This ending is perfect. Eddie has a four digit IQ, it's obvious that he would simply fix the NZT side effects himself. And as for Carl, respect to his character for backing off and choosing to not fight a far superior opponent.
No such thing as a 4 digit IQ. IQ doesn’t measure your intellectual power, itjust measures statistical difference with the rest. With little over 200 you are the most intelligent human, but IQ doesn’t measure how much more intelligent you are, only how rare you are
Yeah, you could see it's not something he's used to doing and he'd almost rather be dead than to do so, but he knew he was licked once he told him about his heart. That definitely sealed the deal.
There is much debate and confusion over what Eddie Morra (played by Bradley Cooper) said in Mandarin to the Chinese waiter at the end of Limitless (2011). Apparently, Bradley Cooper's Mandarin is largely unintelligible to Mandarin speakers, but after studying many comments online, reviewing Chinese subtitles, and researching Mandarin vocabulary, it is becoming clear that Eddie Morra and the waiter were joking with each other using two plays on words. The problem is--due to cultural differences--people who understand Mandarin probably do not understand the full intent of the humorous exchange, and people who might understand the full intent of the exchange do not understand Mandarin. Of course, the poor Mandarin pronunciations are compounding the misunderstandings dramatically. The result is that no one--seemingly in the entire world--is getting the joke. Here is an approximation of what was most likely said at the end of Limitless. (Note to all the Mandarin speakers: This is not a verbatim translation, which would be awkward in English. This is an interpretation of Mandarin that native English speakers should be able to understand properly in context.) Eddie Morra: "I will have noodles, two scallion pancakes, and lobster with no MSG (weijing)." Chinese Waiter: "But a scarf (weijin) will protect your clothes." Eddie Morra: "But it won't help with my dirty hands." The first joke here is in the Mandarin pun. The Mandarin word for MSG (weijing) is similar to a Mandarin word for scarf (weijin), which could conceivably be used to describe a lobster bib. (Note: In America, people commonly wear bibs while eating lobsters to protect their clothes from all of the juices that shoot out when cracking open shellfish. Americans sometimes refuse to wear the lobster bibs, because the bibs look tacky.) When Morra asked to have lobster with no MSG, the waiter joked with him using a play on the words for MSG/scarf (weijing/weijin), explaining he should not refuse the scarf (lobster bib) because it will protect his clothes. Morra then joked the bib will do nothing for his dirty hands. This was a witty response to the waiter, but it has a deeper meaning. "Dirty hands" is a very common expression in English that insinuates one has figuratively gotten one's hands dirty from doing dirty deeds in the past. The irony here is that Morra was about to enter politics, and he had to do some dirty deeds in the past to rise to his level of success. Yes, Morra can eat his expensive dinner and enjoy his wonderful life, but he will be doing so with dirty hands. This joke revealed Morra was happy with his life but was not denying his considerable flaws and unfair advantages. If that is truly what was said between the Chinese waiter and Morra, it was a good note on which to end Limitless. It is very unfortunate the director, Neil Burger, did not force Bradley Cooper to practice speaking Mandarin phonetically until he spoke the words clearly. If properly executed, that final exchange could have been an excellent moment in the movie and a clever conclusion to an interesting plot.
Robert De Niro is such a great actor. After Eddy threatens Carl, you can see him go from threatening to shaken and nervous, whilst wearing basically the same expression.
Absolutely when Eddie started feeling his chest his expression was priceless. All of a sudden he was vulnerable, mortal. Bradley Cooper does an amazing job selling his abilities throughout the movie. Don't forget to vote 😂
So let me get this straight. Eddy not only improved NZT, he made a version that doesn't have negative side effect but allows him to keep some of the effects even when off it? He also has 4-5 labs AND it heightens his senses to almost supernatural levels? Awesome.
I'd take one of these before my Driver's License test. But I would be afraid that I would quickly see that owning an automobile is pointless and costly, and by leveraging public transportation and ride share apps to my advantage I could have complete mobility without the costs involved in vehicle ownership. I would also lower my risk of potentially life ending, or altering accidents as well. This would force to me accept that my desire to have a DL and drive a car stemmed from an emotional need, not a practical need, and this in turn would force me to reconsider many of the choices I had previously made in life, and question my plan going forward. Ignorance is bliss, I will take the blue pill please.
Aside from the fact that it's entirely impossible for any sort of drug to do any of that. Partly because chemistry simply doesn't work that way, and partly because neurobiology doesn't work that way. They only way to achieve such results would have to be to artificially stimulate synaptic formation, which would be pure chaos, and would take time. You'd have to take a pill however often it would need to be taken, to maintain the effect, but you wouldn't see results for days. And when you did, you'd probably have seizures, not genius insight. The only way to really make any use of it if you could control the effects, would be to completely bypass the autonomic functions of the hindbrain, because otherwise you're still going to do exactly the same irrationally stupid crap everyone does, no matter how "smart" you are. Humans are not conscious creatures...nothing is. Humans are merely sentient, not sapient, and are physiologically incapable of being so. Consciousness is an illusion. We cannot choose anything. Our most primitive portions of the brain make all decisions before our higher brain is even aware there's a choice to make. The delay is measurable. All the higher brain does is slap a lot of window-dressing on whatever decision the hindbrain makes. Fills in gaps, fleshes it out into an actual sequence of actions and such. But the actual choice is made well before any of that, and is completely unconsciously done. Without physically and wholly bypassing that part of the brain somehow, it's impossible for any human to ever do what we see in this movie. Period.
