stretching the imagination

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2015)

Lucy does just what fiction should do—explore new ideas, broaden our imaginations, and enhance our perspectives. Advancements in technology depend on creative, intelligent minds thinking of ways to manipulate our world, and fictional stories like this one do half the work by artistically conveying possible worldly manipulations. Though this movie is based on a myth, it provides an important, vivid and emotional storyline, for it explores one of the biggest questions: How should we use our existence?
Ultimately all of us are lost on this puny planet floating amidst countless other planets and stars and asteroids and comets. We pass on our genetics and have been doing that for years upon years upon years, but what have we really become? This movies encourages you to evaluate our species' progress, something that's needed as we speed through the twenty-first century.
Infinite possibilities dwell in this universe and Lucy stunningly illustrates numerous unexplored ones. On a technical standpoint, the cinematography is beautiful, especially toward the end. Instead of trying to derive scientific fact from this movie, see it as material with which to derive a fresh lens for perceiving the world. Fantasy stories contain mythological creatures like dragons, elves, and mermaids, yet they can still prove captivating—so don't discredit this simply because of the 10% myth.
If you're open-minded while viewing this film, then it will easily entertain you. The beginning events spur numerous questions and keep you at the edge of your seat, and the curiosity it evokes lasts until the very end. The strength and originality of Lucy's character, enhanced by Scarlett Johansson's wonderful execution, renders her exciting to watch on screen. Watching this movie is definitely worthwhile; at the very least you'll have a few more things to think about.