[April] What are you watching?

[Mark CMG]

I went to see Limitless yesterday and enjoyed it. Some of the camera work was a bit disorienting, which I am sure it was meant to be, but the story was fresh and interesting.

Limitless (2011) - IMDb

 

[Thunderfoot]

Porn...and eating Cheetos...


April Fool...

 

[mac1504]

I went to see Limitless yesterday and enjoyed it. Some of the camera work was a bit disorienting, which I am sure it was meant to be, but the story was fresh and interesting.

Limitless (2011) - IMDb

Really? Isn't it just a retelling of Flowers for Algernon? Despite that fact, I was still on the fence about seeing it, but maybe I'll convince the wife to check it out this weekend (not that she needs much convincing with a Bradley Cooper movie )

Looking forward to watching Game of Thrones this month!

There's a 15 minute sneak peek this Sunday at 8pm (CST) on HBO.

 

[Mark CMG]

Really? Isn't it just a retelling of Flowers for Algernon?

Not as such, though I could see how some comparisons could be made. Don't read more until after seeing the movie.

Spoiler

The protagonist in Limitless isn't really deficient in any way at the start and the moral dilemma begins from a place of greed rather than a hope of correcting a sort of biological injustice (if that makes sense). The Limitless protagonist continues to make a series of immoral choices until we discover at the end that he has weaned himself off of the drug and regained his confidence (lost before the movie begins) as well as regains his girl (lost before he ever discovers the drug). One might argue that Charlie becomes arrogant in Flowers but he really becomes a victim of the surgery that is meant to improve his condition, and one could also argue he never really understood what he was getting himself into by agreeing to the surgery. I think the only aspects I would say that warrant a direct comparison would be the theme of science over-reaching and that there is an increase in intelligence in the two protagonists.

Are there some other things I might be missing that you felt warranted comparison?

 

[Mark CMG]

Looking forward to watching Game of Thrones this month!

There's a 15 minute sneak peek this Sunday at 8pm (CST) on HBO.

I am hoping this comes off as good as it seems to be developing.

 

[Mark CMG]

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