Every now and then that thought will pop into my head at work and I’ll let out a sigh, wishing it was and that I know I wouldn’t use it much. Just enough to make enough to be able to retire at 31 hahahaha.
yet i have seen people with seemingly nothing, move from lower middle class to elite status simply based on their ability to interact with people. ability masquerading as intelligence. or intelligence masquerading as ability. either way when you break down your own invisible walls, you can do amazing things. you can go from being a very prepared 50k analyst in the back of a quarterly call piping up at just the right time to on the golf course with a CEO in a matter of 5 hours, to a 350k VP in a year. I have seen that with my own eyes. it is all about applying your intelligence to say the right things at the right time with the right people present. communication is everything. most people simply dont believe in themselves. @@DoremiFasolatido1979
@@FranzFries12 - Which happened in the form of the excellent yet shortlived Limitless TV Show that sadly only lasted 2 seasons. But in that show we see how Bradley Cooper progressed after the movie ended, and how he basically became a Super Villain akin to Lex Luthor basically.
@@dbzispimpinThere was 2 ways they wanted to take the show. However the Studio heads were against both ideas. Originally it was supposed to be a show about America slowly moving to the drug and the affects on society and social order. Ironically the studio heads thought their main focus audience was too stupid for that kind of show. The second idea was to give the new drug to different people as a social experiment. Basically a test run before an attempt to bring it to the masses. Instead the decision was to mix political greed and intelligence against each other. The books series kept to the first idea but is only available in Korea except the first book.
"What van?"....bang "I see everything carl"....carl thinking "holy shit, this dude didn't even break eye contact, im not even in the same league as this guy"
I wish the tv show got a second season, it started off rough but I got immersed by the end and I loved that it was expanding into being a sequel to the movie.
@@KageNoTenshi I had a minor problem with that as well.. until I realized that it could be completely explained by Morra *lying* --either to Deniro (in the Movie) or to Finch in the TV show. Either lie would be a perfect and necessary manipulation.
It started out bad because of the one thing that made this movie bad as well. The moment you use that pill, you realize that you need to find a way to deal with the side effects and dependence. You don't have to be a super genius to figure that out. Everyone watching figures it out. But the super genius on the super genius drug takes his sweet time before the realization strikes.
In the words of the greatest freestyle rapper Harry Mack. "When I pop the pill I show the skill and you know that it's limitless!" The craziest thing I ever heard off the top.
i always hated how he ended up back with the blonde chick, even though she dumped him TWICE, she made herself come off as if she was only there for the success and the money. he shouldve gotten someone new to teach her a lesson.
that is a good point..... but, maybe he stayed with her because she was always honest with him? They seemed to really say what they were thinking, to each other, even when it would hurt. Maybe he still valued her, and wanted her to like him and value him, for that reason. But, yeah, it must have hurt when she left him. Maybe he should use his superior intelligence to do something truly horrifying to her.
That's the thing that never made sense to me in the movie. Like you said Carl is powerful, ruthless, smart, ambitious... If HE shut down the NZT labs that means he had access to NZT. No way an ego maniac like that doesn't take the NZT thinking he can do the very thing Eddy did... which was manufacture a version that is side effect free. His ego alone wouldn't allow the possibility that he would be unable to do so.
Hadn't seen this in years. I always thought he made a new pill that he could take once and it lasted forever. Like a one time nzt, no side effects, no coming down, just a never ending high, OR that he made one that had no side effects. I didn't realize he got off it it altogether and it made changes like that. Interesting. I'll stick with my way lol. Almost want to see a sequel, but I'm glad they left this alone. They should do that to more movies.
@@coli1n no, not that I'm aware of, just saying if done right a sequel COULD be good. They made what looks like a shitty TV show out of it that didn't last long I don't think, but I have a feeling it's not worth the time.
@@erictalkington5674 It wasn't that bad. People generally don't believe it lived up to the movie but it wasn't a total wash like people like to make it sound.
So this is where the show takes off - Carl's factory is making a little and selling to some up and comers, then Eddie in power starts assembling a team to knock them off and gain re-control of the supply - interesting.
In the movie he says that he is off NZT, but in the show she says that he still takes it, but he just has to take an inmunity shot to stay alive. So we can either assume: 1. He was lying to Carl and was still on the drug. Or 2. The show didnt care to do research lol.
@@ZombieProdigyUS I'm glad you bought up that inconsistency, cause watching the show i was wondering that myself, how is he still on nzt when he specifically says he's off it in the movie ending?
