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Michael A
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 Re: Seven Pounds getluv wrote: and Smith's character would have been institutionalised in real life. Haha had anyone known what he was doing before it was done. The only person that did was his best friend and he wasn't about to betray him. Also I don't think he intended to fall in love before sacrificing himself, it just happened. _________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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DP07
The Thirteenth Floor
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Re: Seven Pounds getluv wrote: Benjamin Milk wrote: getluv wrote: D
What an awful piece of trash. The critics are right, this is ridiculous. The sentimental aspect of the film does not work for me, simply because nearly every scene feels very manipulated to give a response. It's off-putting.
And not even Crash went this far with it's pretentiousness.
Also the ending, as emotional as everyone feels I thought it was probably one of the most selfish acts I've ever seen on film. I was annoyed, and made me even more unsympathetic to his character. I know the film didn't exactly show other people reacting to the whole "7 lives things" but why pass the guilt onto someone else. Why let someone fall in love with you, and then kill yourself the day after. Yes, I'm sure a rational person would be ok with that.
If you are person that relies on rationality, then you will fucking hate this. The only thing that stops me from giving this movie a full F, is the acting. Which I thought was really solid. He sacrificed himself for the woman he loved. that was the only way she could survive. Did you honestly miss that? the brother shouldnt have showed her all that stuff. She didn't need to know/understand why he did it. I think it added to the film all things being equal.
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DP07
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Re: Seven Pounds getluv wrote: and Smith's character would have been institutionalised in real life. heh, for impersonating and IRS agent? I disagree. But I certainly think the film had a different point.
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Christian
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Re: Seven Pounds For being a stalker.
_________________A hot man once wrote: Urgh, I have to throw out half my underwear because it's too tight.
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DP07
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Re: Seven Pounds Christian wrote: For being a stalker. Oh...yeah, in the movie he was thinking of giving him his organs which is probably why it didn't go poorly with the audience. I don't really judge movies though based on that sort of thing. Although yeah, thought about it and wasn't sure what to make of it. I'm not sure of exactly what the filmmakers thought of it.
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Vanilla Sky
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Re: Seven Pounds I actually Liked it
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Riggs
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Re: Seven Pounds Yeah, what a piece of crap. The accident and Rosario Dawson were amazing but that's about it. D+
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getluv
i break the rules, so i don't care
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Re: Seven Pounds DP07 wrote: getluv wrote: and Smith's character would have been institutionalised in real life. heh, for impersonating and IRS agent? I disagree. But I certainly think the film had a different point. oh please. the guy was weird.
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getluv
i break the rules, so i don't care
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Re: Seven Pounds Benjamin Milk wrote: getluv wrote: and Smith's character would have been institutionalised in real life. Haha had anyone known what he was doing before it was done. The only person that did was his best friend and he wasn't about to betray him. Also I don't think he intended to fall in love before sacrificing himself, it just happened. Very suddenly.
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DP07
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Re: Seven Pounds getluv wrote: DP07 wrote: getluv wrote: and Smith's character would have been institutionalised in real life. heh, for impersonating and IRS agent? I disagree. But I certainly think the film had a different point. oh please. the guy was weird. I disagree, he didn't seem so to me, but then it's Will Smith. But as Christian alluded to, the part with the blind man did make me feel uncomfortable. Oh, and love can happen quickly. 
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Algren
now we know
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Seven Pounds
This film is excruciatingly tedious and sickeningly virtuous. I hated it. I've no idea how this came from the same director of The Pursuit of Happyness. He totally devalues his audience here, and Will Smith's performance is stilted and unlikable.
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stuffp
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Re: Seven Pounds I watched this a long time ago only, but remember liking it. Not as strong a Pursuit of Happyness, but still good, and much better than Collateral Beauty.
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