was going to happen just not the specifics. The specifics were interesting. Something I'd have a hard time doing.

larry

Hate. Hate. Hate. Hate. Hate. Hate. Hate.

Hate.

Hate.

To those who liked it, would you feel the same if the story had been told in a normal, linear fashion without all the needless jumping around in time and withholding of important information? If not for that, what exactly about this story was interesting?

A rental..

B 4 U buy

It was a good rental. I liked the movie, as I took it just for what it was. I was entertained, but it's not a buyer.

Josh must be feeling REALLY cranky today.

It was `OK' at best..not worth renting again for another viewing though. Will's first so-so film in years!

I personally thought this movie was rather weak.... I enjoy good suspense like the next viewer but I felt robbed the entire time I was watching this movie. Non linear stories, when done right, make for some of the best films but for some reason this one just didn't do it for me. I feel the director was trying to piggyback the fan's emotions from TPOH (which was great, btw!) and fell flat on this one.

Will is cool by me but I just didnt feel this one.

I have no problems with non-linear storytelling in general. But in this case, it was abundantly clear that the film was using the jumbled chronology as a way to hide the fact that its underlying story was dull and pointless.

Oh yes, think about this for a second:

Thanks, Josh, you just ruined the whole movie for me now. Just kidding. Although I don't fit in Airboss's premise, now that I think of it. I didn't love the movie or hate it. I liked it, which is somewhere in the middle. If RD wasn't in it and I had some seen some opinions first, I may have had a different mind set going into the movie which can sometimes influence my opinion. What you said in the spoiler is a good point.

larry

Agreed with Larry, liked it, with all its faults. Both the main actors are pretty good, saving it from the trash dump.

Although the ending was fairly apparent early on, I still enjoyed the movie. A welcome change from shaky cams, car chases, and explosions.

Besides, surprise twists at the end of movies is getting to be cliche.

Gotta agree.
Has its faults, but enjoyed the departure from the usual fare.

Are you going to give it an Ultraviolet-style review at DVDTalk or elsewhere? (If so, I can't wait to read it!)

My review should be in the next issue (June) of Home Theater. I panned the movie, but it's difficult to get very vitriolic or creative in only 400 words.

There is a member here who can be extremely "creative" to be vitriolic in less then 10 words, let alone 400. Contact him. No it's not me!

Every time I do I get suspended...and very upset.
^There...that is 10 words.

If it isn't me, then you must be talking about Spyder...