@@ZombieProdigyUS I think that in the show he was lying to the protag of the show, who had never considered the possibility of permanently gaining the effects, which would make him free from Eddie and not dependent on him
Based on kenwalker7550's astute analysis of the ending scene, I have concluded that this is the character and phonetic breakdown of what Bradley Cooper's conversation was with the waiter: BRADLEY COOPER Traditional Characters: "炸醬麵, 兩個蔥油餅, 在加小龍蝦. 千万不要給我味精." Phonetic: Zhá jiàng miàn, liǎng gè cōng yóubǐng, zài jiā xiǎo lóngxiā. Qiān wàn bùyào gěi wǒ wèijīng. English Translation: Beijing fried noodles, 2 scallion pancakes, then add crayfish. Absolutely do not give me MSG. WAITER Traditional Characters: "圍巾會保護你的衣服" Phonetic: Wéijīn huì bǎohù nǐ de yīfú English Translation: The bib will protect your clothes. BRADLEY COOPER Traditional Characters: "但是不會保護我兩髒手" Phonetic: Dànshì bù huì bǎohù wǒ liǎng zāng shǒu English Translation: But it won't protect my two dirty hands.
I think they were saying weijing as in scarf which was probably a mistranslation of napkin or apron since the waiter says the scarf will protect his clothes.
@@reggaemarley4617 Another comment explains the pretty clever wordplay going on here. The mandarin word for MSG is very very close to the mandarin word for scarf. Bradley says give me the lobster with no MSG. Waiter says but the scarf (lobster bib) is so your clothes won't get dirty. Bradley says but it won't protect my dirty hands.
I'm fifty steps ahead of you, I can see everything... I know you clicked that alternative ending and came here to see the better ending... But you already knew that.
The TV show could have been a good ending. During what essentially became the series finale, Eddie has gone beyond needing the Presidency and it's implied he's found something better than NZT
Carl was out of his league trying to threaten Eddie. You'd think a guy who's on NZT and has knowledge of both science and human psychology would know someone's gonna find out about the labs and close them, and try to blackmail him. Ffs he was running for senator. That alone should tell you how much power he's craving and the things he wants to do.
It’s remarkable how NZT works and it’s effects on the brain. Eddie telling Carl about the accident indicates that he sees reality mathematically in the sense that everything is either a possibility or probability. The outcome of the accident was a high probability based on the details of the situation. So his brain acts like a supercomputer.
I really love that movie. Because I think, that our brain can do much more then we think. I would love to have the ability, people have with NZT in that movie. I look for the solution to be able to do the same, without NZT: I know - its possible.
You should really look up on how the brain works, because what you said is simply not possible like at all. We use 100% of our capacity regularly.. This whole movie is based on a myth which only exists because people can't be bothered to do some fact checking.
If you really want to know human potential study psychology. The simple answer is use the theory of evolution, we only have what we need to survive and we are only as “smart” as we need to be. We cannot surpass human limitations unless evolution takes an act on it because we need it to survive. This is why telekinesis and other myth stuff isn’t real.
hmm.. i think human brain never good as electronics devices & this movie over-act about brain ability. i believe human brain is works by needs. if needs is weak, so do brain..
Having that much power over powerful people doesn't sound like a fun life. Anyone you ever cared about would be constantly in danger.... I'd be smart enough to do something else and live a quieter but still happy life.
I'm sure you could raise a chicken farm on a sparsely populated tropical island with your family and still keep the world leaders from doing anything to stupid. You could be smart enough for that.
i think that this is a natural order of things, when an individual has the ability and evolutionary advantages among his kin, he just unintentionally starts to move forward, making everything to achieve "power", which is represented in our world as money, influence and fame
@@timothyjaydyning3247 I bet his home life wouldn't be to happy. Everyone around you would feel slow and stupid. He can't stand still, fine... can anyone keep up? Would he need like 10 women to satisfy his energy, his intellect, his grasp of the world , would he even waste time with "lesser" people. Sort of a curse and a blessing. Ignorance is bliss? :p
Probably the single time I've ever seen Deniro be outmaneuvered\told to f*** off and he KNOWS it and just leaves without having the last word. Now that's power!
As much as I’d love to see a sequel, especially this long after, I know sequels almost always suck and it would detract from this film. Especially today with the trash happening in Hollywood today.
Honestly... I came here because I was reminded of the movie and I'm honestly shocked after reading the comments, knowing there's an alternate ending. I'm not gonna watch it that's for dame sure.
he literally could’ve became a SUPERVILLIAN if he wanted to at this point. But the pill does seem like it makes you make the BEST decision possible so maybe all he would do is good choices.
This is what i don't get about the TV series. It seems like first thing you want to do is to take down all the labs to make sure nobody else is making the drug. Maybe have one lab where you research it yourself, and someone who just makes it. The risk that someone else will take it and starts outsmarting you is too dangerous. It already has been shown that your starting intelligence matters, so what if a very young and talented researcher took it?
