Films/DVD Asylum

'Lucy'

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Another bad Luc Besson film. An interesting if somewhat tired idea. But an absolutely meaningless final act. I mean they just had no idea where to go with this.

A pity. I'm not a big fan of Scarjo but she did a fine job.

"We are all in God's hands... and God is a malign thug."

-Mark Twain

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RE: 'Lucy'..what it might have been (spoiler) - user510 11:06:01 03/22/15 (0)
I have this movie on Blu-ray. I like the main premise of it. The "what if" part. What if humans could make use of a higher percentage of their brain's capacity. What would that mean to humanity?

However the movie includes ridiculous amounts of action coming from impossibly contrived gangsters trying to traffic in a new drug that...coincidentally, and apparently accidentally, allows the occasional human to do actually that, make better use of their brain.

What if the screenplay did not include a non-stop series of extreme violence leading up to the climax. What if the movie had an entirely different pace?

At the end where Lucy ascends into that next plane of existence: that place where she can be anywhere and everywhere at once. Where she is in the television, the phone the computer the radio in your stereo. That runs parallel with some themes used in cyber-punk sci-fi novels (and movies) from the late 1980's and 1990's. You know, the Ghost in the Machine thing.

Anyway, I kind of liked the make-believe premise at center of this film. The 'what if' humans could learn how to use their brains to full capacity and what would that mean.

-Steve
Wife & I watched it yesterday. Both liked, but she more than I. - David S. 10:15:22 03/02/15 (0)
I LOVED the concept, and I'm a sucker for Morgan Freeman.

We both agreed there was a bit too much emphasis on the sinister drug gang perspective.
The scenes with both Lucys were cool but overall could have used more nudity. Nt - geoffkait 14:50:55 03/01/15 (0)
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