Filmmaker reacts to Limitless (2011) for the FIRST TIME!
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I highly recommend you to check out the pilot to the spin-off Tv show with the same title I think you might like it.
@@kuivia is a very funny sequel.
there's an alternate ending that's makes more sense. and a tv show that makes his character more of a dangerous antagonist/ally czcams.com/video/bGcSiadMMwU/video.html
A metamorphosis. Is the butterfly better than the caterpillar?
I enjoyed this movie, but I really enjoyed the TV show based on it, which plays as a kind of sequel to the movie, it explores how the drug effects different people differently, bringing out whoever they really are deep inside and magnifying it to the extremes. It suffers from "We're getting canceled" towards the end of the season, and fumbles a little, but overall I think it's a good show.
Series that are about to get canceled vibes should have a clause to wrap up a season into a movie or extended episodes. Such as: Timeless, Odyssey 5, Travelers.
tv show was great... shame it ended so quickly.
Yeah super underrated series. I actually think it's better than the movie. I think James would really enjoy it. (James if you read this comment, please consider reacting to that series)
I liked the Limitless TV show and also Lucy which is sorta based on the same premis only 11 times crazier.
@@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond 100%
This movie, much like 'Jumper', is part of a list of films that aren't my favorite but have some of my favorite concepts/ideas - making me love to watch them all the same. It also does have a lot of cool visuals/style.
Same.
Would Chronicle be on that list as well?
I'd definitely throw Push on that list, probably just because I watched it a bunch as a kid
@@cassiohenrique6815 I think Chronicle is different. That's just a shine of higher quality to Chronicle that isn't present in Jumper and Limitless.
If you like Jumper you should watch Impulse is a show made by the same director and same concept is on youtube
@@eduardorosas9002 Yeah I watched it. Unfortunately it got cancel when it really started to pick up and get interesting.
Shame it took 2 seasons to get to that point though lol
I just want to say thank you. Thank you because your knowledge of cinematography has helped me to look at films I already enjoy, in a more in depth way.
Loved to hear Justin!! Always continue learning.
There was an actually decent (at least in my opinion) spinoff series on CBS following a struggling musician who uses the drug in secret to become a consultant for the FBI at the behest of Eddie's character, who is still played by Bradley Cooper.
Unfortunately the series was cancelled prematurely because I honestly thought it had enough potential to have carried on for at least 4 or 5 seasons.
**Guy takes unknown pill**
"That is so unrealistic!"
Apparently we know very different people.
I caught this movie on a whim and completely fell in love with it.
I really wish they had continued the movie franchise and not turned it into a TV show.
This and Source Code were two movies that were both in cinemas at the same time. Very underrated
Loved both!! 👍😎👍
Source Code blew my brain to bits
@@jambulance the first twist hit me in the feels. Like RIGHT in the feels ... the second on took my breath away! 👍😎👍 Its VERY well done :)
NO WAY! I just rewatched this the other day and wanted to recommend it! Awseome
I love this movie it, Sucker Punch, and Adjustment Bureau are three of the most underrated films of 2011. Also I love how the film ended and got away with everything. Much better than if they had gone with the alternate bad ending.
I forgot all about Adjustment Bureau, saw it in the theatres too.
He would LOVE sucker punch visually if for nothing else
Sucker punch is amazing if you actually understand the story. People watch it for visuals and think story doesn't make sense.
@@ronburgundy9148 I agree
@@fernandohinojosa3211 only a mere handful of comic book bozos criticized Watchmen, rest of the world loved it. And if you think that BvS is better than Sucker Punch - you must've watched both movies with your ass, try your eyes next time
The first time I took my adhd medication this is basically how I felt lol
You should consider watching the single season show that followed this. They continued to have a lot of fun with film-making tricks, but in the tv format they were able to explore the effects on the new pov character more.
Imo the show they made as a spin-off of this movie is criminally underrated it should NEVER have been cancelled after 1 season it was so fucking good I feel :(
That show had tons of personality.
@@WhiskyCanuck It had such potential to become one of the greats so sad that it didn't get the chance
gotta agree. i loved it when i saw it, then my dad found it on his own and has rewatched the whole season several times over lol
@@alefnull yea everyone i've told to watch it loved it aswell
The beginning of the film is very motivational for self improvement. Some of the things he does in the beginning is first he cleans and organizes his place. Second he cleans himself up. Third he finishes his work. Forth he really pays attention and connects with people. All of these things anyone could do without the pill.
The smash cut to black at the end with the Black Keys tune was something I always liked.
I enjoyed seeing Anna Friel again in this after becoming a fan of the entire cast of "Pushing Daisies."