This movie is like if what people think of themselves when they're on cocaine came true. I can't watch a scene without my eyes rolling so far back in my head it hurts 😂
When I first saw this movie, I was very disappointed in Eddie. The guy has the power to truly rock the pillars of reality... And he decides to run for senator and be President? It wasn't until later that I realised that being president was probably just Stage 1 of the plan. Half the shit he wants to do hasn't even been conceived yet, nevermind deemed legal yet, so when he's President, it's all possible.
First time that I met Abbie Cornish was in May, I believe, though it might have been April, of 1999. She accompanied my roommate and I when I caught a ride back to Clackamas. I discussed, primarily, strains of cannabis. Hello, Ms. Cornish. Sorry that it took a while to remember that that was you.
Eddy can be so threatening NZT not only enhances his intelligence but also so much more Brian Finch use NZT for good, but i dont think he is as smart as eddy even with all the FBI with him
nzt only enhances what you have, the data already there and the capacity you have for learning more... Eddie has a capacity for retention, Brian has more capacity to extrapolate.
Turn on the subtitles when he speaks to the waiter: "Domingo - yo Bing Yahoo Yahoo Yahoo ageing waiting for a fucking thief pursuing by overdone down for."
His eyes moving like he's thinking and realizing something at the moment after Eddie touched his chest, diagnosed and told him 'but you already knew that'. Because he realized he was flexed upon that he is only getting the free info he already knew and Eddie had no way to know. Eddie wanted to let him know he should fear what he knows and not telling him at all at that chat.
This ending is perfect. Eddie has a four digit IQ, it's obvious that he would simply fix the NZT side effects himself. And as for Carl, respect to his character for backing off and choosing to not fight a far superior opponent.
i don't know if he did it himself or he got that guy he paid 2 million dollars to do it.
No such thing as a 4 digit IQ. IQ doesn’t measure your intellectual power, itjust measures statistical difference with the rest. With little over 200 you are the most intelligent human, but IQ doesn’t measure how much more intelligent you are, only how rare you are
Yeah, you could see it's not something he's used to doing and he'd almost rather be dead than to do so, but he knew he was licked once he told him about his heart. That definitely sealed the deal.
No, it was him realizing he'd be dude's bitch and didn't want it that bad lol.
IQ is a scam
There is much debate and confusion over what Eddie Morra (played by Bradley Cooper) said in Mandarin to the Chinese waiter at the end of Limitless (2011). Apparently, Bradley Cooper's Mandarin is largely unintelligible to Mandarin speakers, but after studying many comments online, reviewing Chinese subtitles, and researching Mandarin vocabulary, it is becoming clear that Eddie Morra and the waiter were joking with each other using two plays on words.
The problem is--due to cultural differences--people who understand Mandarin probably do not understand the full intent of the humorous exchange, and people who might understand the full intent of the exchange do not understand Mandarin. Of course, the poor Mandarin pronunciations are compounding the misunderstandings dramatically. The result is that no one--seemingly in the entire world--is getting the joke.
Here is an approximation of what was most likely said at the end of Limitless. (Note to all the Mandarin speakers: This is not a verbatim translation, which would be awkward in English. This is an interpretation of Mandarin that native English speakers should be able to understand properly in context.)
Eddie Morra: "I will have noodles, two scallion pancakes, and lobster with no MSG (weijing)."
Chinese Waiter: "But a scarf (weijin) will protect your clothes."
Eddie Morra: "But it won't help with my dirty hands."
The first joke here is in the Mandarin pun. The Mandarin word for MSG (weijing) is similar to a Mandarin word for scarf (weijin), which could conceivably be used to describe a lobster bib. (Note: In America, people commonly wear bibs while eating lobsters to protect their clothes from all of the juices that shoot out when cracking open shellfish. Americans sometimes refuse to wear the lobster bibs, because the bibs look tacky.) When Morra asked to have lobster with no MSG, the waiter joked with him using a play on the words for MSG/scarf (weijing/weijin), explaining he should not refuse the scarf (lobster bib) because it will protect his clothes. Morra then joked the bib will do nothing for his dirty hands.
This was a witty response to the waiter, but it has a deeper meaning. "Dirty hands" is a very common expression in English that insinuates one has figuratively gotten one's hands dirty from doing dirty deeds in the past. The irony here is that Morra was about to enter politics, and he had to do some dirty deeds in the past to rise to his level of success. Yes, Morra can eat his expensive dinner and enjoy his wonderful life, but he will be doing so with dirty hands. This joke revealed Morra was happy with his life but was not denying his considerable flaws and unfair advantages.
If that is truly what was said between the Chinese waiter and Morra, it was a good note on which to end Limitless. It is very unfortunate the director, Neil Burger, did not force Bradley Cooper to practice speaking Mandarin phonetically until he spoke the words clearly. If properly executed, that final exchange could have been an excellent moment in the movie and a clever conclusion to an interesting plot.
Fascinating. Much respect if this is all I indeed true
great comment, thanks for breaking this down!
