Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Seven Pounds

This film is presented in a very non linear fashion which makes the audience ask themselves or the person next to them, "Why is he doing that?" Occasionally there would be brief flash backs that make the audience try to figure out why he is doing what he is doing, but in the end the answer to all the questions is weak. The film makes it apparent, even in the beginning, that this man had a past and something happened which has led him to his current position. The problem is that his past just reveals a more content man. No alcohol problems, drugs, or jail just a smart wealthy man and his wife, nothing creating depth within the character. To me that was the biggest miss not the weak ending.

1 comment:

Jigsaw said...

Yeah I didn't think much of it either.too boring!

See what I thought of Seven Pounds!