Valerian and the city of a thousand planets lucy director luc besson returns to the realm of scifi, serving up an expansive, expensive adventure whose creativity outweighs. The film was shot in taipei, paris, and new york city. At the start for example, lucys boyfriend richard pilou asbaek is trying to get her to deliver a case to mr. A french comic that id never seen, so the whole story was new to me. Valerian and the city of a thousand planets is the new adventure film from luc besson, the director of the professional, the fifth element and lucy, based on the comic book series which inspired a. Lucy movie with scarlett johansson based on ridiculous 10%. His edits and cutaways crackle with hyperactive references, and lucy s exploits in superhuman badassery are dotted with tongueincheek humor. Maybe the next luc besson is about to have his or her young mind blown too. Luc bessons lucy is based on a lie the general premise is that a young woman named lucy scarlett johansson gets abducted by a gang in taipei and forced to carry a bag of drugs in her abdomen. Lucy is a staunchly feminist film that sometimes seems. Luc bessons lucy is a movie about a woman who unlocked the full, 100% potential of her brain power instead of the 10% humans reportedly use. The professional had written and directed the 2014 scifi action film, lucy, starring scarlett johansson as the eponymous character.
The end of the movie goes completely off the rails, but in a way that is charming in its stupidity. Great action sequences, interesting locations china, france i always like to see movies not specifically in america. Valerian and the city of a thousand planets is eye candy. The cover of lucy brought to my attention, leon, which i had not heard of. Very interesting and unique story idea that humans only use 10% of their brains and lucy can break this barrier and reach a whole new level in human evolution. Bessons script offers neither the welldrawn character dynamics nor the clear motivations of a decent comic book. We seemed to have lost our previous copy so i ordered this one. However as a scientist, i must stop and state that over 60% of the science in lucy was either misleading or inaccurate. Luc bessons surprisingly metaphysical lucy the new yorker. Plenty of films and novels have envisioned what would happen if we gained conscious.
Director luc besson uses some great imagery to push the story along. Jul 20, 2014 scarlett johansson stars in luc bessons new actionthriller, lucy, about a woman who stumbles into the criminal underworld and inadvertently acquires superhuman abilities. Apr 03, 2014 is lucy the movie 2014 based on a book. Morgan freeman and scarlett johansson headline this europacorptf1 films coproduction directed by luc besson, and released by universal pictures. He wrote and directed the 2014 scifi action film lucy and the 2017 space opera film valerian and the city of a thousand planets. The general premise is that a young woman named lucy scarlett johansson gets abducted by a gang in taipei and forced to carry a bag of drugs in her abdomen. Luc besson denies that lucy 2 is in active development, while also criticizing journalists for making up the story in the first place. Luc besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba diving instructors, around the world. Luc bessons valerian is one of the riskiest indie movies ever. Special thanks to lionsgate home video, and to click. It stars scarlett johansson, morgan freeman, amr waked and choi minsik.
The international trailer for luc bessons lucy shows off more of scarlett johanssons new super powers in the scifi. Luc besson variety500 top 500 entertainment business. A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. It stars scarlett johansson, morgan freeman, choi minsik, and amr waked.
Luc paul maurice besson is a french film director, screenwriter, and producer. Luc bessons lucy 2 is still happening, and its thanks to. What started as some casual leafing through books on the topic. Johansson portrays the title character, a woman who gains psychokinetic abilities from a nootropic drug being absorbed into her bloodstream. Lucy by luc besson luc besson, scarlett johansson, morgan. Books by luc besson author of arthur and the minimoys. Its a long debunked myth but it is still one of most popular questions posed to neuroscientists and psychologists. Luc bessons lucy 2 is still happening, and its thanks. Jun 28, 2017 around hollywood and wall street there has recently been a great deal of interest in and speculation about luc besson. Luc besson accused by more women of inappropriate sexual. Without realizing i was watching a luc besson film, i thought to myself this looks just like a luc besson film. The new summer movie lucy starring scarlett johansson and luc besson asks us to imagine if were able to unlock 100% of your brain power. His 1911 paris in bessons the extraordinary adventures of adele blancsec infuses the citys architecture with the quirkiness of the source comic book.
