Good movie with some missed opportunities

Rating: 7/10 (11 August 2014)

As soon as I have seen the trailer, I wanted to see the movie. Unfortunately the trailer gives a completely different perception and direction... it is a bit misleading - that could annoy some people - as the movie is hitting my personal right buttons, I didn't mind.
For an action movie, Lucy goes quite a slow pace. I have seen reviews, which are describing it slow and fast and slow again - I would rather say, slow and slower and then medium slow. But then the whole movie is carried by the talent of Luc Besson to showcase impressive visual treats - and while it is sometimes a bit "head scratching" (e.g. the repetitive reference to Lucy the "cave-human")- it makes just an artsy and beautiful movie. What I didn't liked at all was the basic erroneous assumption, that the human is using XX% of his/her cerebral potential. 10 years ago, Luc Besson could have got away with this - but nowadays common knowledge is flagging this just as nonsense... He could have easily adjusted the story. But he didn't and this "nonsense" goes on and on like that. Basically it is naive to believe, that using more potential of your brain, would give you control over more than your very own body. This fact is excusable in fast and rather blunt action-movies with mutants and people with super powers. However a movie like Lucy, which gives enough time to reflect and to think about, just deserves a better built "game plan". And these type of problems are going on and on until the very end. Lucy is still a very enjoyable movie, which even could give some philosophical impulses. However it just didn't reached "perfection" because of mentioned reasons. After all - I felt, that I didn't wasted my time, by watching this movie - however it also felt that it was always a step below its true potential.