7 pounds (spoilers)

7 pounds sucked. I'm sorry, but 1) it was hard as heck to follow, 2) it was -not- a Will Smith kind of movie, and 3) I didn't like the message.

What a silly story line,sounds like a very sick joke rather than a philosophical quandary.

I don't know Xris, but tales like this belong probably more in books than in movies. In movies one can hardly escape the gore, as a book this could be a weird fable with surrealistic and psycho-analytic aspects. Besides I hope the credits mention the source of all bizarre transplant stories: The Hands of Orlack. From the Wikipedia:

"A concert pianist, Paul Orlac, loses his hands in a railway accident. Replacement hands are transplanted onto him in an experimental procedure, but the hands are those of a recently-executed murderer. From now on the pianist is tortured by panic attacks and irrational fears. He believes that with the hands of the murderer he has also gained the murderer's predisposition to killing. Strange signs and bizarre threatening letters reinforce these fears. When his father is killed, with whom he was on bad terms, the pianist is suspected of the murder. He only finds peace by clearing up the plot."

And of course there is Frankenstone (wh?t hump?), but since the Mel Brooks movie it has become difficult to take that story seriously. I think that's a.b.normal, no? ;-)

Will Smith showed some acting chops in this one. His effort had me caring about the outcome. Rosario Dawson or however you spell her name, she is pretty slow placed but has a very pretty voice and energy to listen too. It was over all just ok because of the flow from scene to scene felt scattered.

Final Rating: 7/10

In all honesty I was trying to use this movie to explore the concept of a truly altruistic act, which I only think exists if the individual dies because of there acts. I wrote the post kind of late and didn't get my point across. I feel that Will Smith's character acted completely altruistic because his action of giving his heart didn't give him any self satisfaction or ease his internal guilt but only resulted in him paying the ultimate price. Without the guarantee of some other worldly rewards then he truly sacrificed his own self interest for that of someone else and in such he displayed true altruism.

So under certain circumstances committing suicide is a commendable exercise.Well sorry but i cant condone it for any reason.If you give your life for another under certain circumstances, say in saving someone from a fire, its not the inevitability of the act,your dying, that it is commendable.Why not put an add in the papers for suicidal maniacs to give details of their blood group etc and ask them for donations ?Its bizarre that we are even debating this sick act.

If it wasn't a Will Smith kind of movie, wouldn't that be a good thing. There are really not that many good movies that he appeared in. I have been meaning to watch this for a while. Maybe I will watch it tomorrow when I have nothing better to do, and I will post my thoughts afterwards.