Guest Blogger: Katie 1

I will be talking about the movie seven pounds. It is about a character named Tim Thomas and when was reading a text message while driving and he kills seven people which include six random people and his fiancée Sarah. Now Tim is off to save the lives of seven good people. He is on the search for people to donate to. He finds this girl named Holly. He donated his liver to her. He asked Holly before she died if she knew anyone that was in need of help. Tim changed his name to Ben. Ben reached out to Connie but she kept denying his help and then later she contacted him. She moved out from her house with her children away from her abusive husband. He keeps reaching out to people trying to find people to help out. He changes his name to his brothers and tries to get things through the IRS. Will Smith is the main character in this movie. He is such a great actor and he plays the role of Ben very well. Also Rosario Dawson did an awesome job of playing Emily in the movie. The traits of all the characters in the movie are motivated. Ben is so motivated to help others because of bad things that happened in his life. Something bad has happened to his fiancée and he decided to try to turn it into something good. I believe a theme in this book is when life brings death, death brings life. This represents when a life is taken away, you don’t just grieve and morn about it. You take that life and what they brought to this world and celebrate and learn from it. The ratings on this movie are very mixed with if people like it or not. It is serious and thrilling so some people don’t like that. I would say it is worth your time if you like those kinds of movies. Otherwise I wouldn’t bother going to see it.