Comments on: Does Will Smith’s Seven Pounds Have A Subtle Veggie Agenda?

By: VEGIMITE

VEGIMITE — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:06:57 +0000

Will Smith and 7 pounds De-encrypted
This post is in answer to those for those pondering what the meaning of the word vegan is behind Will Smith in the movie 7 pounds. Ofcourse the best one can do is take an edjucated guess since there will probably never be a official release on the movies vast symbols. In analyzing this specific symbol lets gradually look at the scene from different aspects. We know that Will Smith is questing desperately to find out if giving his heart is the only chance of saving his lovers life. He asks the doctor what the percentage of his vegetrian/vegan lover has to live. The doctor says 3 -5 percent. The percentages are a direct parallel of vegans to vegetrians aka the symbology of the rare blood type needed that will smith wants to perserve. Here is A 2002 Time/CNN poll found that 4% of American adults consider themselves vegetarians, and 5% of vegetarians consider themselves vegans. You could reference this at wikipedia.

This a huge leap foward for Will Smith the person in taking a real step in putting himself out there to artists. This movie represents a smooth transition from his last character depicted in pursuit of happiness. It kind of takes over where the last one left off and asks “ok, well now you got the money are you going to do anything of substance or eternal with your life? Many questions are posed such as is the character acting out of guilt or sincerity or do the two exist in harmony?

By: Dj Laser Vegi-Lite

Dj Laser Vegi-Lite — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:01:45 +0000

The movie conveys an overall pro-vegetrian stand point. Will Smith plays a repressed soul who has not examined his sensitive side questing to be “a good man” as he states several times in the movie. The scene people are talking about finds Will Smith feeding his future lover’s dog meat much to her
dismay. She is vegeterian and raises her dog vegeterian as well. He makes a comment that is not well recieved about it “sucking to be the dog”.
Obviously this is not how one would show that they are respectful to some one elses way of life and it is not well recieved in the movie. He later mumbles
under his breathe,”maybe we should not feed him meat” in the next scene after the dog starts pulling to hard. This is an obvious implication that the meat is
making the dog agressive which his own realization apart from his future vegetrian lover’s own views. He
admires his future vegetrian lover so that he dedicates his own heart to her in a transplant surgery . The overlying message of the movie applaudes his heroic-altruistic behavior not his
insensitive /repressive appetite for chowing down on animal flesh. Overall the movie was written with good taste …very subtle and non offensive.

By: Mia

Mia — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:16:20 +0000

I think the connection to vegetarianism is that Smith’s character is looking for people who are ‘good people’. Though not everyone’s choice towards vegis is for ethical reasons, it is a common one. I, for one, love meat, I just don’t like eating animals for whom I feel a strong life connection, and have therefore become vegetarian. Add that to the eco reasons above, and you have just one more indicator to help him in his quest to find out the morals of these people that he wants to help.

By: VeggieNinjaChan

VeggieNinjaChan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:09:14 +0000

Dogs are naturally omnivorous, not carnivorous, so a vegetarian or vegan diet can be very beneficial to a dog, similar to the benefits of a vegan diet in human beings.

I loved this movie, and was pleased to see the exposure to the vegan and vegetarian lifestyles. Especially showing that a woman and dog with *heart problems* choose a veg diet, as a healthy lifestyle, and a preventative measure against heart disease.

Woody, who is vegan in real life, did fantastic as well. Everyone did great, awesome movie.

By: VEGdaily Asks: Is Your Cat Or Dog A Vegetarian? | VEGdaily

VEGdaily Asks: Is Your Cat Or Dog A Vegetarian? | VEGdaily — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:50:04 +0000

[...] In the movie Seven Pounds, Will Smith’s character is startled to encounter a woman raising her dog on a vegetarian diet. His reaction is probably pretty normal considering that cats and dogs are by their very nature carniverous. In today’s world, however, where an owner’s lifestyle can sometimes carry over to their own pets, having dogs or cats consume vegetarian chow is not necessarily a bad thing; especially when one considers the crap potentially lurking in processed pet food. [...]

By: SRF

SRF — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:48:32 +0000

but why is the whole vegettsrian vegan thing have to do with the movie? I seriously want to know. i just dont get it. it seems like there are so many signs in the movie but i just couldnt put it all together. is there some sort of hidden uniqueness about this movie toware you have to watch it again in order to put all of the pieces together? After i saw the movie i felt lke there was more that i just didn’t realize. i had something to do with vegetarian/vegan. What really made me think this was when he was sitting down in the hospital and written on the dry erase board behind him was the word VEGAN written in all caps.Please answer this because i was so confused. I got the point of the movie but i don’t know how the vegetarian/vegan factor ties in…

By: nina

nina — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:00:32 +0000

I saw the movie and I picked up on the vegetarian theme. I’ve been a vegetarian for over five years, and was pleased to see a movie that featured so many vegetarians! Did you notice that the vegetarians were the “good” people? And everyone loves dogs, so of course he would be veggie

By: brad

brad — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:42:18 +0000

broccoli and tofu? why do i suddenly have the urge to give my vegetarian dog a steak?
this is pathetic.

By: ed

ed — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:30:18 +0000

hey patrick not sure why you’re on this site but if you consider yourself “eco-conscious” and are STILL eating meat you might wanna so some research on the environmental consequences of raising 10 billion (in the usa alone) animals for food…more greenhouse gas emissions than cars worldwide (based on 2 recent studies including one by the United Nations), rivers and streams tainted by fecal runoff from farms, millions of acres of forests cleared to graze cattle, etc. Not to mention that diverting edible plant protein (16 lbs. of grain to produce 1 lb. of edible beef) away from starving humans to fatten up cattle is an inefficient use of limited arable land. Yes, it’s true, livestock in the USA eats better than millions of people across the world.

By: Patrick Britton

Patrick Britton — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:31:03 +0000

I love vegi’s but nothing but? I mean, they have their place, next to the steak with gravy on them.