Jan 19, 2015 lucy luc besson, 2014 luc bessons lucy is an absolutely insane attempt to fuse comic book action storytelling with grandiose philosophical pretentions. Lucy scarlett johansson and writerdirector luc besson make an effective duo in this agreeably goofy scifi thriller. Luc besson and thierry arbogast work their magic yet again. Lucy 2 is currently in the works with a script by luc besson, pushed on by the commercial failure of bessons valerian and the city of a thousand planets. Besson just delivered valerian and the city of a thousand planets, a comic book based scifi pic. Valerian shows off its aliens in the latest trailer, luc. What to expect from lucy based on its directors other films. Scarlett johansson gets superpowers in luc bessons lucy. Scarlett johansson stars in luc bessons new actionthriller, lucy, about a woman who stumbles into the criminal underworld and inadvertently acquires superhuman abilities. Director luc bessons valerian and the city of a thousand planets failed to become the next great scifi film franchise and nobody really shouldve expected that to happen, but his film. With scarlett johansson, morgan freeman, minsik choi, amr waked.
Nine years ago, luc besson came across a theory that humans only use 10% of their brain capacity. All 17 luc besson movies ranked from worst to best all 17 luc besson movies ranked from worst to best. I saw that it would have a pulpfiction setup though. Jul 25, 2014 the best comic book movie in a long time, though based on no comic, lucy is a film that mates classic besson with quentin tarantino in a go at the mystical, worldsolving vision found in stanley. He has been nominated for a cesar award for best director and best picture for his films leon. Besson known for actionthrillers and scifi films such as nikita, the fifth element, leon.
The early trailer for luc bessons new film, lucy, promised giddy digital wizardry, and the movie delivers. Valerian and the city of a thousand planets written and directed by luc besson, based on a comic book by pierre christin and jeanclaude mezieres. Director luc besson is currently working on a script for lucy 2, with bessons europacorp confirming that the sequel is officially moving forward. Luc bessons most popular book is arthur and the minimoys. She became what luc besson thinks of the ultimate human as being. Luc besson made a neat movie based on a 60s comic that just came out in the. Lucys based on bad science, and 6 more secrets about. The early trailer for luc bessons new film, lucy, promised giddy digital wizardry, and the movie delivers, in a way that surprised me. I have looked for a book called lucy and didnt find one. Luc besson is a wonderful writer, the fifth element is also excellent.
A turn in a conversation is interrupted by a closeup of a mousetrap, an explosion is replaced by a man exhaling cigarette smoke, and so on and so forth. Valerian and the city of a thousand planets french. So every morning when scarlett knew which scene we were doing, she would. Lucy 2 is currently in the works with a script by luc besson, pushed on by the commercial failure of besson s valerian and the city of a thousand planets. This is another example of hollywoods tradition of science fiction based on fantasy. The dumbest movie ever made about brain capacity the. Lucy is a 2014 french science fiction action film written and directed by luc besson and produced by his wife virginie besson silla for his company europacorp. Jang which he obviously doesnt want to do because hes afraid. The movie is based on a series of french scifi comics written by. Jul 23, 2014 the end of the movie goes completely off the rails, but in a way that is charming in its stupidity. Lucy is a 2014 french science fiction action film directed, written and edited by luc besson, and produced by europacorp. If you find yourself asking whats real and what isnt, ive won. Lucy is a 2014 french science fiction action film written and directed by luc besson and produced by his wife virginie bessonsilla for his company europacorp. The general premise is that a young woman named lucy scarlett johansson gets abducted by a gang in.
