Seven Pounds, Seven People, One Soul.

Posted by: dianne carreon on: March 4, 2009

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Rosario Dawson and Will Smith. Seven Pounds.

Candy, Sev and I were supposed to watch “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”. But since Sev has seen the movie already, we have to pick from the few remaining options. We’re not an avid tagalog movie fan, we decided on “Seven Pounds” starring Will Smith and Rosario Dawson.

I haven’t heard any ads or trailer from this movie (or maybe I’m not that updated recently). It’s like it came out of nowhere. I recall overhearing my production leader that it’s a good movie and that you’ll never guess what the movie is about just by its title. So, I got curious and convinced Sev and Candy that we’ll just watch this movie instead.

It’s a story of a man named Ben Thomas (Will Smith) who had lost his fiancée in a car accident, including six other strangers. He wants to atone for his mistake that he dedicated his life helping seven other people. Giving his lung lobe, liver, kidney, donated a bone marrow and his house.

He met Ezra Turner, who is a blind meat salesman and plays the piano. He provoked him and proved that he is a good person. Then Emily Posa. Her heart doesn’t pump enough blood to her brain. They spend too much time together and eventually, he fell in love with her. As her condition worsened, he needed to decide.

He then committed suicide. He filled his bathtub with ice and water to preserve his body and pulled unto it one poisonous jellyfish. He donated his eyes to Ezra and his heart to Emily.

We live in a Christian country where suicide is a highly forbidden act. But the movie makes me think that if you chose to take your own life for the benefit of others, is that a sin incapable of forgiveness?

Seven Pounds is a good movie indeed. It has this powerful effect on me that will be on my list of fave movies. I can’t understand why it hasn’t made the Oscar’s. Have they seen Will Smith’s performance? Or Rosario Dawson’s? C’mon! I got out of the movie theater with puffy eyes. Pffft! Oh well. I love the movie. I”m thinking of dragging Sev to watch the movie again…

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