Thanks, I was racking my brain, trying to get her name, and the name of the series she was in. She's cute 😊
The biggest thing with anyone on NZT is their eyes have a shine to them. It's how they tell you who is using it and who isn't.
You should also check out “Silver Linings Playbook” at some point.
Great film that tackles themes about mental health.
Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert DeNiro
AND it’s based in Philly James!
The tv series is actually really fun, i recommend checking it out, its more of a comedy but still really good.
second that, would love to see someone react to it!
7:40 James, I thought that was a very interesting observation; more than intelligence, the drug kind of eliminated his procrastination and always keep him in every moment, or let him be himself as I think you put it. Thanks for the reaction :)
This movie is criminally underated
I would definitely take that Pill , and learning the Chemistry to make it better seems natural...
This was a book first, "The Dark Fields", before it was adapted. The author based the drug on the experiments and high promises of LSD in the 1960s. I, like you, love the editing they did with this film - this was fun to see how they portrayed everything.
I heard that it was based on Adderall. I remember back when this film came out, there were concerns about university/college students using it because it helps with focus and concentration.
@@massacrestarts1673, Not according to the author. He's said in several interviews that he got the idea for the book after reading "Storming Heaven - LSD and the American Dream, by Jay Stevens", and based a lot of the book research on that and other books about LSD.
They did use both digital and film cameras (I think the digital cameras was for the ‘special’ shots), but the difference you see is between two different types of film stock and obviously focal length. Fuji for the de-saturated, and Kodak for the saturated. Longer focal lengths for the Fuji shots, shorter for the Kodak.
The editing in this movie brings so much style that keeps you engaged. Great video bro
My man James with the *Enter the Void* reference. This is one of the reasons I've come to love this channel so much.
This film reminds me of the first time I was prescribed Vyvanse. It's a miracle drug for people who suffer with ADHD.
Really is limitless the first time u feel the effects🤪🫠👹
Fun Fact: There was an alternate ending where Eddie was obviously still on NZT and knew he couldn't get any more of it after Carl said everything. But he still stands against Carl and tells him that he can always find a way to get off the drug. But the ending doesn't feel as victorious as this ending does. Overall, any other story would end with him getting off the drug and trying to live a normal life, or dying from withdrawal. But the overall idea with being on NZT is that it made him a better version of himself. And the overall theme is more of a question: If there was a pill that could you a better version of you, what would you do?
100% I would.
In the movie, he explained at the end that he was off of NZT and figured out a way to still keep the enhanced version while tweaking out the bugs of the drug. Knowledge is my drug and I would start with web and computer programming coding, then move on from there.
What if you could be a better version of yourself without the drugs? Look what happened when he took the drug. It was like turning the lights on and he saw things he never noticed before. One of the first things he noticed was that his apartment was a dump. So he went to work and cleaned it up. After cleaning and organizing his space he thought "I'm not high, I'm not wired. I haven't had a drink or a cigarette in six hours. I just know what I need to do and I do it". Then he went on to finish the book he had been procrastinating on for months, got himself a bath and a shave and a haircut and some new threads and started a fitness program.
What was there that he couldn't have done without the drugs? Maybe not as well or as fast but there is a lot any of us could do to improve our lives.
This is what Jordan Peterson is talking about when he says start by cleaning your room. Get your life in order, get your relationships with your family and friends in order, and go on from there.
@@mrdanforth3744 on NZT, he was able to finish the book in 3 days, speak fluently in languages right away. NZT would jump start everything I got going in my life.
@@mrdanforth3744the drug is heavily inspired by Adderall and some preworkouts. Ever seen a person with ADHD do things they need to do without their meds? Chances are no but once they do they're basically just better versions of themselves able to focus on multiple things at once and get them done. NZT is obviously exaggerated but Adderall is basically the real life equivalent but it's for ADHD.
I know a lot of people disliked this movie, but I enjoyed it. It can be a bit corny at times, but like yourself I really enjoyed the creativity used to portray different things throughout the film and the editing is fun and interesting even if the story itself is quite simplistic.
Edit: And yes, I would absolutely use the clean version of the drug. I love learning new things but I have an awful memory and I forget a lot of what I read about, especially the finer details. There’s so much stuff in the world that I’d love to learn about and a drug like this would allow me to learn as much as I wanted, and retain it and be able to recall it. Just imagine the good you could do for the planet and for the people of the world. Imagine if we gave this to children as their brains were developing! We could make it available to everyone who wanted it as if it was tylenol. It would be incredible. The possibilities are limitless😜 So yes, I’d absolutely do it in a heartbeat.
