Comments on: Seven Pounds Movie Review

By: warren

warren — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:36:20 +0000

for now.

remember kevin “who?” costner ?

By: Susanne Rippey

Susanne Rippey — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:08:32 +0000

Very well said, Ray!

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:31:13 +0000

Thanks for writing, and engaging so deeply with the themes fo the movie.

Personally, I thought the movie treated the suicide pretty ambivalently – neither fully endorsing or condemning. As a viewer, I was hoping he would find a way out, but knew that the story probably wasn’t going to go that way. A christian would say that no one is excluded from the gift of God’s grace, that no one has done anything that can’t be forgiven by God, but Will Smith’s character deftly portrayed someone haunted by his failure to live up to his own standard, someone who felt outside the possibility of forgiveness.

If nothing else, I am glad that the experience of sharing this movie with you daughter. I’m glad for her sake that she can hear from someone she loves and trusts about an important issue that the movie leads up to but doesn’t directly address – the possibility of life after death. I can’t think of a better reason to take your kids to the movies.

By: Susanne Rippey

Susanne Rippey — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:38:40 +0000

I watched this movie last night with my 16-year-old daughter. It was a very entertaining and thoughtful movie – as long as you did not have a Christian worldview. I was very sad after watching it. Will Smith’s character plays a very sad yet noble man. My daughter cried during the movie. I did not. I could have because it was very tender and well done, yet because of my worldview centered in the Fathers will for His people, I could not cry.
After the movie, my daughter became very angry with me because I told her why I did not cry. First of all, as many other people have written – suicide is simply wrong. It is a coward’s way out and I am appalled that Hollywood would make it seem noble.
But the other reason I was sad is that there was no mention what-so-ever about life after death. How can we talk about death without God? When in our society have we gone to such a low? At least in the past, even though we have excluded God from our lives, most movies and real people think/talk about Him when dying. This movie did not even hint at it. And what a great opportunity it had in the redemption story – to redeem souls, not just temporary bodies! These bodies are nothing but a shell! Oh, that my daughter and others could see that!
And of course, although Will Smith’s character is trying so hard to redeem himself of the pain he has caused so many, there is a very good chance that he will have to suffer pain for eternity because of his life lived without Christ. What a shame.
Thank you for listening to my thoughts. God bless you!

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:03:56 +0000

It wasn’t suppposed to be funny, you seem narrow-minded to think that an actor should have to keep with one type of acting style. Will Smith has proven time and time again that he can play both. As far of finding his funny bone again? I found Hancock to be more funny of a film than serious although it was somewhat mixed. The last 8 films before this one he starred in grossed over $200 million so I think it’s pretty safe to say he can do whatever the hell he wants.

By: warren

warren — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:08:02 +0000

slow. plodding. tedious. not funny at all. the funniest thing in the whole movie was the vegetarian great dane. i know will smith wants to be a “serious” actor but come on. he’s becoming unrelentingly grim. it’s time for him to break it up a little and find his funny bone again. i’d give the best actor award in this dog to the dog.

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:21:06 +0000

I hope the review makes it seem like its worth watching – I think it was! The ending is one where you will have to decide for yourself it is a happy one or not – you could take it a couple of different ways.

By: Caravel

Caravel — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:55:13 +0000

I’ve only seen the trailer for this one – last night in fact at the cinema. It interested me, but I’ll still want to find out more before I go to see it. I like happy endings! Sorry if that makes me a saddo.