The Seven Pounds
'Seven Pounds' - one of the best movies I ever watched, to date. A beautifully crafted story with a soul, it takes you on an emotional ride. "God created the world in seven days, and I crashed mine in seven seconds", is an opening narrative. What follows is the story of a man who was the cause of a fatal crash - an accident that took seven lives, one of them was his fiancee. This tragic incident weighing heavily on him, he embarks on a journey of redemption - to better the lives of seven good people - by giving away his material possessions and donating his organs, including his heart (read 'life'). Like many others, I too pondered quiet a bit about the meaning behind the title. I had my own explanations, but looked up a bit to see what others thought too. Some equated it to be the weight of all his donated organs - a lung, part of his liver, a kidney, bone marrow, corneas and his heart; but, I don't think they weigh to 'seven pounds'. What I...