Seven Pounds starring Will Smith was a fantastic movie. Very, very intense. It's about a man who blames himself for his wife's death and thus sets out to punish himself by giving of himself to others till he has nothing left to give. Very sad, but amazingly touching. Made me fall in love with Will Smith.
Awesome movie ... I've been a huge Will Smith fan since the days of Fresh Prince, but he has quickly become one of the most diverse and talented actors alive today. Loved him in fun films like Independence Day, Bad Boys 1 & 2, Men In Black 1 & 2, Wild Wild West, Hitch, I Am Legend, and Hancock, but my favorites are Seven Pounds, The Pursuit Of Happyness (correct mis-spelling), I, Robot, Ali, and one of my favorite action flicks: Enemy of the State, (with Gene Hackman). He now is a film and television producer, music producer, and is incredibly multi-talented, along with being one of the nicest family-oriented guys in Hollywood. I have always had a great respect for him, as he vowed early-on in his Rap career to not compromise his values, and make great Rap music without the foul language and violent themes that were so popular at the time ... yet still became a huge musical success. Awesome guy. I'm a big NetFlix guy as well.
I thought Seven Pounds was dumb and extremely predictable. And my only lasting memory of it was that I sat there and wondered if eyeball transplants were even possible... and if such a thing was possible, and you gave your eyeballs to a man who was blind since birth... wouldn't it take him several years to adjust to the world of sight? Regardless of that, the movie wasn't good. It was borderline horrible. You could tell Will was giving it his Oscar best, but the material was just garbage.
I do like Will Smith, but I think you could make the case that he hasn't made a legitimately good movie since Men in Black. I'd file Hancock, Hitch, Shark Tale, I Robot, Ali, Bad Boys 2, Men in Black 2, Wild Wild West and Bagger Vance under "Bad"... Mildly entertaining, but bad. I'd file Pursuit of Happyness under "mediocre". And I'd say "I Am Legend" is either "bad" or "mediocre" depending on which ending you go with. I saw it in the theater and the ending was unbelievably bad. The movie builds to a logical conclusion and for some reason they completely ignore it for the ending. I wasn't at all surprised that the DVD had an alternate ending that made more sense. Either way... it was mediocre at best.
He just needs better material. It's not his fault. Actually... maybe it is. Call it the "Curse of The Matrix". he should have played Neo when he had a chance.