Comments on: MEANING OF “SEVEN POUNDS” TITLE…

By: A. Nonymous

A. Nonymous — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:22:17 +0000

It said “Don’t touch the jellyfish!”

By: Bananaby

Bananaby — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:08:55 +0000

It said:
Do not touch the jellyfish….then i think something about how it would kill you with one sting
He was warning the ambulance staff so he didn’t take another life with him

By: note said

note said — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:43:13 +0000

i think the gift from the car was… a card for her he had printed on the repaired press. they may have cut a scene where he spotlessly cleaned the press and gave it a trial run, printing her something nice… card later to be seen pulled from the car

By: note said

note said — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:39:00 +0000

dont touch the jelly fish

By: Raquelle

Raquelle — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:20:27 +0000

Also did anyone notice the writing on the floor next to the bathtub before he killed himself? What did it say?

By: Raquelle

Raquelle — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:16:27 +0000

Movie was great i loved the theme of redemption. I noticed people mentioning 7 lives saved 8 lives taken….he saved 7 for the 7 he took and the 8th life taken was his own because he felt like his was the only one that should have been taken in the accident. Also as for the question of the toxins from the jellyfish ruining the human organs….i dont think it would have ruined the heart because a person can survive an attack with only scars and pain for a few days.

By: barbie-doll

barbie-doll — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:14:10 +0000

Great movie, I agree, I’m gonna rewatch it again and again that’s for sure. But no one has answered the jelly fish question, wouldn’t the vernom ruin the organs he wanted to donate?

By: chazrusso

chazrusso — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:43:13 +0000

Haha…..you sure you didn’t help write the movie Jon?! These associations, whether on purpose or not, are amazing. Will Smith was on a talk show over seas recently (I think in Spain–not sure) and he confirmed that the title, the whole theme was derived from The Merchant of Venice. But this stuff you shared is good stuff!! I personally love the idea of the vegan themes and the earth-moon theme……thanks for bringing these points up. I agree–I love things that really make you think. There’s not enough of it these days….

By: Jon R

Jon R — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:24:17 +0000

Great comments here. I found a couple symbols not mentioned;

7 pounds – Of course, a reference to merchant of venice as discussed, supported by Emilys favorite song mentioning shakespere… but like all good symbolic titles, there are multiple meanings
-When someone dies, it has been shown that they immidiately loose 7 lbs.. some say its the weight of the soul, so the title 7 lbs was about the weight of tims soul, which is all that survived after he gave everything else.
-Human skin weighs 7 lbs too, so its like saying he gave others the ’skin off his own back’
-may be some significance to 7 lbs being the weight of a newborn ‘innocent’ baby
-possible significance of 7 deadly ‘unforgivable’ sins, just a he couldn’t forgive himself
-a telephone number! to send a txt message, you have to ‘pound’ seven digits, or seven #- pound sign. the whole movie is about what happened after seven #’s were dialed.

Also, no one he mentioned the vegitarian, vegan theme. I think tim liked people who didn’t want other creatures to die so that they might live, but didn’t mind feeding others meat. Emily was a vegan, but fed her nerse eggs – ezra was a vegan, but sold others meat – even tim fed the jellyfish a fish. the point is sacrificing yourself for others, but not allowing others to sacrifice for you.

Another theme I picked up on was earth-moon. tim spent his whole career wanting to send people to the moon, but he died trying to keep a few of them on earth.

Just to chime in on a couple other comments, I don’t think the old lady was being molested, just purposefully neglected. Tim said he needed to treat people with dignity.
I also think that a really significant point in the movie was when he fixed her old press. She had given it up for dead, and he brought it back to life… just like herself
Also, I first thought his gift was going to be a record, but then remember he told her to stay right there, in the press room, which makes me think it was some cards he wanted her to make for him… mabey their wedding invites, or maybe the letters he was going to use to send to everyone he was helping, who knows.

the symbolism of her job being ‘joining two hearts’ is neat. I also forgot that she mentioned great danes only live 7 years; another recurrence of the # 7. Also, I was just throwing around the significance of the banana peel… these are supposed to make you slip, like he slipped in the car, but then they helped the plants grow… ok, mabey a little to far fetched.

Such a good movie – I love it when they make you think.

By: Barry

Barry — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:23:15 +0000

I think Tim was contemplating staying alive to be with Emily but after talking to the Doctor and hearing that Emily’s chance of finding a donor match were 3% to 5%… he was heartbroken (no pun intended) but determined to carry on with his original plan.