I just went to see Luc Besson’s recent masterpiece, Lucy. I am still thinking about everything that happened in this movie. This is akin to how I felt when I left the Matrix for the first time. Or even one of my all time favorite movies, also by Luc Besson, The Fifth Element. Luc has an understanding of the universe and life that I aspire to reach. This movie shows the beauty of humanity and what we are missing in ourselves but what we ultimately can reach and achieve. I love that he consistently writes very strong female characters who, in the end, end up saving us all. As he says in this movie, “Only ignorance brings destruction. Not knowledge.” This is a film that makes you think for the entire film and keep thinking afterward. Go, see this film, and experience it for yourself.
I just watched the movie for the second time this weekend. It was even better the second time. I could sincerely watch this movie over and over and over again. The principals in this movie and the data thrown at you isn’t just entertainment, it is enlightenment.
I liked this movie. It got me thinking about things from a different perspective. The idea of not just a “one terminal” universe or a “two terminal universe” but instead an “infinite terminal universe” for example. I love it when that happens. I don’t know that I’d use the word “masterpiece” but I do feel that Luc Besson is very good at embedding high-quality, high moral values into what are otherwise action-oriented shoot-em-up type movies. He did the same with The Fifth Element, which was basically a fairy tale about the power of love blended into an awesomely entertaining and funny sci-fi story.