11-06-2014, 04:35 PM
Saw Lucy at the second run theater. I want my money back. I was willing to overlook the flawed premise that we only use about 10% of our brain because it's been a staple of sci-fi stories for awhile now. (We use 100% of our brain, but only 10% of the neurons are firing at any given moment. Know what happens when you get 100% firing? Ask an epileptic.) So, suspension of derision, check. But then the movie follows up a flawed premise with deridable moment after deridable moment, from "Why is she on the ceiling?" to saying she remembers the pain of her braces during a close-up on her face with teeth that have never been in braces to traveling back in time to pre-Columbian Algonquians (before Columbus sailed the ocean blue) on horseback. (Horses were first introduced to the Americas by the Spanish. In fact, one theory for the Americas never developing the wheel is because there were no beasts of burdens to tow large enough loads to warrant the wheel and axle.)
It was a well-shot, but incredibly stupid movie. 2/5 because Scarlett Johansson is an attractive woman.
It was a well-shot, but incredibly stupid movie. 2/5 because Scarlett Johansson is an attractive woman.
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