Movie:
If you like to be bored and depressed, Seven Pounds is the perfect movie for you. Will Smith and director, Gabrielle Muccino (Pursuit of Happyness) have teamed up again for another drama. While Pursuit of Happyness was uplifting, Seven Pounds is too egotistical for its own good.
We learn in the beginning of the movie that Ben Thomas (Will Smith) is going to commit suicide. Flashback to the days leading to the suicide and we find out that Ben Thomas is a miserable, creepy guy. He stalks the people he wants to help and invades their privacy. There’s no redeeming quality for the character and that’s why the movie fails. You know that Thomas is so miserable because he squints everytime he talks.
The viewers are suppose to wonder why Thomas is going to commit suicide. But it’s so predictable that I wanted to see the death scene 20 minutes into the movie. The only good part of the movie was the flashback scenes when Thomas wife was still alive, he’s very likeable. Besides that, everything else is bad: characters are one dimensional, color palette is dull and a lot of sick people crying.
Grade: D
Video/Audio:
The video is good. It’s not the best video on Blu but has sharp details and no artifacts can be seen. Audio is presented in Dolby True HD and it gets the job done. Since this is a drama, most of the audio comes from the front speakers. Center speaker is well balanced and the dialogue is clear.
Video: B
Audio: B
Extras:
Extras are mostly fluff and consists of promotional material. Besides the director commentary, the special features range from 3 -5 minutes. The commentary is actually pretty good and far more entertaining than the actual movie.
Grade: C+
Conclusion:
Even though the blu-ray presentation is good, I still can’t reccomend this movie, not even Will Smith fans. The movie is depressing and worst of all, it’s boring and uninspired.
Overall Grade: C-
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