| Tango01 | 23 Jul 2014 11:31 a.m. PST |
…About the Film. "Luc Besson's Lucy is based on a lie. The general premise is that a young woman named Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) gets abducted by a gang in Taipei and forced to carry a bag of drugs in her abdomen. But when the bag bursts, the drug gives her access to the 90 percent of her brain that most of us never use, making her superhuman. The idea that we only use 10 percent of our brains, however, is a myth—a fact more than a few recent stories recently have taken pride in pointing out. The writer/director, in turn, would like to remind them it's fiction. "It's not true," Besson says. "The good thing with movies is that you mix up everything and then in the end it looks real."…"
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| John the OFM | 23 Jul 2014 11:36 a.m. PST |
It has Scarlett in it and you are demanding accuracy? |
| Tango01 | 23 Jul 2014 11:38 a.m. PST |
Ha!Ha!Ha!. Amicalement
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| boy wundyr x | 23 Jul 2014 11:48 a.m. PST |
I use 10.5% of my brain. Just sayin'. |
 Legion 4  | 23 Jul 2014 11:52 a.m. PST |
They call it "fiction" for a reason …  |
 Dentatus   | 23 Jul 2014 12:36 p.m. PST |
Wait!!! Movies aren't real? Well, sh--! |
 javelin98 | 23 Jul 2014 1:47 p.m. PST |
I'd be going to that movie to see Scarlett, not science… |
| Dynaman8789 | 23 Jul 2014 1:59 p.m. PST |
I would hate to meet someone who thought it was real. |
| boy wundyr x | 23 Jul 2014 2:35 p.m. PST |
Some days I also use 10% of someone else's brain… |
| Matsuru Sami Kaze | 23 Jul 2014 2:54 p.m. PST |
Wait a minute. Movies aren't real??? |
 FingerandToeGlenn | 24 Jul 2014 3:45 a.m. PST |
You can learn a lot from movies. I learned coyotes do not get concussions when hit on the head with an anvil, and that if you paint a really good looking tunnel on a cliff by a road, you can drive right through it. But . . . my wife wants to see it, so I get Scarlett for free. |
| Bob Runnicles | 24 Jul 2014 7:27 a.m. PST |
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| Legion 4 | 24 Jul 2014 8:26 a.m. PST |
If some of the guys I met at the gym used even close to 10% of their brain, I'd be surprised … or in some cases amazed …  |
| saltflats1929 | 24 Jul 2014 8:37 a.m. PST |
Hollywood writers only use 5%. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 24 Jul 2014 11:30 a.m. PST |
Who cares. Luc Besson femme fatale movies (La Femme Nikita, The Fifth Element, Colombiana) are pure male fantasy fluff anyway. |
| Tango01 | 24 Jul 2014 3:45 p.m. PST |
What to Expect From Lucy Based on Its Director's Other Films "For some reason, Luc Besson, the French director known for stylish ultraviolence in movies like La Femme Nikita and The Fifth Element, has spent the past few years directing biopics and family-friendly animated projects. Thankfully, he and his frequent collaborators have returned to form with Lucy, a film about a drug mule (Scarlett Johansson) turned trigger-happy superhuman—and thanks to the consistency of his output, we have some idea what to expect. So before you head to the theater, arm yourself with this leçon in Besson…" Full article here
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| Dynaman8789 | 24 Jul 2014 6:49 p.m. PST |
Ultraviolence? The Fifth element? I admit it is an action movie and has a good bit of gunplay, but Ultraviolence? I think not. (great flick too) |
| Legion 4 | 25 Jul 2014 8:46 a.m. PST |
I liked the Fifth Element as well … movies like that IMO are not Ultraviolent … movies like Hostel I & II, SAW, Jason, etc., etc. are … That being said I would not watch those flics … |
| Tango01 | 25 Jul 2014 12:57 p.m. PST |
Brainy, Badass Lucy Is an Amazing Ride That Ends Up Losing Speed "Eyes widened and ears perked up the second Lucy¡®s concept was revealed: A young woman gets turned into an ass-kicking heroine after a bag of drugs she was forced to carry explodes in her stomach, giving her access to 100 percent of her brain? It¡¯s directed by The Fifth Element¡¯s Luc Besson and stars Scarlett Johansson? Who wouldn¡¯t want to see that?! It sounds awesome. And it is. Its blend of kinetic energy and a what if? neuroscience premise are addictive. From the moment Lucy (Johansson) gets conned into becoming a drug mule, only to have the narcotics stitched into her body give her superhuman powers leading to her quest for revenge (this all happens in about the first 30 minutes), the movie is a total adrenaline rush. It feels like one long epic car chase¡ªeven then there¡¯s also an actual epic car chase. However, by the end Lucy can feel like a ride to nowhere. It¡¯s a lot of phenomenal ideas that are entertaining to watch, but ultimately fail to reach the conclusion they seem to be setting up. But let¡¯s take a step back. Lucy starts on the streets of Taipei, where Lucy, an American student abroad, is talking to some slimeball she¡¯s been clubbing with¡ªhe¡¯s trying to talk her into delivering a mysterious briefcase to a man in a hotel. (The scene is intercut with images of a cheetah hunting a gazelle, something you might interpret as a metaphor for the idea of women as prey in movies, but it actually means something else later.) After he cuffs the briefcase to her wrist, she has no choice. She is taken to a gangster boss named Mr. Jang (Min-sik Choi from 2003¡äs Oldboy). He makes her an offer she can¡¯t refuse, and she wakes up with a fresh surgical stitch across her abdomen and the contents of the case¡ªa hot new club drug CPH4¡ªsecreted inside her…"
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