What a Blast!

Rating: 10/10 (10 October 2015)

This film gets 10 stars simply because the idea is so cool, at least to me. The book was OK but I'm glad that I saw the film first to see the improved form of the book. I often wonder how a writer would change a book after publication if given the opportunity. On a personal level I never feel that much of what I write is beyond improvement. It's such a great fantasy and who hasn't thought of being the best person they could possibly be? I think that I actually reach this point, at least sometimes and for a fleeting moment. But what if you could do a lot better? That's what this film explores.
This thing is brilliantly paced and the story picks you up and flies you away almost like the viewer is experiencing the same high as the protagonist. Eddie Morro, thanks to this incredible drug, becomes a sort of modern Superman who is cooler, smarted, and hipper than Superman could ever imagine. There are some menacing villains just like in Superman tales, and there is a beautiful woman. Call me simple but that's all the makings of a great movie.
The only thing that bothered me in the film as well as the book was that given almost infinite mental powers he chooses to enter the stock market? I just wonder how the same story could play out if he went another direction with his powers. Perhaps the TV series can explore this further. I can't get enough of the story. I wish that I had thought of it first.