Limitless, and the Questions that Arose

[s0m3th1ng]

I just got done watching Limitless and for those who haven't seen it...here is the plot summary.

That dude from Roadtrip has a sucky life...he's lazy, his gf just left him, and he has nothing going for him. Then, he meets his ex-brother-in-law who gives him methamphetamine mixed with a small amount of LSD. The rest of the movie involves how much his life changes after being pilled up, the lengths he goes to for his next fix, and his withdrawals from said drug.
No...I'm not making this up. I mean yeah they call it something different in the movie but it's fucking meth.

You'd think there would be an epiphany somewhere about how drugs are bad for us and all that stuff everyone has been shoving down our throats for our entire lives but here comes this movie that basically says...hey kids, take drugs, IT'LL MAKE YOU THE PRESIDENT OF THE FUCKING UNITED STATES(Alluded to in the movie). There was barely any downside in the end to his drug habit. He even had enough money at the end to manufacture the drug for himself. He was healthy, is a senator, has a bangin wife, and now has an unlimited supply of supermeth. There was no tongue-in-cheek sarcasm about his success...just insert pill, aquire success.

So, given no side affects and a limitless supply, would you take the pill?

Where was the ultimate crash to the bottom that ALWAYS follows drug use?

What are all the watchdog groups doing? Other than picking on video games.

Three questions for this thread...



Oh and it was a decent movie...ironic how a movie that deals with turning on all your brainpower requires you to shut yours off to enjoy.

 

[BonsaiK]

So, given no side affects and a limitless supply, would you take the pill?

No.

Where was the ultimate crash to the bottom that ALWAYS follows drug use?

But it doesn't. Some people take drugs socially and do just fine. Some people take them heavily and do just fine. Other take them and get messed up. Everyone reacts to drugs differently, that's one of the biggest dangers of them.

You'd think there would be an epiphany somewhere about how drugs are bad for us and all that stuff everyone has been shoving down our throats for our entire lives but

Hang on, you're saying that the film isn't pandering to the usual incorrect cliches and you're complaining about that? A lot of drug users don't have an epiphany anyway, whether they fuck themselves up or not. I know a guy whose heroin habit put him in a wheelchair and cost him his music career, he still shoots up.

What are all the watchdog groups doing? Other than picking on video games.

Not making a mountain out of a molehill, I suspect.

 

[lee1287]

Hell yes i'd take it. In his shoes. If i was a bum, had no gf, and was hating life, why not take a drug that would make you superior?

 

[Xan the Man]

...did you even watch this movie? No side effects? Apart from, you know, dying.
Besides this isn't a movie about drug use it's a movie about hidden potential, and a glossy good-guy turn-around triumph. Yes, everything ends well for him, but that's because his reaction was different to say, the loan shark's. How did it end for him? I'll admit that one could decide he's lying at the end about having gotten off NZT, and that he is manufacturing it, but I don't think he was. Regardless, your mini-review here really suggests you had no idea what was going on throughout.

 

[Zoe Castillo]

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[Niflhel]

You haven't even considered the option that the whole "Drugs are BAAAAAAAD" is in fact nothing but a big scare campaign, have you?

Q: So, given no side affects and a limitless supply, would you take the pill?
A: Sure.

Q: Where was the ultimate crash to the bottom that ALWAYS follows drug use?
A: Source?

Q: What are all the watchdog groups doing? Other than picking on video games.
A: Running around in circles while patting each other on the back, I'd assume?