Jesus fucking Christ you typed all this ?
This is the type of comment I come to TH-cam for
That's some great writing that has been completely lost on most of the audience.
wouldnt it have been awesome if the waiter had given him a dirty look and said "I'm from New York"
I mean.... He probably predicted that wouldn't happen. lol.
Remember , he sees everything? He already knows about the waiter
pretty easy to tell a freshy.
That's way better.
That’s actually very cool
It would show although you might know everything, you’re still not as wise as you think
Let's face it, you're here to watch the better ending(again)
Yes
Gets better every time
hi
Jesus how did You know that sht? Are You a prophet?
@@micho2067 He's on NZT
It would have been awkward if the waiter says "I don't speak Chinese sir"
xdd
Yah since Chinese isn't a real language. That would be awkward.
Cantonese or Mandarin 😆
@@Kruppt808 Except mandarin refers to standard Chinese which is called, if you can believe it, “Chinese”.
@@Kruppt808 there's more than canto and mandarin, but I get what you mean.
His too smart to know from face of waiters...he knows everything..
Robert De Niro is such a great actor. After Eddy threatens Carl, you can see him go from threatening to shaken and nervous, whilst wearing basically the same expression.
Heureusement qu'il joue bien, ça compense sa faible maturité politique.
Absolutely when Eddie started feeling his chest his expression was priceless. All of a sudden he was vulnerable, mortal. Bradley Cooper does an amazing job selling his abilities throughout the movie. Don't forget to vote 😂
All in the eyes
why didnt eddie take some for himself?
Robert DeNiro is a one dimensional actor and a pathetic loser.
You just came to watch this after seeing the alternative ending. How did i know?
I'm always 1 step ahead of you.
I know you will put this comment here, 2 steps ahead of you
You my friend, are a genius :)
🤣🤣👍👍
You are good......
Genius
So let me get this straight. Eddy not only improved NZT, he made a version that doesn't have negative side effect but allows him to keep some of the effects even when off it? He also has 4-5 labs AND it heightens his senses to almost supernatural levels? Awesome.
Kinda like a drug that allows him a continual soft buzz with no comedown or side effects when he is coming off it.. and rinse and repeat.
I'd take one of these before my Driver's License test. But I would be afraid that I would quickly see that owning an automobile is pointless and costly, and by leveraging public transportation and ride share apps to my advantage I could have complete mobility without the costs involved in vehicle ownership. I would also lower my risk of potentially life ending, or altering accidents as well.
This would force to me accept that my desire to have a DL and drive a car stemmed from an emotional need, not a practical need, and this in turn would force me to reconsider many of the choices I had previously made in life, and question my plan going forward.
Ignorance is bliss, I will take the blue pill please.
@@kimloy8019bruh, are you sure you're not already on NZT?😂
@@kimloy8019 Satisfying emotional needs is a big part of life, no need to choose either NZT or the blue pill, take the middle path as Buddha said
@@theophilusmartins5822he smart already so itd only have a larger effect
Forget the ending, we're all here wishing that in some alternative universe, we'd be the one with that pill!
Aside from the fact that it's entirely impossible for any sort of drug to do any of that. Partly because chemistry simply doesn't work that way, and partly because neurobiology doesn't work that way.
They only way to achieve such results would have to be to artificially stimulate synaptic formation, which would be pure chaos, and would take time. You'd have to take a pill however often it would need to be taken, to maintain the effect, but you wouldn't see results for days. And when you did, you'd probably have seizures, not genius insight.
The only way to really make any use of it if you could control the effects, would be to completely bypass the autonomic functions of the hindbrain, because otherwise you're still going to do exactly the same irrationally stupid crap everyone does, no matter how "smart" you are.
Humans are not conscious creatures...nothing is. Humans are merely sentient, not sapient, and are physiologically incapable of being so. Consciousness is an illusion. We cannot choose anything. Our most primitive portions of the brain make all decisions before our higher brain is even aware there's a choice to make. The delay is measurable. All the higher brain does is slap a lot of window-dressing on whatever decision the hindbrain makes. Fills in gaps, fleshes it out into an actual sequence of actions and such. But the actual choice is made well before any of that, and is completely unconsciously done.
Without physically and wholly bypassing that part of the brain somehow, it's impossible for any human to ever do what we see in this movie. Period.
@@DoremiFasolatido1979maybe one day it would son. Just like everything that they thought it's impossible they made it possible
@@DoremiFasolatido1979 Summarized, eat, fuck, sleep, try not to die, repeat.
