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Title: Lucy
Post by: Barthheart on April 03, 2014, 11:17:07 AM
Trailer for ScarJo scifi film coming....

Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Steelgrave on April 03, 2014, 03:43:06 PM
Wow! That could be really good.
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: GDS_Starfury on April 03, 2014, 03:45:48 PM
shes got some 'splainin to do!
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Steelgrave on April 03, 2014, 03:47:50 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 03, 2014, 03:45:48 PM
shes got some 'splainin to do!

I would believe anything coming out of her mouth.....
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Silent Disapproval Robot on April 03, 2014, 04:20:04 PM
I was hoping it was going to be about early hominids. 
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Staggerwing on April 03, 2014, 05:18:50 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on April 03, 2014, 04:20:04 PM
I was hoping it was going to be about early hominids.

...in the sky with diamonds?
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: mirth on April 03, 2014, 05:27:14 PM
I'm so glad Luc Besson is remaking The Matrix.  ::)
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: mirth on April 03, 2014, 05:28:07 PM
Quote from: Steelgrave on April 03, 2014, 03:47:50 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 03, 2014, 03:45:48 PM
shes got some 'splainin to do!

I would believe anything coming out of her mouth.....

Funny, I was thinking more about what might go in...
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Huw the Poo on July 12, 2015, 09:14:05 AM
Did any of you actually watch this?  I just tried to watch it this morning but had to turn it off.  I know you have to suspend disbelief to varying degrees to enjoy films, but Lucy gets science so horribly wrong so many times that I was actually offended.  I couldn't finish it.
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: undercovergeek on July 12, 2015, 10:29:58 AM
Can one be wrong about hypothetical science fiction?
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Huw the Poo on July 12, 2015, 10:56:35 AM
Well, yes.  You can postulate hypotheses that contradict current knowledge.  They also get current science wrong, including that utterly contemptible "we only use 10% of our brains!" nonsense.  Perhaps if I'd watched more of it I'd have learned that souls weigh 21g too...
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: mirth on July 12, 2015, 11:00:00 AM
I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it.
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: undercovergeek on July 12, 2015, 12:05:11 PM
Too much thinking - films are for brain resting
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: mirth on July 12, 2015, 12:07:21 PM
Quote from: undercovergeek on July 12, 2015, 12:05:11 PM
Too much thinking - films are for brain resting

Very true. It's interesting how much stupidity I can accept from a movie before I start to hate it.
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Huw the Poo on July 12, 2015, 01:13:44 PM
Quote from: undercovergeek on July 12, 2015, 12:05:11 PM
Too much thinking - films are for brain resting

I agree with this to an extent, and I do try to suspend disbelief as much as I can (I'm a big fan of Star Trek for example), but Lucy was just too much.  It irritated the piss out of me.
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Barthheart on July 12, 2015, 06:54:42 PM
I watched it on video.... It's not great but it's fun... ish ... brain candy.
Sure the science is wrong in lots of places but it's got ScarJo kicking ass! How could it be so bad you can't watch that?!? :D
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Huw the Poo on July 13, 2015, 12:41:11 AM
Heh.  I'm not terribly impressed with her to be honest.  The only film I've particularly liked her in was Lost in Translation.
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Centurion40 on July 13, 2015, 10:31:42 AM
I thought that the first half of the film was excellent, but the 2nd half was less impressive.  I especially felt let-down by the ending.
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Barthheart on July 13, 2015, 10:32:51 AM
Oh yeah the ending sucked out loud. :P
Title: Re: Lucy
Post by: Arctic Blast on July 13, 2015, 01:18:36 PM
Quote from: Centurion40 on July 13, 2015, 10:31:42 AM
I thought that the first half of the film was excellent, but the 2nd half was less impressive.  I especially felt let-down by the ending.

Agreed, though that had more to do with the fact that she spent the 2nd half as an essentially omnipotent super-being. Kinda hard to make fights dramatic or interesting when  nobody presents anything resembling a threat to the protagonist.