Lucy (2014)
I need a “Sara’s watching garbage” jingle. This is the first post on this converted blog with one of the truly, truly garbage entries! What utter garbage this movie was. I know you have to set aside some judgement on the science side of things, because this is a movie about one of ~those~ super drugs and in this case, Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) is unwillingly used as a drug mule for said super drug until it ruptures in her guts and allows her to unlock - you guessed it - 100% of her brain . Yeah. It’s Limitless , but a little more self aware. And when I say "a little", I mean it. They know we want to see Scarlett Johansson beating people up and manipulating the physical world, but they don't trust us enough to want to watch it done with any semblance of realism. So at this point I've set aside what little I know about the science of drugs and neurology, but even ignoring all of that body bullshit, it's impossible to ignore the reality imposed on you within ...