Limitless

[skizzerflake]

So we saw this one tonight. There seemed to be a gender schism on the violence thing (The guys thought it wasn't over the top for a sorta-action movie), but the idea was interesting. A mysterious drug gets to an unmotivated slacker...it's like cocaine also that boosts your IQ by about 200 points, but like all powerful things, it comes with a cost and you won't know what the cost is until it's due. They guy becomes a Wall Street shark but runs into a rival in Robert DiNiro. I liked it and thought the designer drug theme could be in the near future and that if it does, things like this might happen. It's a middling film; there are worse ways to spend 2 hours.

 

[j_garcia]

I liked it. It was intelligent without being pedantic or aloof. It was a bit more violent than I expected, but wasn't exactly an action film. There are some holes in the plot, but I thought it was a pretty decent script. Worth a rent for sure.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I also enjoyed this movie.

Being a pharmacist, I think the odds of something like this happening is like humans living with aliens from outer space.

The funny thing about drugs is that a lot of their "discoveries" and "usage indications" occur by pure chance or luck.

For example, Viagra was initially meant to be used as an antihypertensive agent. We all know what kind of "adverse effect" came out of that.

But I enjoyed this movie a lot.

 

[skizzerflake]

I also enjoyed this movie.

Being a pharmacist, I think the odds of something like this happening is like humans living with aliens from outer space....

I watched this one again on BD and, while I agree with you on the likelihood of such a drug, I got the impression that it was some sort of metaphor (perhaps accidental) for all the talk about how smart Wall Street guys were, prior to The Crash. Their smartness seemed to leave them at some point (like running out of those little clear pills) and the other 99.9999% of us were left to clean up the mess in our plodding way. A metaphor like that made me like the movie in a shallow kind of way.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I've seen much worse - this flick is a fresh concept and done decently well. It's not going to get oscars, but surely worth a rent

 

[GranteedEV]

I thought this was a good movie. Nothing overly mind blowing but still engaging enough and thoughtful, and sometimes that's all we need.

For example, Viagra was initially meant to be used as an antihypertensive agent. We all know what kind of "adverse effect" came out of that.

Heh, speaking of which, I somehow ended up watching "Love and other drugs" a few months ago. i swear some chick flicks are like porno.

 

[sm31]

I liked the movie...

But I really enjoyed the premise. It made for great conversation after the movie was over. Even the "plot holes" made for good discussion.

One I liked (not sure if plot hole exactly) was a discussion of the physiological ramifications... Assuming we currently utilize 20% (or less) of our brain, and our brain consumes something like 20% of the O2 and calories we take in, I guess a 100% active brain would send one's appetite through the roof. "Hard" thinking with so much capacity could send a person above their aerobic threshold... like doing a 400 meter sprint!

Another interesting point to the movie that some may have missed... the effects of the drug were proportional to a person's baseline intelligence. The slacker/author protagonist was a lazy bum genius type with a seriously high IQ to begin with.