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Limitless
shmokes:
No . . . that's not the story the movie told. This guy didn't miss things. That's the whole point of the drug. He explicitly says so in the final scene of the movie, when he makes it clear to DeNiro that he'll always be two steps ahead of him. It's problematic to have a superhuman intelligence constantly doing things that the human observer in the audience is way too smart to do. You see that. That is what kept distracting me and pulling me out of my suspension of disbelief while I watched.
And don't get me started on all the other asinine things in the movie, like his ultra secure apartment that had like a hollow tin door that could be brute-forced open in about a minute with no special tools, or the safe in his apartment that could be opened with an ax, like a super-intelligent person with a finite supply of pills who starts taking two per day for the incremental increase in smartness, like getting his fix by taking a sip of someone's blood who had taken a pill--not drinking all the guy's blood or even 4-5 quarts (which still would only be a fraction of a dose since much or the pill would be metabolized already), but just a sip . . . And there's the nonsensical murder subplot that was never resolved.
The whole thing was just way too sloppy, and written by someone not nearly smart enough to pull off a character that smart.
ark_ader:
I liked it. I do not need realism in a fictional story.
Vigo:
I enjoyed it....I guess I don't require complete believably in a film like this. Sure, the conflict was sporadic, and there were a number of plot holes, but It told a good story with an interesting concept in the process. I guess since I just randomly watched the movie with zero anticipation or expectation, I don't really feel the need to nerd rage at it. The movie felt low budget and not concerned with making the story deserving of an academy award or anything. I'm not saying complaints don't have merit. I just don't think it's a big deal that a movie like this be flawless.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: Vigo on June 01, 2012, 07:42:09 pm ---I guess I don't require complete believably in a film like this.
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Nor I. I had no problem with the plot holes or incredible aspects of Inception, or even the giant holes in The Matrix. I thought both of those were great. I could go on and on with a list of films. This movie just didn't manage it, IMO. It wasn't just little things that didn't add up upon reflection. It was the core of the movie. The movie was pretty much about exactly one thing: showing how smart this guy had become. But nonstop he was doing not just less-than-brilliant things, but WTF???? things--things that nobody in the audience would be stupid enough to do. Well . . .maybe Ark, but that hardly counts.
ark_ader:
--- Quote ---But nonstop he was doing not just less-than-brilliant things, but WTF?Huh things--things that nobody in the audience would be stupid enough to do. Well . . .maybe Ark, but that hardly counts.
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