Well, the movie was enjoyable in a way but it was far from good. There was only one word that came to me when it finished and that was stupid. It was stupid. I mean it just had the dumbest things.

SPOILERS.

Like his first ex was already on the pills and then she randomly disappears. I mean wtf! Did she die? If so, I mustn't have been paying enough attention. Also, when he gives the pill to his second ex and she runs to some little girl, picks her up and slices the bad guy's face. I mean really? That just took me out of the film.

And when he goes to pick up the dealer's dry cleaning and comes back to find him murdered? What??? Anyway, I'm not saying I could do better but it wasn't as good as it could be IMO.

RANT/SPOILER OVER!

My mate bought the DVD and lent it to me. He seemed to enjoy it, even stating it was in his top 10. Perhaps I was expecting too much. It was enjoyable if you didn't take anything seriously so I didn't hate it if that's what my comments put it out to be.

Also, Jeff. I found this on imdb awhile back about the rating if you're interested.

"In the USA, the theatrical version was rated PG-13 (for thematic material involving a drug, violence including disturbing images, sexuality and language) by the MPAA. For the home cinema release the US audience is able to buy a DVD and a Blu-ray that both include the theatrical version as well as an "Unrated Extended Cut". Mostly, you can expect rather senseless extensions - not so for Limitless, the Unrated version is absolutely recommendable. You get to see that the movie actually had to be shortened in order to receive the PG-13 rating (you will notice the typical altered dialogues, framecuts or alternative footage)."

There was also another link somewhere about the original rating but I can't seem to find it.

Just curious, has anybody read the book?

Mohammad

Hey Mo...yeah, on IMDB, you can actually see the additional frames in the extended, uncut version.  There is 1 topless sex scene and some additional violence with the knife and needle scene.  It was definitely cut down from the original R rating it was shot on, although it appears it was a rather light R, so the cuts didn't really affect it negatively.

It's streaming on Netflix now, but I haven't rewatched it yet...probably will later this week, though.

I'm surprised by all the negativity from peeps on it, still.  IMO, it was well done, well conceived, and just one of those movies that worked, flaws and all.  If you haven't seen it yet, check it out on Netflix before it goes away.

*Some spoilers*

Actually I'm with the "I liked it" side on this one.

I loved the premise (enjoyed looking at Bradley Cooper, admitedly.)  And *overall* enjoyed the film...more than I do alot of them out there.  

Were there holes?  Yep, definitely.  For a guy that could outthink the world...he didn't realize that he needed to pay off his debt to the gangster first thing?  And the trailers were misleading ...they make one think that Cooper's character works for Robert Dinero from the beginning, and that he gave him the drug, which is far from the truth.

Was it perfect?  No. Others are right that it didn't get more than 2/3rds of the way to it's full potential and promise.  But at least the concept was fresh and different.  (Kind of the way I feel about Daybreakers - another 'different' sort of movie...)  

Neither terribly bad nor terribly good. Plenty of stupid things going on but also some entertaining stuff as well. All in all an alright way to spend 105 minutes. Cooper does pretty good I guess (though I can't stand that twat).

I heard an interesting interview with screenwriter Lesley Dixon about Limitless. There's a particular funny story as to how she secured the rights to the book. Check it out here.