Sep 05, 2017 valerian and the city of a thousand planets is the new adventure film from luc besson, the director of the professional, the fifth element and lucy, based on the comic book series which inspired a. The film is inspired by the french comic books which besson read as a teenager. In the 28th century, valerian dane dehaan and laureline cara delevingne are a team of special. I expect it to arrive at any moment and cant wait to see it. Valerian and the city of a thousand planets wikipedia. Valerian and the city of a thousand planets is the visually spectacular new adventure film from luc besson, the legendary director of the professional, the fifth element and lucy, based on the groundbreaking comic book series which inspired a generation of artists, writers and filmmakers. The early trailer for luc besson s new film, lucy, promised giddy digital wizardry, and the movie delivers, in a way that surprised me. The international trailer for luc bessons lucy shows off more of scarlett johanssons new super powers in the scifi actionthriller. All 17 luc besson movies ranked from worst to best page. We so wanted to get behind luc bessons big, silly spectacle. Lucy a film by luc besson with scarlett johansonn, morgan freeman, choi minsik 2014 lucy movie available on bluray, dvd, digital hd and. Jul 31, 2014 luc besson s new film lucy is at once a feminist manifesto and a gleeful demonstration of the worst fears of those who bluster about how feminists desire a world without men or whatever the. The story centers on a woman johansson who falls prey to sinister underworld forces, but.
The 5 badass women who inspired scarlett johansson in lucy. The premise in luc bessons movie lucy is the silly trope that 90% of human cerebral capacity goes unused. The plot points may sound kind of silly on their own, but by the end, lucy literally sits through a sequence in which she realizes that time isnt linear, humans. Besson is associated with the cinema du look film movement. Its a cool movie, very luc besson identifiable, his style. Bessons lucy is the most obvious success from there. The human brain uses 20% of the bodys total energy but it represents only 2% of the bodys mass.
Luc besson s new film lucy is the latest to base its story on the myth, with scarlett johansson starring as an ordinary american woman whos pressed into service as a drug mule by an evil crime. While many viewers were confused by the movies odd mix of pseudoscience and action scenes, the core of the movie lies in a whole other realm. Jul 25, 2014 the early trailer for luc bessons new film, lucy, promised giddy digital wizardry, and the movie delivers, in a way that surprised me. Luc besson has 22 books on goodreads with 9808 ratings. Thats certainly one way to describe lucy, bessons latest action film that, like. Luc besson made a neat movie based on a 60s comic that. If they were to tap into the rest who knows what could happen. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Luc besson on lucy and knowing the limits of the human brain. The first half of lucy contains the most energetic and purely entertaining filmmaking besson has produced since the fifth element, packed with pulpy action, pseudoscience, title cards, spedup montages, and teasing associative cuts. The writerdirector has failed in his ambitions to be profound, but failed in such lovably ludicrous ways that his movie is almost more entertaining than it would have been if he had. Shouting out for original science fiction, in this age of juggernaut franchises, is like supporting local shops and native produce. But the film gives not the slightest justification for lucys increasingly godlike abilities, which.
The first twothirds of this 90minute film are propulsive and fun. A philosophical action drama that showcases the brains incredible powers. Jul 10, 2018 luc besson passed that off with the family atmosphere that was present this atmosphere fooled just about everybody, because in the end we were all the same in a company, with a boss who made. The action thriller lucy stars scarlett johansson and morgan freeman. Valerian and the city of a thousand planets is the new adventure film from luc besson, the director of the professional, the fifth element and lucy, based on the comic book series which inspired a generation of artists, writers and filmmakers. It was almost like a checklist before you take off on a plane. The fifth element director luc besson returns to the realm of scifi with an expansive, superexpensive adventure whose creativity overshadows its more uneven elements, valerian and the city of a thousand planets. So shes ideal for luc bessons lucy, a heady, loopy action extravaganza out this weekend, in which she plays a beauty who, thanks to an accidental overdose of narcotics, gains astonishing mental. The actors and actresses where superb, and i applaud my fellow french producers for prioritizing a scientific concept in the middle of an american action film. Jacques mayol in the big blue goes off into the blackness of the ocean.
Luc besson s lucy is based on a lie the general premise is that a young woman named lucy scarlett johansson gets abducted by a gang in taipei and forced to carry a bag of drugs in her abdomen. Lucys based on bad science, and 6 more secrets about the film. It is about the luciferian philosophy of the occult elite and its futuristic pendant, transhumanism. Lucy 2 not in development says luc besson screen rant. The film was shot in taipei, paris and new york city. Lucy is a spectacularly ridiculous but very entertaining film which is the best one luc besson has directed in a long time.
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