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Nicsnort  • 5 days ago  




Fascinating how much hate this movie is getting as you said about the 10% thing, when it is partially accurate. Yes, we use all regions of our brain but all of those regions are not used consciously and that's where the 10% comes from, the conscious parts of our brain that we use. This 10% changes and sure it's not always 10% that's just a generalization.
As for the rest of the movie...since when have action movie plot had to make sense? Sure it didn't have the best writing but honestly the Matrix didn't, neither did Die Hard, and don't get me started on The Expendables. Why? Because it's a freakin' action movie you see it for the action and the cool effects.
 
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Bryan Clyne > Nicsnort  • 4 days ago  




They should at least be somewhat realistic, if that is what they are going for. A person with 100% of their brain being used should be really smart, not a freaking demi-god.
 
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Icono > Nicsnort  • 5 days ago  




10% is a strange generalization for 100%. That's like saying I'm 7 1/4 inches tall is a generalization of being around 6 foot. It's not a speech about what part generates consciousness, the claustrum, or anything else. It's just wrong. It's not like you use only 10% of your heart, or 10% of your bones at any given time, why would you assume it's true of your brain? Think about it. Your heart could beat faster. You could run for miles everyday to use your heart more. But would that mean you're using it less than 100% at any given time?
 
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Jonnystheboss > Nicsnort  • 4 days ago  




It's partially accurate in so far as we all have a functional brain.
The case for it being an action movie is hardly there. It was action-lite. Scenes such as the car chase and the final shootout made no sense considering how hard the movie is trying to sell the concept of this all-powerful character. They seem horribly contrived.
When I see a basic action movie I don't need incredibly compelling reasons for these sorts of scenes. But when you dedicate your movie to trying to sell weighty concepts and then have scenes occur that don't seem realistic by the expectations you've just been trying to set, that ruins things. It would be like if I went to see "master of face punching," and our hero Face Puncher decided that instead of punching a group of antagonists on his way from A to B he wanted to to do 5 minutes of parkour while on a strict timetable.
 
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manderzwicky  • 5 days ago  




I look forward to Christopher Nolan's upcoming film, "Interstellar." I'm pretty sure the science in this science-fiction film will be very compelling...!
 
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Jonnystheboss  • 5 days ago  




You certainly can't criticize people for enjoying something. But it astound me that anyone could enjoy this film that was such a total mess.
It fails to deliver on action. The character motivations are completely absurd. The contrived romantic moment was laughable. The interactions between characters were a complete joke. It in no way engages the audience through decent performances or well sculpted characters. By the end of the movie it's hard to see how anyone actually cared what happened to any one character.
Even if you buy into the fantasy that the movie tries to create, it's illogical by it's own rules. You ask yourself, "why is she doing this?" The answer is, "because they thought it would look cool."
Had this movie focused on character development, or maybe just gone for a balls-out action movie, it would of been a passable waste of time. But as it stands it tried to take a little from columns A-Z and failed miserably as a whole.
I'm not even going to touch the whole scientific aspect. If he wants to go with "control of the cell" rather than a reasonable cognitive mastery as his first step, sure. That whole transformation into an old Keanu performance sure worked out, right?
 
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paul  > Jonnystheboss  • 3 days ago  




I enjoyed your post well enuf. Thanks. And that is about what i am expecting from this movie, except that I can watch Scarlet Johansson do almost anything and still enjoy it rather.
 
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Steve H > Jonnystheboss  • 4 days ago  




And we have a movie critic, another lifeless soul.
 
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Jonnystheboss > Steve H  • 4 days ago  




We have a troll. Please remain relevant. If you'd address the actual topic, that'd be great.
 
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Steve H > Jonnystheboss  • 4 days ago  




It is relevant, if I wanted a movie critic I'd look in the newspaper. This moron like you don't seem to realize it's a movie, fiction or possible reality that just hasn't been proven yet. Don't like my comment don't read it, you're the troll, so go back under your bridge.
 
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Jonnystheboss > Steve H  • 4 days ago  




You understand logic and fallacy, I presume. You selected a link to read an article. Comments following the article are, not surprisingly, pertaining to said article. Addressing the subject matter. You consciously made the decision to read said comments.
The article is actually a critique of the movie. Thus making the author a critic, by definition.
What you meant to say, is you don't want to hear anything negative or possibly contrary to your own opinion.
I know this may come as a shock, but I do in fact realize that it is a movie. Just as a dog is a dog. But you don't purchase a chihuahua to protect your home. This is why people take time to discuss and understand the merits of such decisions. Here we have the chihuahua of action movies. If this analogy is a stretch for you, I apologize.
 
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Suzanna  • 3 days ago  




The "using only 10% of our brain" theory is ridiculous.
 
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Jonnystheboss > Suzanna  • 3 days ago  




I believe it's causing confusion. It's portrayed as "access to 10% of our brain," more often than not.
 
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Mike Hugh-jass  • 4 days ago  




You need to be very good at suspending disbelief with this movie, what that said, I still liked it.
The Brain storyline: Increased activity requires more oxygen, nutrients, and it generates heat. So for me, props for that one brief scene where she's scarfing down calories. I would have liked to seen her sweat buckets, suck on pure oxygen, and constantly snacking on something like deep fried Twinkies wrapped in bacon, but that of course would not have played well.
The computer scenes: I dont care how much of your brain you're using, or how smart you are, you're not going to be able to over-clock or otherwise magically improve the hardware performance of a random laptop beyond any meaningful level. So the scenes in her apartment and on the plane... like I said, suspension of disbelief.... full throttle.
 
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Dominick  • 4 days ago  




I just feel this was already premised in limitless, and in a much more provoking situation of addiction. With the millions of scientific concepts out their on brain control, I felt they could have chosen any other scientific focus, which leads to the fact that it wasn't exactly a scientific movie, and driven more for the purpose of people who wanted to see "Black Widow: The Movie"
 
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Jonnystheboss > Dominick  • 4 days ago  




I really was hoping for an action-orientated Limitless, to be honest. I might have even enjoyed that more. Just an excuse to make your typical badass character stomping all the bad guys. Mindless as it may be, I would have enjoyed that more.
It did make me appreciate Limitless a great deal more though! Glad you noticed.
 
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Bryan Clyne  • 4 days ago  




No interest in this movie, pretty sure the human brain can't bend the universe. Not even at 100%.
 
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Jonnystheboss > Bryan Clyne  • 4 days ago  




It certainly doesn't sell the idea as feasible in this science fantasy. Avoid seeing it.
 
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