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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 9:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ok perfect!!! THX! Dannysgirl, what are your thoughts on the plot?

Dannysgirl
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08-09-2007

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 5:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dannysgirl a private message Print Post    
Pamy--Does the 7 lbs stand for the 7 lives that were lost or the ograns donated? Also, how did he choose each recipient (I know how he chose Ezra)? I wish they would have kept the camera on the wall longer so you could read all the articles.

Way2prissy
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07-21-2002

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 10:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Way2prissy a private message Print Post    
I believe seven pounds also refers to the weight of the human heart. I was under the impression that he had someone with the donor program provide him with a list of possible matches for his organs. There was a note to that effect on the paperwork and then the words "you don't know me." Just my impression...

Dannysgirl
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08-09-2007

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dannysgirl a private message Print Post    
Way-thanks, I was thinking the heart also. I did see that note but forgot about it.

Westtexan
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07-16-2004

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Westtexan a private message Print Post    
The 7 lbs refers to a line from a Shakespearean play...something about a pound of flesh is owed if you have no money to pay for some grievous wrong. (I did extensive googling after the show to find out. The heart ways a few ounces only.) Anyway, I figure the 7 lbs refers to him trying to make up for the loss of the 7 people in the wreck by improving 7 other lives with his own sacrifices, most of which included "flesh". The exception being the battered woman getting his house.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 6:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
In "The Merchant of Venice" Shylock made a deal with Antonio that if he did not repay his debt, then he would demand a pound of flesh instead. I guess if the title refers to that they're saying he's giving a pound of flesh back (figuratively, as in a payment in kind) to seven people, hence the total of seven pounds.

Actually in the play, Antonio did not repay his debt but the court decided Skylock could only get a pound of flesh in payment if he didn't spill a drop of blood when getting it, which of course he couldn't do... so Shylock always remained unpaid.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 7:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I agree with Westtexan.

The reason he stole his bro's identity was so he could access IRS records and go thru them to find deserving people. He would then go 'interview' the people posing as the irs agent. The guy at the rest home would have gotten a part but he was deemed unworthy cuz he didnt bathe the woman.

Speaking of the woman, that didnt look like old age makeup, she looked 90 yrs old. I guess their are still 90 yr olds that can still act. My grandma's mind was going at 90 so it surprises me when I see functioning 90 yr olds

Crzndeb
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07-26-2004

Monday, April 06, 2009 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Crzndeb a private message Print Post    
I watched this over the weekend from Netflix...Even though I knew what he was looking for, I didn't know the specifics. I still cried like a baby at the end. What a great movie. I just love Will Smith.

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Monday, April 27, 2009 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Terolyn a private message Print Post    
Good movie

7 lbs of flesh
1) his brother - lung
2) Holly (the social worker)- liver,
3) Connie (mom w/2 kids) - House,
4) Nicholas (little boy with cancer)- bone marrow,
5) George (the hockey coach)- Kidney,
6) Ezra (the pianist)- eyes
7) Emily - his heart.

Seven people killed, seven people saved
Seven pounds.

Cwcoop
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04-19-2008

Monday, April 27, 2009 - 3:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cwcoop a private message Print Post    
I watched this alone when DH boycotted for whatever reason (he said he would rather watch "Sex in the City" with me - which he did, and he liked that movie). I begged him to watch 7 Lbs before I returned it. He waited until the last minute, but did indeed watch it. Afterward he told me he was so glad I pushed it - he is STILL talking about it. It really got to him. Yeah for me - I got an "I told you so" moment.
=)

Boberg
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10-04-2002

Saturday, May 16, 2009 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
Maybe I take things to seriously, but this movie made me really angry. Angry that I had wasted my time watching a movie where someone commits suicide, one of the most selfish acts anyone can commit.

I also worry about the effects it might have on a young impressionable mind.

Once I figured out what was happening (giving away organs) I thought well maybe he has a brain tumor or something he is dying from, I was very dissappointed to find out he planned to kill himself instead of finding away to deal with his mistake and pain.

Now, if you kill yourself by having a jelly fish sting you....it injects poison into you right? Would that poison be in your bloodstream then and infect any organ you have...thereby making your heart donation useless?

Usually I love Will Smith but very dissappointed he would make a movie like this.