Bridget 17 pounds, Will Smith, Sort of Spoiler, Review
December 17th 2008 22:47
Now, please allow me to dissect the movie, without having anything too much of spoiler..
It's sure a far cry from his "welcome to miami days" but someone made the right decision to stick him into movies, because from that point on this man has been nothing but greatness. His movie 7 pounds, is already causing quite a stir in the online community as just as his last flick, I am legend, it has been made available prior to its scheduled release date. i think production needs to re-evaluate who's got their hands on Willy's screeners because their losing a good deal of money having a mole in there now...
7 Pounds-
amazing opening... leaves you in the dark, but thats what youre meant to feel, because thats what the main character [will smith] feels... ''in the dark'
the movie then proceeds to throw you into what can only be assumed is will's life leading up to this ..endall..
He's an prick, and a creep. the audience is not really made aware of what the main character's intentions are in the beginning or the movie, or the direction in which this flick is taking us for that matter, It's dark- and this is unexpected coming from writer [grant nieporte] whose also written "8 simple rules" and "Sabrina the teenage witch". well i can say its a step in the right direction on his part.. it's written in a way that makes you feel like you could bring yourself to hate will smith-- you want some explanations for what you're seeing as you can't warm up to this ''will'' you thought you knew until you get them...
Explantions.
that's what you want, and that's what you get.
just when you've painted him as the antagonist, his role starts to 180 on you. And naturally this leaves you feeling a bit frustrated, confused, and quite frankly, very pissed offf... but before you start up the homepage of rotten tomatoes and curse the producer/director/writer or PA-- take a breath, and realize you owe it-- at least to Will Smith.. to give it one last shot, and besides, who wants to become another typical american stereotype proving our general 0% capacity for patience... providing you are indeed american.
its an explanation that is starting to rear itself in the tiniest sliver of empathy on Mr. Thomas, the main character's part, when you come to the realization that he hasn't chosen his path.. it choose him. There are different classes of people in the world, and he just happens to fall within that Corporate America class, the IRS to be precise. For this, his is almost at once forgiven. For people typically in this class, you know they read numbers, and dollar signs, not emotions and faces. So you come to terms with this quarrel you originally had with this Mr. Thomas and you cut him some slack, because from what you know of the generalization for him and his "people" you forgive him-- it's not like he knows any better...
Once you can get past this, the blindfold starts to come off as well. Wait, when did this guys have emotions.. this CAN'T be the same man who has tearing apart the soul of a blind man back at the beginning of this movie?! Yes, it is. His dark sad eyes start to have more meaning than malice. He's more benign than we thought he was and at this point we can effectively come up with a good judgement of the movie, just once we're brought back to the beginning.
Putting it into a perspective, this man has more emotion and empathy than even he can handle, you start to notice that every shot you see involving him, he's busting at the seems. and that his intentions are good. There's that 180-- you started hating him and no you just hate yourself. This IRS man-- the very one you considered being irrate, rude, and soulsucking, just morphed into an angel of sorts, an ingrained, resourceful, sage is more like it.
When you get down to it. This movie is gritty and it really does follow the suit of the director's [gabriele muccino] style. Especially when you compare it to his earlier 2006 work of The Pursuit of Happiness. At least, it makes you that same kind of miserable. This misery is rooted in the realization that we live in a rough world, and some people's situations are really rough. Playing on the whole "you don't know what you've got til it's gone emotion" it's raw and upsetting but its tried and true and always seems to hit home. I presume Hollywood needs to put these common-themed movies out with their A-list cast to give themselves their own reality check, or maybe just that fat check that is sure to come from the opening weekend being a smash at the box office. No one can turn down reality. not even in the movies anymore.
The magic of the movies-- our salvation if you will, entirely lies in the hands and hopes of those few Fantasy genre's that we can get lost in, a novacaine for the harsh reality of the world's state.. So it's up to you whether you want to soak in the reality or lose 7 lbs.
If 7 lbs didn't quite satiate your cravings for Will Smith; there has been some buzz around talks of him for a PREQUEL to his hit I am Legend. prequel for the obvious reasons, he died, and he IS that movie, their stilling going to need him in it.
If I am Legend didn't exactly hit home with you the talks also involve possibly a SEQUEL to hancock... though don't set the bar too high on that one, we all know how sequels are...
