One of the most misunderstood films these days

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2014)

Freemans speech as a professor begins with the words "Live starts approximately a billion years ago". Well, if you look up the Wikipedia, it says right away, live began about 4 billion years ago. So its quite obvious that this film is not a documentary nor a lesson. All the science in this science fiction/fantasy film is clearly and purposefully inexact/incorrect. The science in this film is not meant to educate you but to inspire as you learn it. The movie wants to ignite your imagination and it does an excellent job at it, if you give it the permission to do so. What matters is the crazy adventure, Lucy lives through, as she discovers the world in an understanding but unimaginable perplexing way. She comes from a violent society, grew her new self in little time as a hostage of the Chinese mafia, so in the process of learning frightening facts and mastering a yet unknown task while escaping, she still acts instinctively violent and desperate as she realizes the little time she has to make the best of an experience, she would never have dreamt to undergo just minutes/hours ago.
The story line is completely logical and - more importantly - analogical as it progresses and you find yourself connecting and discovering with jar dropping, dot-connecting Lucy. She has no idea what knowledge she finds next as you do not, following her despite ultrafast learning quite slow enlightenment and stepping into a new and unexpected world of information and the power that comes with its logic and use. Remember: Its the logic inside the films reality, not the logic of our real world. It would be utterly boring if the story dissolved into the disdainful reality we live in every day. We could not discover a completely new world through Lucys eyes. So the fantasy of this movie is not its weakness but its fundamental instrument to let us relive our childhood discovering the unknown world around us and our role in it. This films laws of nature and its science quite similar to ours are meant figuratively, not literally.
Johansson delivers a compelling and solid performance in every way as nearly all actors do in this movie. Special effects are outstanding. Music and sounds are great. Picture is colorful, fast and mind boggling. Cinematography is perfect. The humor is mostly subtle. The story is unpredictable and fascinating. One of the most misunderstood films these days. This motion picture does not teach you scientific fact but lets you watch and study yourself as you learn about and find out how to not only populate but begin to control a new and unknown world as you identify with ascertaining Lucy.