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Limitless is next to Idleness in todays culture
BrandonMarlow - wrote on 08/03/11
An intriguing start to this film holds the attention enough to carry you through the first part of any good story. The situation leading to the change in the main character’s life is plausible and therefore accepted as the story carries you along at breakneck speed. We have had films that bend our concepts of the world we live in such as Minority Report, Matrix and others by heavy CGI and special effects and they have held our interest to the very end. What is interesting about this film is that the actors, the plot and the words are convincing enough to let you into the world Bradley Cooper’s character finds himself in. To this extent it is a real film and if it were made in the fifties by Hitchcock and acted by Carrie Grant it would have been a classic by today’s standards. The nearest there is to this in those days are: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Man with the X-Ray vision with Ray Milan and other similar stories where an ordinary man changes by ingesting drugs or chemical formulae. However like these stories there may be a price to pay. On a cautionary note, because the circumstances of the main character are similar to many dysfunctional people nowadays and the need for instant change is available on the streets; It leaves one with the thought that it is okay to take something that you probably know you shouldn’t because in enhances performance. In effect, it is saying it is alright to cheat. Probably not for family viewing and for that reason I would not rate it PG-13. It is too controversial a topic and in particular the denouement hardly supports the consequences of artificial enlightenment. Do I like the character at the end of the film? No, he’s a cocky prick. Did I like the character at the start of the film? Yes, because he was real, idle and couldn’t be bothered to work harder. Just like you and me! But I thought it was one of the best films I have seen in a long time.
