Seven Pounds and Home Room
January 11, 2009 – 2:11 pmTwo quite distinct movies. I’ll start with Home Room, which I don’t have a picture for. Independent film with limited theatrical release in 2002. Anyway I watched it, obviously. It’s about the aftermath of a school shooting, and an exploration of the effects on two very different individuals. Interesting study. It doesn’t give a particular reason for the shooting. All in all, a pretty good movie, although I wish it had less bad words - the reason it was rated R. 7/10
Seven Pounds has the distinction of being the first movie I watched in a proper movie theater in USA. It’s hard to explain what it’s all about, because the only way for it to be enjoyable is to have no idea what is going on. Of course, it depends on the viewer. Some would probably figure it all out in the first few minutes and lose interest for the rest of the movie. Some probably have no idea. Me? I was somewhere between the two.
So the movie starring Will Smith, is about this guy who helps people. The backstory slowly unravels throughout the movie until the final moments, which if you haven’t figured out what was going on by then, you’re either very dense or not paying attention at all. Some parts in the movie are lacking - I didn’t like the romance thing at all. But Will Smith did a good job as usual, and if the first scene of the movie were deleted, perhaps it’d be harder to guess the entire plotline and thus bring a more enjoyable viewing. 7.5/10