Lucy: A Controversial Movie

Yesterday, I went to the cinema with some friends. We chose the movie 'Lucy', made (directed? produced? written?) by Luc Besson. I've I had read some reviews before going to the cinema; about half of people them didn't like it at all, and the other half loved it, talking about and called it a masterpiece. So I wanted to make my own thought judgements (about this movie).

Without spoiling anything more than the trailer does, Lucy is about a girl who's is kidnapped by the mafia, and became becomes a drug dealer's mule for a new and powerful drug. Somehow, Lucy (interpreted portrayed by Scarlett Johansson) took takes a bunch too much of the drug, which and this has weird effects on her. Her brain potential increases a lot and she became becomes really powerful, and acquiring (some) super-human capabilities such as telekinesis, telepathy, etc.

I totally can can totally understand who why (some) people didn't like this movie. It relies on the theory saying that every human being uses only 10% of his or her brain capability capacity. and Lucy can break this gap is able to surpass this with the use of drugs, showing us what we could all do all should be capable of. So it brings science in the movie, trying to be intellectual. And that's the problem The problem is that this theory is wrong, and a lot of the things shown in the movie are impossible and unrealistic. People didn't like it. This is why some people didn't like it.

Honestly, I don't care if the theory is wrong (Darth Vador didn't doesn't exist either right?) I'll admit, at the end of the movie I was disturbed due to the ending which was weird weird ending, that's true, but overall I liked the movie. The rythm was great, there's was a lot of action, a bit of emotion, and Scarlett Johansson was at 100% of what she can do (not wrong, but a good English phrase to use here would be: "at the top of her game"). It's not the best movie I've ever seen but I had a good time watching it.

In English, when we summarize a book or a movie, we speak in the present tense rather than the past tense. So most of my corrections during your recap were regarding this. For example "Lucy is kidnapped" not "Lucy was kidnapped". 

Also to answer your above question: "film" and "movie" have the same meaning! :)

Lucy, a controversial movie

Yesterday, I went to the cinema with some friends. We chose the movie 'Lucy', made by Luc Besson. I had read some reviews before going to the cinema : about half of people didn't like it at all, the other half loved it, saying it was a masterpiece. So I wanted to give my own thoughts about this movie.

Without spoiling anything more than the trailer does, Lucy is about a girl who's kidnapped by the mafia, and becomes a drug dealer's mule for a new and powerful drug. Somehow, Lucy (interpreted by Scarlett Johansson) takes some of the drug, which has weird effects on her. Her brain potential increases a lot and she becomes really powerful and acquires some capabilities like telekinesis, telepathy, etc.

I totally can understand why people didn't like this movie. It relies on a theory saying that every human being uses only 10% of his brain capability, and Lucy can break this gap with the drug, showing what we could all do. So it brings science in the movie, trying to be intellectual. And that's the problem, this theory is wrong, and a lot of things shown in the movie are impossible, unreal. People didn't like it.

Honestly, I don't care the theory is wrong (Darth Vador didn't exist either right?) At the end of the movie, I was disturbed due to the ending which was weird, that's true, but I liked the movie. The pace was great, there's a lot of action, a bit of emotion, and Scarlett Johansson was at 100% of what she can do. It's not the best movie I've ever seen but I had a good time watching it.