Oh yeah, and Rosario did quite a bangup job herself, but that's to be expected :]
love her, EVERYTHING she is in she rocks-
that woman just oozes sex and passion
"Who am I? I'm your friendly, neighborhood tax collector." --Will Smith
It's sure a far cry from his "welcome to miami days" but someone made the right decision to stick him into movies, because from that point on this man has been nothing but greatness. His movie 7 pounds, is already causing quite a stir in the online community as just as his last flick, I am legend, it has been made available prior to its scheduled release date. i think production needs to re-evaluate who's got their hands on Willy's screeners because their losing a good deal of money having a mole in there now...
7 Pounds-
amazing opening... leaves you in the dark, but thats what youre meant to feel, because thats what the main character [will smith] feels... ''in the dark'
the movie then proceeds to throw you into what can only be assumed is will's life leading up to this ..endall..
He's an prick, and a creep. the audience is not really made aware of what the main character's intentions are in the beginning or the movie, or the direction in which this flick is taking us for that matter, It's dark- and this is unexpected coming from writer [grant nieporte] whose also written "8 simple rules" and "Sabrina the teenage witch". well i can say its a step in the right direction on his part.. it's written in a way that makes you feel like you could bring yourself to hate will smith-- you want some explanations for what you're seeing as you can't warm up to this ''will'' you thought you knew until you get them...
Explantions.
that's what you want, and that's what you get.
just when you've painted him as the antagonist, his role starts to 180 on you. And naturally this leaves you feeling a bit frustrated, confused, and quite frankly, very pissed offf... but before you start up the homepage of rotten tomatoes and curse the producer/director/writer or PA-- take a breath, and realize you owe it-- at least to Will Smith.. to give it one last shot, and besides, who wants to become another typical american stereotype proving our general 0% capacity for patience... providing you are indeed american.
its an explanation that is starting to rear itself in the tiniest sliver of empathy on Mr. Thomas, the main character's part, when you come to the realization that he hasn't chosen his path.. it choose him. There are different classes of people in the world, and he just happens to fall within that Corporate America class, the IRS to be precise. For this, his is almost at once forgiven. For people typically in this class, you know they read numbers, and dollar signs, not emotions and faces. So you come to terms with this quarrel you originally had with this Mr. Thomas and you cut him some slack, because from what you know of the generalization for him and his "people" you forgive him-- it's not like he knows any better...
Once you can get past this, the blindfold starts to come off as well. Wait, when did this guys have emotions.. this CAN'T be the same man who has tearing apart the soul of a blind man back at the beginning of this movie?! Yes, it is. His dark sad eyes start to have more meaning than malice. He's more benign than we thought he was and at this point we can effectively come up with a good judgement of the movie, just once we're brought back to the beginning.
Putting it into a perspective, this man has more emotion and empathy than even he can handle, you start to notice that every shot you see involving him, he's busting at the seems. and that his intentions are good. There's that 180-- you started hating him and no you just hate yourself. This IRS man-- the very one you considered being irrate, rude, and soulsucking, just morphed into an angel of sorts, an ingrained, resourceful, sage is more like it.
When you get down to it. This movie is gritty and it really does follow the suit of the director's [gabriele muccino] style. Especially when you compare it to his earlier 2006 work of The Pursuit of Happiness. At least, it makes you that same kind of miserable. This misery is rooted in the realization that we live in a rough world, and some people's situations are really rough. Playing on the whole "you don't know what you've got til it's gone emotion" it's raw and upsetting but its tried and true and always seems to hit home. I presume Hollywood needs to put these common-themed movies out with their A-list cast to give themselves their own reality check, or maybe just that fat check that is sure to come from the opening weekend being a smash at the box office. No one can turn down reality. not even in the movies anymore.
The magic of the movies-- our salvation if you will, entirely lies in the hands and hopes of those few Fantasy genre's that we can get lost in, a novacaine for the harsh reality of the world's state.. So it's up to you whether you want to soak in the reality or lose 7 lbs.
If 7 lbs didn't quite satiate your cravings for Will Smith; there has been some buzz around talks of him for a PREQUEL to his hit I am Legend. prequel for the obvious reasons, he died, and he IS that movie, their stilling going to need him in it.
If I am Legend didn't exactly hit home with you the talks also involve possibly a SEQUEL to hancock... though don't set the bar too high on that one, we all know how sequels are...
Oh yeah, and Rosario did quite a bangup job herself, but that's to be expected :]
love her, EVERYTHING she is in she rocks-
that woman just oozes sex and passion
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