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Osman

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Seven Pounds. Decent, but felt emotionally manipulative and depressively sappy for the heck of it. Enjoy some of the scenes, but in overall feels like a phony melodrama done solely for Oscar season, and little else.

The Lookout, in a way, its similar to Seven Pounds in theme in both having big accidents affected the lives of the main characters hugely, altering their lives in a depressing way. But this ones character study felt quite more real, how severely he changed, it hit it home for sure. The fact its about a bank job feels secondary, even if thats how the movie is advertised, its mainly a character study.

Watched it simply because Joseph Gordon-Levitt is becoming a more and more interesting actor for me. Maturing and promising in his own way.
 

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i decided not to waste my time watching seven pounds thx to other members here who advised me not to. the more a preview is hyped and critics acclaim a film the less interested i become. i find that the best films are the ones that you hear about from regular ppl like your peers and friends.
 
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Shyne said:
Heat (1995), with Pacino and De Niro. It has a high IMDB rating, but I thought it was average.

I didn't find it suspenseful at all. There was nothing clever about any of their heists and the sub-plots were boring and pointless. Pacino overacted again as well.
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Yes, but the diner scene where De Niro and Pacino are at the same table? You could feel the entire weight of the universe revolving around them both. :D

Osman said:
Seven Pounds.
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Is that like a bigger budget, anti-metric-system remake of 21 Grams? :faq1:
 
Lilith

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Immortelle
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Osman said:
Seven Pounds. Decent, but felt emotionally manipulative and depressively sappy for the heck of it. Enjoy some of the scenes, but in overall feels like a phony melodrama done solely for Oscar season, and little else.

The Lookout, in a way, its similar to Seven Pounds in theme in both having big accidents affected the lives of the main characters hugely, altering their lives in a depressing way. But this ones character study felt quite more real, how severely he changed, it hit it home for sure. The fact its about a bank job feels secondary, even if thats how the movie is advertised, its mainly a character study.

Watched it simply because Joseph Gordon-Levitt is becoming a more and more interesting actor for me. Maturing and promising in his own way.
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Honestly I expected better when I started watching the movie but it just didn't have that extra thing to make it a good movie. I didn't hate it but it was not a movie that I enjoyed either.
 
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