faronyoung23
I saw this movie earlier this evening and I was empressed. The movie mixes in some science with action and the two big stars, Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman, are great. Analeigh Tipton's brief part was a scene stealer all the way. A great movie to watch on a Monday night.
nightroses
This is the worst science fiction movie I've ever seen. I've seen better B movies than this. It relied only on CGI. The acting was terrible, and when Lucy became "super woman" she also became creepy, with staring blank eyed and no expression. Most of the film was special effects, or too much of the gangsters, car chasing and shooting. When Lucy became that Super Woman she was callous, for speeding a car through a busy public city and causing car crashes everywhere. Reminding one of the "nobody" scientists about his deceased child was very sad and pointless. Lucy travelling in time was perhaps the only excitement but then she turned into a massive oily blob at the end, disappeared, and said "I'm everywhere". The whole film was just crap. So according to whoever made this one, gaining too much info makes people bigger jerks that never smile.
cinemajesty
Movie Review: "Lucy" (2014)This surprisingly entertaining action-thriller, gone in 80 Minutes, directed by Luc Besson starring Scarlett Johansson, as not-stop-powering heroine with an edge of "The Woman Who Knows Too Much", gathering fighting skills like a schoolgirl in a candy store, when the leading actress nevertheless rules this short-lived, no-hurt motion picture that just entertains on high-scale combat confrontations fronts, when nemesis carácter portrayed by Min-Sik Choi; known for performing as the original South-Korean "Old Boy" (2003), as original writer Luc Besson is able to push box office attendance to his greatest success of his career. Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC
Myriam Nys
Violent and unpleasant movie built around two truly stupid ideas : a) the idea that normal humans use but a tiny part of their brain and b) the idea that one can become really, really, really intelligent by taking designer drugs. In fact, taking designer drugs won't simply make you smart : you will be able to levitate, fly, build revolutionary computers, travel through time and space, read minds, render yourself invisible ! It's very reminiscent of the old joke about the little boy asking for tampons as a birthday gift, because with tampons you can do everything you would like to do - go swimming, play tennis, climb mountains, and so on.A small question : have you ever heard of "endocrine disruptors", chemical substances disrupting the hormone system of both animals and humans ? Such disruptors are, or can be, present in all kind of household products and plastics, such as cosmetics, food containers (think meals to be heated or reheated in the microwave), baby toys, packaging, and so on. Studies have linked the presence of such endocrine disruptors to serious threats to human health, including a diminished intelligence in descendants. Even if only part of these fears turn out to be true, then we're facing a health crisis of stupendous scope and gravity, for which thousands and thousands of innocents will be paying the price. And while we're at it : a general lowering of the IQ is precisely the thing that causes the collapse of a civilization. As a result we're talking about an existential threat.Now here's the strange thing : if you go to a major studio and say something like : "I dream of making a big budget blockbuster, with stunning stars, about the link between environmental pollution and human health and about the danger to our children's intelligence" there is every chance of being laughed out of the office. In fact, there is every chance of you being escorted from the premises by security guards. And yet there is money and interest to be found for random nonsense such as "Lucy". Upon reflexion, perhaps this DOES prove that homo sapiens only uses part of his brain...
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