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2/10
I want 2.5 hours of my life back
25 December 2021
This film is an incredible piece of garbage. The first 90 minutes felt like the longest three hours of my life. A bunch of self-referential garbage and flirting with the fourth-wall just came off as cheesy and self-serving. There were no compelling characters or plot. The story feels like was being written while it was being filmed.

And for a franchise that prides itself on visual effects, Niobe looked like Jada Pinkett Smith wearing a mask of quality similar to Johnny Knoxville in "Bad Grandpa".

I don't understand ANY review over a 4 0r 5 ... and even those must be purely for nostalgia reasons. Anyone giving it a 10 is either paid by Sony or an absolute ... I don't know. I can't even conceive of someone who would like this. It is just NOT good. In any way.

I was tempted to give a lower review just to balance out the unjustified 10s. But ... this is my honest rating. I have legit not seen a movie this bad in the past 5 years (easily).

Just GARBAGE!
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Limitless (I) (2011)
6/10
The reason for the title
3 April 2011
Warning: Spoilers
***Spoilers Below*** The reason for the title is that there was no end to the ways that this movie could have been better. I enjoyed it. However, I expected much, much more. Anyone as smart as Morra was supposed to be in this movie would have made more NZT right away. Moreover, he would have never been duped into leaving the NZT with his lawyer. Also, I wasn't on NZT but knew as soon as they talked about Hank Atwood's "meteoric rise" and how "frail" he looks, that he was. Why didn't Morra?

I also thought that there would be more De Niro and fewer meaningless clips of his blackouts. This entire subplot lent nothing to the story and were easily cured by "getting sleep and remembering to eat." Also he talks about an increased dose. The drug was explained as allowing you to access 100% of your brain. Do two pills allow you to access 200% of your brain? Makes no sense to me.

Good movie. Could have been great.
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