Every now and then that thought will pop into my head at work and I’ll let out a sigh, wishing it was and that I know I wouldn’t use it much. Just enough to make enough to be able to retire at 31 hahahaha.
yet i have seen people with seemingly nothing, move from lower middle class to elite status simply based on their ability to interact with people. ability masquerading as intelligence. or intelligence masquerading as ability. either way when you break down your own invisible walls, you can do amazing things. you can go from being a very prepared 50k analyst in the back of a quarterly call piping up at just the right time to on the golf course with a CEO in a matter of 5 hours, to a 350k VP in a year. I have seen that with my own eyes. it is all about applying your intelligence to say the right things at the right time with the right people present. communication is everything. most people simply dont believe in themselves. @@DoremiFasolatido1979
I'm almost offended that they even considered the alternate ending version
i'm glad they did, because every once in a while i like to remember how good this film was. Every sentences are much more valued in the real one
yes but knowing how disastrous things could have been with the alternate ending helps me appreciate how great this ending was.
i think that ending was for a sequel...
@@FranzFries12 - Which happened in the form of the excellent yet shortlived Limitless TV Show that sadly only lasted 2 seasons. But in that show we see how Bradley Cooper progressed after the movie ended, and how he basically became a Super Villain akin to Lex Luthor basically.
@@dbzispimpinThere was 2 ways they wanted to take the show. However the Studio heads were against both ideas. Originally it was supposed to be a show about America slowly moving to the drug and the affects on society and social order.
Ironically the studio heads thought their main focus audience was too stupid for that kind of show.
The second idea was to give the new drug to different people as a social experiment. Basically a test run before an attempt to bring it to the masses.
Instead the decision was to mix political greed and intelligence against each other.
The books series kept to the first idea but is only available in Korea except the first book.
"What van?"....bang
"I see everything carl"....carl thinking "holy shit, this dude didn't even break eye contact, im not even in the same league as this guy"
Its been much long since I watched this movie, was Carl using the drug too?
@@AndersonSilva-zl5tl no
The car accident was pre arranged 😂
@@TeslaRifle Really?
@@TeslaRifle Now that's a new theory. Doubtful but well played.
This ending is so much better :)
You saw the alternative ending too? Yupp this ending was so much more satisfying
Yup!
Ikr
What alternative ending? Can you pls explain
There's like 4 endings
We humans think likely. All of us came here right after we watched that weird alternate ending.
Not me, now Im gonna search for the alternate ending everyone's talking about.
@@fynkozari9271 same.. I only saw this ending.. everyone else must from alternate ending universe/Mandela Effect.
I wish the tv show got a second season, it started off rough but I got immersed by the end and I loved that it was expanding into being a sequel to the movie.
I loved that Ferris Bueller parody they did. Jennifer Carpenter dressed as Sloan was kinda hot 😅
I don’t, I gave up on it as soon as they walked back that Eddie fixed and got off the ntz
@@KageNoTenshi I had a minor problem with that as well.. until I realized that it could be completely explained by Morra *lying* --either to Deniro (in the Movie) or to Finch in the TV show. Either lie would be a perfect and necessary manipulation.
It started out bad because of the one thing that made this movie bad as well. The moment you use that pill, you realize that you need to find a way to deal with the side effects and dependence. You don't have to be a super genius to figure that out. Everyone watching figures it out. But the super genius on the super genius drug takes his sweet time before the realization strikes.
the serie is trash, not even close to this masterpiece movie
In the words of the greatest freestyle rapper Harry Mack. "When I pop the pill I show the skill and you know that it's limitless!" The craziest thing I ever heard off the top.
This movie is criminally underrated.
He knew he would have this conversation like three days ago. Smh.
i always hated how he ended up back with the blonde chick, even though she dumped him TWICE, she made herself come off as if she was only there for the success and the money. he shouldve gotten someone new to teach her a lesson.
Lol maybe he has a plan to fuck her life up in the future, who knows
that is a good point..... but, maybe he stayed with her because she was always honest with him? They seemed to really say what they were thinking, to each other, even when it would hurt. Maybe he still valued her, and wanted her to like him and value him, for that reason. But, yeah, it must have hurt when she left him. Maybe he should use his superior intelligence to do something truly horrifying to her.
i didn't like that part at all, because there's no way she would've stayed with him after finding out about the drug and getting chased by an assassin
She wasn’t interested because he dragged her down, though independently successful. Now nzt has freed him, he is on the fast track to success
At the end she appears to slightly resent how far he has come and she's still the same..
I prefer this ending to the other where the encounter only then makes him realize that he needs to wean off the drug.
He did that already in this ending
Gotta respect Carl. He's achieved the kind of money, power, and ruthlessness that Eddie only achieved by using NZT.
pretty sure carl was using NZT at that point too, Eddy was just smarter than him.
That's the thing that never made sense to me in the movie. Like you said Carl is powerful, ruthless, smart, ambitious... If HE shut down the NZT labs that means he had access to NZT. No way an ego maniac like that doesn't take the NZT thinking he can do the very thing Eddy did... which was manufacture a version that is side effect free. His ego alone wouldn't allow the possibility that he would be unable to do so.
@@dbrennan1523 His general health may have prevented him from using too often/or at all.
Hadn't seen this in years. I always thought he made a new pill that he could take once and it lasted forever. Like a one time nzt, no side effects, no coming down, just a never ending high, OR that he made one that had no side effects. I didn't realize he got off it it altogether and it made changes like that. Interesting. I'll stick with my way lol. Almost want to see a sequel, but I'm glad they left this alone. They should do that to more movies.