I like the way you think. What would be the first thing you would learn about? For me, I would learn every computer and web programming language that I can get my hands on, then with that knowledge, it'll help me create several phone apps. Did you ever hear about a company called CRISPR? They gene edit now with precision.
I love this movie so much! One of my guilty pleasures for sure! Thank you for the reaction 👍
You should check out the TV series they made based off this. It isn't anything groundbreaking, but very enjoyable. Sadly, it got cancelled after one season, but still worth watching.
honestly rewatching this after my ADHD diagnosis and prescription it now hits different
I just seen your reaction and I'm very proud that you don't use bad words ,keep doing a great job buddy.I hope two be there up high like you my man.God bless your channel!
Dude i always felt that exact way about the ending but you out it into words. Haunting
The Dark Fields was the title of the book. I believe switched to Limitless, which is ths book I have. More darker than the film. I enjoyed both.
I loved this movie. Great reaction as usual.
I like your insights on the editing. Never thought of it like that, but yeah, lots of cool editing in this film.
Thanks for sharing! One of my favorite films to revisit every few years.
It has a spin off TV show that I absolutely adore. It's not perfect but I prefer it to the movie.
This is one of my all time favourite movies, and I really think it does have something to do with how fun the editing is.
Yes, a lot was filmed in Market East. They changed the street names but the bank is actually a Beneficial on Chestnut Street.
You cracking up at that dude running had me in tears LMFAO
Hope you're doing well bro!
6:20 It was a book called "The Dark Fields" at first
This still remains to me one of the coolest movies ever done if it was a book before then that was probably just pure genius at work
The book was called “The Dark Fields”
You would love American Made. I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan but he flew the planes in it and the camera angles were amazing. Plus it was an incredible true story.
Love this movie! And I think I love the tvseries even better! Still don't understand why Netflix ended it after 1 season tho☹ however, definitely worth a watch!👍
Pretty sure Netflix didn't make the series.
I wouldn't take the original version of the Pill but the fixed version I'd down on a second. And yeah the 10% thing was disproven.
I’d take that pill in a heartbeat
Awesome someone finally reacted to this great movie. You are officially a goat in my eyes Sir
I guess the filmmakers wanted the viewers to watch the ending and ask themselves what they'd do with that kind of power, but I do agree with you in that it's not a happy ending and he did completely lose his original identity.
Love this movie and the tv show
I think the phrase you were searching for at the end was 'pyrrhic victory'.
FunFact,. I was on the top floor of the building across the street looking out the window at work when they were filming the Philly scene.
one of my favorite movies glad you reacted to it ^ _ ^
woah someone actually reacts to one of my old favorite movie
This movie is in my top 10 for just concept alone. It's so cool and yet not a sci-fi and totally believable that could happen today.
I loved this movie when I was younger. It's good to see your take on it, I never noticed how funny that guy runs lol.
Very underrated movie. One of my favourites. Good reaction 👍
I see it as he became his ultimate self, so he did change and change can be scary sometimes. But in order to change and become better, the parts of ourselves that make us weak need to die. Change requires sacrifice.
Bradley Cooper once sat in the audience during inside the actors studio" when DeNiro was a guest, even stood up and asked him some advice ect. Then years later he himself was a guest there, and then playing opposite De Niro.. He has spoken about it being truly surreal. What a journey as an actor.
Also, that only using psrt of the brain theory is debunked ages ago 😆
This movie perfectly illustrates what it's like when you have ADD and what it feels like when you take your medication: "I was just...clear. I knew what I had to do and how to do it."
I really liked this movie as well. Thanks for reviewing it.
I definitely remember enjoying this film in spite of any shortcomings (which I mostly didn't notice much), and watched it a couple times. I'd like to rewatch it a few more since I don't remember many of the details anymore.
“There is no way he would just pop that pill” little you know about pill poppers.
Late night here bro and this is just what I need, so cool man 💪🏻 thank you, James! 🏆
Any time!! 🤘🏽
I dunno why.. but this is one of my favorite films
Another great one, your in for a show !!
This one played with some really cool concepts. What if you could unlock your brain and gain access to everything that is in there and it's processing capabilities. What would that do for you... what would it do TO you? To those you love? Consequences? Bradley Cooper does a really great job with his natural charm in this. And yeah, the camera work and the editing just really go above and beyond.
Nice to see Bradley taking Jordan Cooper's advice to tidy his room. The film just shows what this can achieve.
I loved the movie! Just a really cool concept, and I think they did a really good job overall.
They had a follow up TV show that was really fun
it's a crime that this movie doesn't have more reactions.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
This film is an interesting case where I find the initial premise and first act to be far and away the best part of the movie. After he decides to go all Wall-Street-bro and DeNiro shows up, I feel like the story collapses into something much blander, smaller, and less compelling. Ironically, the story is remarkably limited (at least to me!).
