Well other than the fact that this movie tells us taking enchantment drugs will get us further in the world, the movie Limitless is an interesting movie let our mind go. So lets break it down.
The Idea
Our main character has a crappy life, that is until someone presents a shiny little pill that makes it all better. So our character takes pill, gets more and on goes life. Everything is looking up until someone tries chasing him and on goes the movie. I wont give away the end but I think you get it.
The Perspective
My problem with this movie is, it seems like someone had a really good idea for a movie and had most of it down on paper, but not all of it. So to fill those empty spaces they filled it with stupid dialog.
In the movie this character Bradley Cooper plays always talks about only using the “drug” until he can sustain himself, but of course that is exactly what he doesn’t do. This drives me nuts, I know it wouldn’t make a good movie if he did, but come on. You darn well know the “drug” wont last forever so how can you plan the rest of your life thinking it will.
The Conclusion
I like the idea of the movie, because I like to let me imagination go and pretend that things like this are possible. So I don’t take movies very seriously, but this movie feels like it is seriously missing something, especially at the end. I don’t think this is a movie to go see in the theatre, nor buy when it comes out. Maybe rent it. I feel like this movie is like that old Ben Affleck movie Paycheck.
If you do go and see it, leave a comment and let me know what you think.
Carly Jean O says
completely agree, had the potential to be a great movie… but in the end I just felt dissapointed. I think they were building something up with Jack N.’s character but in the end the storyline went no where