But there is a sequel?
@@coli1n no, not that I'm aware of, just saying if done right a sequel COULD be good. They made what looks like a shitty TV show out of it that didn't last long I don't think, but I have a feeling it's not worth the time.
@@erictalkington5674 It wasn't that bad. People generally don't believe it lived up to the movie but it wasn't a total wash like people like to make it sound.
@@coli1n indeed
I would've made a sustained release liquid injection form of NZT
So this is where the show takes off - Carl's factory is making a little and selling to some up and comers, then Eddie in power starts assembling a team to knock them off and gain re-control of the supply - interesting.
Will Marsden knowing the fact that he's on Permnanent NZT means alot
In the movie he says that he is off NZT, but in the show she says that he still takes it, but he just has to take an inmunity shot to stay alive. So we can either assume: 1. He was lying to Carl and was still on the drug. Or 2. The show didnt care to do research lol.
Zombie Prodigy
The show didn’t care to research. It’s a cash grab. That’s why they ended the movie here, this main character is too powerful
@@ZombieProdigyUS I'm glad you bought up that inconsistency, cause watching the show i was wondering that myself, how is he still on nzt when he specifically says he's off it in the movie ending?
@@ZombieProdigyUS I think that in the show he was lying to the protag of the show, who had never considered the possibility of permanently gaining the effects, which would make him free from Eddie and not dependent on him
Based on kenwalker7550's astute analysis of the ending scene, I have concluded that this is the character and phonetic breakdown of what Bradley Cooper's conversation was with the waiter:
BRADLEY COOPER
Traditional Characters: "炸醬麵, 兩個蔥油餅, 在加小龍蝦. 千万不要給我味精."
Phonetic: Zhá jiàng miàn, liǎng gè cōng yóubǐng, zài jiā xiǎo lóngxiā. Qiān wàn bùyào gěi wǒ wèijīng.
English Translation: Beijing fried noodles, 2 scallion pancakes, then add crayfish. Absolutely do not give me MSG.
WAITER
Traditional Characters: "圍巾會保護你的衣服"
Phonetic: Wéijīn huì bǎohù nǐ de yīfú
English Translation: The bib will protect your clothes.
BRADLEY COOPER
Traditional Characters: "但是不會保護我兩髒手"
Phonetic: Dànshì bù huì bǎohù wǒ liǎng zāng shǒu
English Translation: But it won't protect my two dirty hands.
The second last sentence Bradley said was "不要給我味精" witch means don't give me MSG.
Uncle Roger: Haiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Thank you!
I think they were saying weijing as in scarf which was probably a mistranslation of napkin or apron since the waiter says the scarf will protect his clothes.
@@reggaemarley4617 Another comment explains the pretty clever wordplay going on here. The mandarin word for MSG is very very close to the mandarin word for scarf. Bradley says give me the lobster with no MSG. Waiter says but the scarf (lobster bib) is so your clothes won't get dirty. Bradley says but it won't protect my dirty hands.
I'm fifty steps ahead of you, I can see everything... I know you clicked that alternative ending and came here to see the better ending...
But you already knew that.
haha good guess, it is so much better, specially the part where he shows how he is fifty steps ahead.
The TV show could have been a good ending. During what essentially became the series finale, Eddie has gone beyond needing the Presidency and it's implied he's found something better than NZT
Yup lol
Right on the dot
Brilliant!
this feels like intellectually overpowered anime character moment
Damn this ending is badass!
This is one of the most under rated films 10 out 10 watch it countless times
Talking to the waiter in the end with CC-s on
"Yo Bing Yahoo Yahoo agening waiting for a thief pursuing by overdone down for."
😂
I came here thinking this couldn’t have been that much better but holy fuck this is insanely better
3:15 Thats the look. The look of knowing when you're on top of the food chain, and you're not moving.
Her face is what makes this scene pure gold
Carl was out of his league trying to threaten Eddie. You'd think a guy who's on NZT and has knowledge of both science and human psychology would know someone's gonna find out about the labs and close them, and try to blackmail him. Ffs he was running for senator. That alone should tell you how much power he's craving and the things he wants to do.
It’s remarkable how NZT works and it’s effects on the brain. Eddie telling Carl about the accident indicates that he sees reality mathematically in the sense that everything is either a possibility or probability. The outcome of the accident was a high probability based on the details of the situation. So his brain acts like a supercomputer.
I just watched the "alternate" ending. Whoever 86'd that horror show should have gotten the Oscar for editing.
Senator Eddie Morra sees all og the future events and he dosent need the pill anymore
What if the waiter said, "I'm from Alabama and don't speak Chinese."
Eddie was probably getting red pilled on conspiracy subreddits and studying phenology to properly deduce the waiters ability to speak Chinese lol
"That's what the drug does". You think your way out. He knew the guy spoke Chinese before he spoke..
We all know this was the superior ending...
