My first thoughts were that the opening credits were kind of bush-league, the music and the font of the writing seemed like a cheap 90's movie or something. Afterwards though I was impressed at how unattractive they made Bradley Cooper for the first bit of the movie. I also thought the concept of a drug allowing you to optimize all of your brain was interesting. I think back to all the world history I learned in the four years of my degree, and I always say the only thing I learned was how to write an essay well, because in actuality, I remember very little of the dates and facts. I would love to be able to recall everything I ever heard or learned or saw.I think this movie relies too much on the intrinsic interest people will have with this concept of using all of your brain and will be supported by the charm of Cooper and DeNiro, because there are many holes in the plot that just make it seem like the writers were lazy. Questions I had included: If he made so much money in those first few days, why didn't he pay back the Russian right away? What was the point of the woman being murdered, just so the lawyer could have the coat? They kind of randomly dropped that storyline. And the ended leaves it with us questioning whether he is still taking the NZT, and to be honest, I don't really care, it doesn't really make a difference if he is or not. The writers think they are being clever, but really, it's just a pointless ending. And so what that a pharmaceutical company makes the drug? And why wouldn't they ever sell it? Seems like it would be a big money-maker. I don't know it just seems like the plot was half-assed, and it would have been nice if DeNiro had some good lines or was more interesting.
With that said, it wasn't a bad movie, it certainly entertained, but I may have just been blinded by Brad's sparkling blue eyes and dreamy smile.
No comments:
Post a Comment