Besson's augmented main character, having tapped into her full potential, is oddly inhuman for someone who's supposed to be her fullest possible self. The titular Lucy, as the film goes on, is able to do amazing things — levitate, for one. But in
The North American box office numbers are coming in and Deadline reports, Scarlett Johansson's Lucy will out muscle Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Hercules for the top spot despite opening in 400 less theaters.
10th UPDATE, 7:15 AM: The estimates we did from last night figuring out percentages increases and decreases are pretty much on the money this morning: Lucy came in stronger than expected and ended up with a $17.1M
Besson's augmented main character, having tapped into her full potential, is oddly inhuman for someone who's supposed to be her fullest possible self. The titular Lucy, as the film goes on, is able to do amazing things — levitate, for one. But in
So, while "Lucy" may look like a more or less entertaining science fiction film to you, it has that cliched Hollywood leaning toward fiction over science. Don't be looking to it for scientific gospel. The idea it promotes of using only 10 percent of