Live Life Abandonedly

Solon 2022-04-23 07:01:21

A very strange title, it takes people to think about it and makes it impossible to make sense of it.

It was a chaotic time and space, and the people who appeared on the stage had almost no connection, which made me feel like a cloud in the first hour. Of course, if you watch the second half patiently, you will begin to understand why.

An unintentional loss--seven lives--unquenchable guilt--a long-planned plan--choice, investigation--an unexpected love--seven generous donations.

After the film was released, Will Smith revealed that the title "Seven Pounds" was actually inspired by a famous allusion in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" - the 1 pound of human flesh Shylock asked Antonio to pay back. "Pound of flesh" was later handed down as an idiom like so many phrases in Shakespeare's literature, meaning "a cruel way of paying a debt that is insisted upon."

In the film, Ben Thomas In the unique way he chose, he lived his life abandonedly, gradually donating his lungs, liver, bone marrow, kidneys, seaside villa, heart and corneas to carry out a redemption for himself.

It's a tender film, so why bother with the flaws in details and the old-fashioned plot? ! The cold winter and the bleak prospects, all we need is a little warmth, which can make us have the courage to go on and face the bleak life.

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Seven Pounds quotes

  • Ezra Turner: [Last lines] You must be Emily. It's so nice to meet you.

  • Ben Thomas: The first time I ever saw a box jellyfish, I was twelve. Our father took us to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I never forgot what he said... That it was the most deadly creature on earth. To me it was just the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.