Prediction: Lucy
Shiri’s Prediction: While I don’t dislike Scarlett Johansson as an actress, I’m not entirely sure why she’s every casting directors first choice at the moment. She’s fine and I don’t remember actively disliking her performance in anything, but I don’t remember being blown away either. Then again, Luc Besson has a way of bringing out the talent in people. And while my sensibility is partial to Jon Woo, and while because of said, I basically require my action movies to have a standoff in a church with doves, Besson is probably my second favorite action director. The Professional is definitely in my top 10 favorite action movies of all time, despite the presence of La Portman, which is an achievement. My concerns however, are that the action scenes in the trailer will be the only ones in the film and Johansson won’t be able to carry the long stretches of exposition in between. Also, I’ve seen her as Black Widow. You know, when she was playing Black Widow? I don’t know that I need to see her in essentially the same role again. And between Arrow’s Mirakuru, Captain America’s Super Serum, etc etc, I think the whole transformative pharmaceutical theme may be a little played out this year. Still, it’s Besson and I’ll certainly give it a chance.
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