Have
you seen "Lucy"? It's a sci-fi movie that came out in 2014 and it stars
Scarlett Johansson as Lucy. Here's the rub: it got a
66% rating
at Rotten Tomatoes. (Note that on the same page it says it got a 6.1
out of 10 rating, which doesn't translate to 66%. I'm just saying. RT is
not a meeting place for smart people.) The rating isn't that bad, but I
read a bunch of reviews when it came out and those people
hated
it. Well, they were wrong. It's totally fabulous. In fact, it's one of
my favorite movies. I watched it three times in the last month.
It's the story of a woman who is forced to be a drug carrier, and I do mean
forced.
Five people are kidnapped, including Lucy, and a plastic baggie filled
with a strange drug is inserted in their stomachs. They are then forced
on planes to Paris, Rome, etc. to be met by drug couriers on the other
end.
The drug isn't your typical dealer's favorite
high. It's a wildly powerful substance that babies use to form their
brains in the womb. But it's available only in tiny quantities. However,
an enterprising criminal learned how to synthesize a relatively large
quantity -- and that is what was placed into the victims' stomachs.
Okay, that sets the scene.
Lucy, unfortunately (or
fortunately, depending on how you look at it) was in the custody of
monstrous, women-hating thugs as she awaited transport on the plane. One
of them tried to rape her and ended up kicking her in her stomach --
and perforating the bag. It's at this point that the movie really
begins.
The drug has the effect of opening up the mind.
The movie is built on the myth that says humans only utilize 10% of
their brain-power. This is totally false but hey, it's only a movie. So
as the drug courses through Lucy's system, she begins to evolve, quickly
and madly.
The movie veers into fights, with Lucy able
to lift people into the air with the power of her mind. She can do lots
of other tricks, too. And all the while, her brain advances. At the
climax of the movie, she reaches the point where she is utilizing 100%
of her brain.
That's all I'll reveal, but I have to say
I found the entire movie, and especially the conclusion, to be wildly
wonderful and entertaining. The only reason some viewers gave it a low
rating, I suspect, is that Lucy doesn't continue to fight people and
blow things up for the entire movie. At a certain point, it becomes much
more intellectual -- and that's the point at which you lose American
viewers. Fight scenes and car chases? Love it. But intellectual stuff?
Americans say "get me outa here!"
It's a fabulous
movie. If you've seen it, chime in. As for me, I plan to watch it a few
more times. You see, what Lucy discovers is in keeping with what I
believe to be the true nature of reality. I won't say another word.
