Thursday, July 23, 2009
1MR: Seven Pounds
Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien
Synopsis: Haunted by a secret, Ben Thomas looks for redemption by radically transforming the lives of seven people he doesn't know. Once his plan is set, nothing will be able to stop him. At least that's what he thinks. But Ben hadn't planned on falling in love with one of these people and she's the one who will end up transforming him. imdb
Review: I really wasn't expecting too much going into this. Will Smith seems to trade off the types of films he does. One film will be the somewhat boring drama The Pursuit of Happyness and then the next will be the action packed I Am Legend. This is another drama/"thinking" movie by the same people as Happyness. On top of that, this film pretty much got all the bad reviews it could handle and then some.
That said, I did enjoy the movie quite a bit. The first hour or so moved very slowly, and often times it was a bit aggravating how the story was intentionally being held back to later be revealed in "Aha!" fashion. Once past the first hour, however, the story came together very well and the performances by both Will Smith and especially Rosario Dawson were very good. Warning: this movie is a bit of a downer, haha.
Rating: Rent
Synopsis: Haunted by a secret, Ben Thomas looks for redemption by radically transforming the lives of seven people he doesn't know. Once his plan is set, nothing will be able to stop him. At least that's what he thinks. But Ben hadn't planned on falling in love with one of these people and she's the one who will end up transforming him. imdb
Review: I really wasn't expecting too much going into this. Will Smith seems to trade off the types of films he does. One film will be the somewhat boring drama The Pursuit of Happyness and then the next will be the action packed I Am Legend. This is another drama/"thinking" movie by the same people as Happyness. On top of that, this film pretty much got all the bad reviews it could handle and then some.
That said, I did enjoy the movie quite a bit. The first hour or so moved very slowly, and often times it was a bit aggravating how the story was intentionally being held back to later be revealed in "Aha!" fashion. Once past the first hour, however, the story came together very well and the performances by both Will Smith and especially Rosario Dawson were very good. Warning: this movie is a bit of a downer, haha.
Rating: Rent
