Every movie we see #84: The thrilling pseudo-science of Lucy
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Luc Besson’s Lucy takes off from the old canard that humans use only ten percent of their brain capacity. Some people would be lucky to have ten percent of a brain. It is silly, exciting and stylish (We’ll overlook the stock nature footage that is used to punctuate the obvious), and it works because Scarlett Johansson gives it her total commitment, and because we like to see girls beat the crap out of armed goons (though we wish there had been more beating). This is the year of the Scarlett.
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August 15th, 2014 at 13:24
This is clearly a prequel to Dune: she overdoses on spice and turns into the first mentat.
Alternatively, the closest we’ll get to a Jean Grey origin story.
August 15th, 2014 at 13:51
Ejia: The dolphin is mentioned as having greater access to its brain than humans; maybe it’s a sequel to The Big Blue.
August 15th, 2014 at 15:09
Yey! I’ve been waiting for your Lucy post. I was hoping this movie would be successful enough to get Marvel to do a Black Widow movie.
August 15th, 2014 at 17:20
“Scarlett Johansson gives it her total commitment” > Agree. I felt her terror as if I’m the one experiencing it.
And I read a comment somewhere that this movie might be a prequel to HER :D