The other day I had the chance to go watch Limitless, a movie starring Bradley Cooper and Robert Deniro. The basic theme of the movie was that Cooper, a broke and down on his luck writer ran into an old childhood buddy, who introduced him to the "break" of his life, or so he thought.
This wonder drug was supposed to dramatically improve the memory and recall of his brain, and open up the floodgates of his memory. He had nothing to lose so he tried it, and shazzam he was transformed into superman overnight. He was able to write books in days what it might take him a year, learn piano in days, languages the same. It all came to him effortlessly.
Only problem was, the drug wore off within a couple of days, and he was always in need of replenishment. One thing led to another, and he developed a craving for it, so much that he borrowed money from a loan shark/mobster. It was a wrong move and one he would regret later. After a meteoric rise to the top of the trading world, he discovers Mr Koon a Wall Street legend who wants to meet him, He signs on with Koon as his adviser, and together they build a monopoly on the Street. Only problem is that his powers desert him when the drug runs out of his system.. During the movie powerful questions emerge about power and its nature that most peope never really think about.
At the beginning Cooper stands on the ledge of a high rise ready to take his life, at the end he looks at his life from the same vantage point only for a different reason. Life as we perceive at the top is not the same as it is really is.
What would you do if you had access to all that money and power?
If you had that power how would you use it?
Would you have safeguards in place that would or would not reinforce your belief system?
Would you use that same power to enrich yourself and bank account or would you choose nobler goals?
Do you think that Bradley Cooper could have anticipated all the problems his decisons brought him?
Drug addiction issues are front and center here
Doesnt money power and drugs bring dangerous bedfellows?
At the end of the movie he ran for Senate and his Wall St pal shewd up (ostensibly to donate money tohsi campaign) trying to blackmail him. In the end was he able to overcome his demons, if so how?
How does genius, power and success blind us to the truth about reality?
What does this tell Christians about the deceitfulness of riches??
IN summary, the quest for power and its attainment is rife with its own pitfalls. What we say we want or yearn for is sometimes not what we want at all.
Solomon, said paraphrased, I pursued and explored it all, and said it was all vanity.
The conclusion of the movie was refreshing, for it showed a man that had kicked the opressive hold that the drug had on him, and gained back his "right" mind.
This wonder drug was supposed to dramatically improve the memory and recall of his brain, and open up the floodgates of his memory. He had nothing to lose so he tried it, and shazzam he was transformed into superman overnight. He was able to write books in days what it might take him a year, learn piano in days, languages the same. It all came to him effortlessly.
Only problem was, the drug wore off within a couple of days, and he was always in need of replenishment. One thing led to another, and he developed a craving for it, so much that he borrowed money from a loan shark/mobster. It was a wrong move and one he would regret later. After a meteoric rise to the top of the trading world, he discovers Mr Koon a Wall Street legend who wants to meet him, He signs on with Koon as his adviser, and together they build a monopoly on the Street. Only problem is that his powers desert him when the drug runs out of his system.. During the movie powerful questions emerge about power and its nature that most peope never really think about.
At the beginning Cooper stands on the ledge of a high rise ready to take his life, at the end he looks at his life from the same vantage point only for a different reason. Life as we perceive at the top is not the same as it is really is.
What would you do if you had access to all that money and power?
If you had that power how would you use it?
Would you have safeguards in place that would or would not reinforce your belief system?
Would you use that same power to enrich yourself and bank account or would you choose nobler goals?
Do you think that Bradley Cooper could have anticipated all the problems his decisons brought him?
Drug addiction issues are front and center here
Doesnt money power and drugs bring dangerous bedfellows?
At the end of the movie he ran for Senate and his Wall St pal shewd up (ostensibly to donate money tohsi campaign) trying to blackmail him. In the end was he able to overcome his demons, if so how?
How does genius, power and success blind us to the truth about reality?
What does this tell Christians about the deceitfulness of riches??
IN summary, the quest for power and its attainment is rife with its own pitfalls. What we say we want or yearn for is sometimes not what we want at all.
Solomon, said paraphrased, I pursued and explored it all, and said it was all vanity.
The conclusion of the movie was refreshing, for it showed a man that had kicked the opressive hold that the drug had on him, and gained back his "right" mind.
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