Over Christmas vacation I only saw one movie in theaters, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Only yesterday did I sit down to watch another December drama, Seven Pounds, starring Will Smith. Not much can be said of the film without giving away what the cover calls "one secret." While the ending is fairly predictable from the midway point of the movie, intrigue runs high throughout the first half. Not a film to be forgotten after the credits, but one to be discussed with fellow viewers.
The title of the film, "Seven Pounds," references "pounds of flesh," a phrase from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. "Pounds of flesh" denotes "a debt harshly insisted upon" (originally referencing Antonio's debt to Shylock).
Sunday, May 31, 2009
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