Lucy – not as transcendent as Tree
of Life, not as scientific as Transcendence
and not as human as Her, combines a slice of everything but stands out as nothing.
It seems the director is too pretentious in
revealing the mystery of the unattainable knowledge and unreachable boundary by amalgamating too many elements in an 1.5 hour movie.
The Sci-Fi picks up a bit of this and that with the editing techniques resemble
that of the Tree of Life; the idea
reminds you of Transcendence and the
A.I. verses human relationship parallels that of Her which also employs Scarlet Johansson as the sexy main character. The director's prudence can be seen from the other subtle references to 2001: A Space Odyssey and other great work.
With lots of actions and a concrete
storyline, Lucy is far from reaching
the aesthetic craftmanship and fluidity of Tree
of Life, in which the story is shown in a series of montage of imagery that transcends audience’s senses to a higher level. The impact Tree
of Life created is beyond words as that’s one of the messages the movie is
expressing and that’s the reason why different people comprehend it differently
and review it differently. Not a single dialogue or a tagline would people
remember after watching Tree of Life but
the intensity of sentiment it provokes lasts for a long time. On the contrary, the montage
in Lucy is like a visual illustration
of scientific theories that the
character is explaining simultaneously. Maybe that’s not what the director is
trying to achieve but that’s what I perceived.
A part of me like the idea about uncovering physical possibility as I
truly believe that once human being unlock the power of the entire brain or
when the human mind transcends to a level without physical limitation, interesting
things would happen. It will come to a new definition of mankind. Your body
doesn’t exist anymore and your soul or your mind could be connected with a
network or a super computer. You are nowhere but at the same time you are
everywhere. I hope in some future movies, someone could show but not tell a
story about this whole new realm of impossibility and develop it further. Her is a very good start and the story
is very plausible.
Overall speaking, Lucy is a
fun Sci-Fi which won’t make you feel tired after watching as you don’t need to
engage in unusual perplexing theories or to deal with complicated science jargon.
The beautiful sexy Scarlet Johansson and the exciting
scenes from the beginning to the end ensure audience an experience of pure joy.
Recommended.