That said, Cooper’s performance, the soundtrack, and the visuals are all excellent!
Fun Fact: The original book was basically Eddie sitting around using up his stash of NZT and right before he died from withdrawal, he saw the Senator on TV with the same eyes as his.
@@nilesstark When you say same eyes, do you mean that he saw himself in double like the movie showed or the senator had the same look in his eyes from the drug?
@@V_4_Versace From the drug. Basically Eddie dies as he comes the realization, or rather assumption, that most of or all extremely successful people are on this drug.
I was okay with the Wall Street stuff, it was borrowing money from (and then ignoring) the organized crime guy that lost me. It was such an obviously stupid thing for anyone to do, much less someone who is supposedly as intelligent as Eddie was supposed to be. It felt so forced and contrived, just to insert conflict. He surely could've figured out a far less dangerous way to raise that money in a short amount of time.
@@matteorenner1386 yeah that would have been a dumb ending with what the movie set up with it causing so many issues and killing so many people, like by the movie logic even that senator would have just been dead a few months later so what would be the point?
Thanks for sharing your reaction to another movie that I greatly enjoyed.
Hey now James...we DO NOT use 100% of our Brains. The End. The Subconscious records EVERYTHING and the Conscious filters it out in your Map of Reality. Imagine, if you could lift that Map...and tap into memories you never even knew existed. I'm just typing this at the beginning as you call the main character a druggie. He will evolve and realize his dependence on it. It will even spawn off a pretty good TV Show years later. Ah the power and charm of the mid and early 2000's movies. I'm not sure if this was after a book or not. However, as a "self help junkie" myself for most of my life. That's why I Loved this flick! (and even watched the TV show before it was cancelled)
Personally really like this movie. It was one of my absolute favourites when I was 16-19.
08:49 Todd Howard releasing Skyrim.
I think the brain percentage thing works fine as a metaphor - like in "Lucy" which gets a bad rap; but I think is a fun popcorn flick. Good background watching.
Eddie frantically searching for the pill in his jacket is like me trying to find that one last antihistamine I reserve for the day my allergies are the worst.
I didn't even know that the movie existed I got hooked on the series that only lasted one season and he actually was showing up in the series You know typical stuff something that people actually like they get rid of
James, I would like to see you check out the movie Lucy, if you haven't already. Similar premise and concept but executed a little differently. I would like to see your comparison of the two.
CZcamsr JustWrite did two videos analyzing the Limitless franchise, from books to movie and the TV series after that, he explored how contradicting are the story themes depending on the version. I highly recommend both videos as they go pretty in depth.
I personally like this movie but it leaves me a bit conflicted about its main topic, from one side there's the constant hustle culture depicted in an positive way which I disagree to, also as you mentioned there's this theme of people needing to cheat or lie in order to advance, I remember part of the inspiration of this movie was the topic of smart drugs and ADHD medications abuse by college students (without ADHD) in order to pass their exams which came more to the public attention in the late 2000s. On the other hand the concept of enhancing human cognitive capacities is a fascinating one and as I remember some experts in the field saying at the time, at one point we as humanity should give a more serious and thorough consideration in a manner not dissimilar from how we treat preventable diseases at birth through vaccines. Maybe not in 10 or 50 years, but at one point is a conversation that needs to happen.
And after the movie there was the series following the movie (in same universe and with Eddie and same actor "visiting").
Edit: fixed some typos
I remember seeing a comment on CZcams about the ending scene at the Chinese restaurant that elevates the scene a little more:
Eddie: orders a bunch of food and lobster.
Waiter: you'll need a bib to protect your clothes.
Eddie: but it won't protect my dirty hands (political joke)
i watch this movie once and cool, but i watch it been HIGH and the trip was AAAAMAAAZING
anyone else click home on CZcams and saw this lil beauty on your recommended
"Vernon no!….....where are your pills tho" haha
I have always loved this movie and think it is there’s more credit.
This is his best film
❤
Unlocking our mind isn't evil. Keeping it locked up while hiding behind myths is.
Amazing reaction
The tv show as a sequel was cool too
I love this film
This movie came out of nowhere, it’s pretty awesome.
This is a better movie than people would have you believe I think, it's very very good.
The scene in the subway always reminds me of the Matrix, with the Bruce lee flashback (I think its Bruce) and him just knowing how to do all these moves he has never done before, so cool !
It’s Bruce Lee, yes.
Maybe the real LIMITLESS was the friends we made along the way
As if you knew!
Yeah it's a book called The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn, a fun one too!