I liked that he put the work in and was rewarded - no need for threats or war
I really love that movie. Because I think, that our brain can do much more then we think. I would love to have the ability, people have with NZT in that movie. I look for the solution to be able to do the same, without NZT: I know - its possible.
You should really look up on how the
brain works, because what you said is simply not possible like at all.
We use 100% of our capacity regularly.. This whole movie is based on a myth which only exists because people can't be bothered to do some fact checking.
Orcawhale
Bullshit, there is more brain power than we’re told.
@@hectorcardenas2171 lmao nice I guess
If you really want to know human potential study psychology. The simple answer is use the theory of evolution, we only have what we need to survive and we are only as “smart” as we need to be. We cannot surpass human limitations unless evolution takes an act on it because we need it to survive. This is why telekinesis and other myth stuff isn’t real.
hmm.. i think human brain never good as electronics devices & this movie over-act about brain ability.
i believe human brain is works by needs. if needs is weak, so do brain..
Probably the most satisfying ending to a movie ever.
Having that much power over powerful people doesn't sound like a fun life. Anyone you ever cared about would be constantly in danger.... I'd be smart enough to do something else and live a quieter but still happy life.
But our world needs a President like someone like him to do great for the People. Seriously!!
I'm sure you could raise a chicken farm on a sparsely populated tropical island with your family and still keep the world leaders from doing anything to stupid. You could be smart enough for that.
@@Kruppt808 you do remember in the first part of the movie he said he needs to keep moving or he feels he is gonna explode
i think that this is a natural order of things, when an individual has the ability and evolutionary advantages among his kin, he just unintentionally starts to move forward, making everything to achieve "power", which is represented in our world as money, influence and fame
@@timothyjaydyning3247 I bet his home life wouldn't be to happy. Everyone around you would feel slow and stupid. He can't stand still, fine... can anyone keep up?
Would he need like 10 women to satisfy his energy, his intellect, his grasp of the world , would he even waste time with "lesser" people. Sort of a curse and a blessing.
Ignorance is bliss? :p
One of my favorite movies ever. Period. Bradly cooopers unique... Body language is quite literally perfect for eddie mora.
I like it better than the alternate ending.
More showing than explaining..
They chose the perfect ending
Mwa...superb 👌🏽
Carl Van Loon: "You Talkin' to Me?"
Awesome movie. Very creative.
the ost is underrated.
Probably the single time I've ever seen Deniro be outmaneuvered\told to f*** off and he KNOWS it and just leaves without having the last word. Now that's power!
As much as I’d love to see a sequel, especially this long after, I know sequels almost always suck and it would detract from this film. Especially today with the trash happening in Hollywood today.
Theres a tv show that is basically the sequel
"You wanna go to war w me?"
Her face after he spoke to the waiter...😏😏
@gabe ortiz Otherwise you might lose your virginity.
"Your at it again, did you?"
“Don’t forget to vote”😆.👍
Hopefully gojo is like him. Several steps ahead.
Honestly... I came here because I was reminded of the movie and I'm honestly shocked after reading the comments, knowing there's an alternate ending. I'm not gonna watch it that's for dame sure.
This needed a part 2 this movie
1:01 de niro almost bringing that mob mentality out
I am not even going to watch the alternate ending after seeing this one. I am satisfied.
he literally could’ve became a SUPERVILLIAN if he wanted to at this point. But the pill does seem like it makes you make the BEST decision possible so maybe all he would do is good choices.
If You haven’t seen the tv show he pretty much is a villain in the show called limitless I recommend fully it go watch it
@@S0LITARY927he is not the villain from what I can remember
@@T_Time_Eventually he would of became one.
I mean, he IS running for Senate...seems like a supervillain arc to me 🤣
There is no alternative ending..
This is what i don't get about the TV series. It seems like first thing you want to do is to take down all the labs to make sure nobody else is making the drug. Maybe have one lab where you research it yourself, and someone who just makes it. The risk that someone else will take it and starts outsmarting you is too dangerous. It already has been shown that your starting intelligence matters, so what if a very young and talented researcher took it?
This is the one and only ending for me .
This movie is like if what people think of themselves when they're on cocaine came true. I can't watch a scene without my eyes rolling so far back in my head it hurts 😂
TH-cam recommendation is always 50 move ahead of you
Great movie, I'd like to see a sequel.
why is this guy not in DCEU or Marvel he would make a great entry
He's Rocket Racoon.
He’s been in the MCU for about 6 years, where you been?
Amadeus cho
He is, his name is Lex Luthor.
one of my favorite all time movies
Loved this movie !!
Oh, Hollywood happy endings 😊 The ending of the book is so dark and hopeless... But perfect as well
He did the Echo with his hand. Thats some sensory input he is having
When I first saw this movie, I was very disappointed in Eddie. The guy has the power to truly rock the pillars of reality... And he decides to run for senator and be President? It wasn't until later that I realised that being president was probably just Stage 1 of the plan. Half the shit he wants to do hasn't even been conceived yet, nevermind deemed legal yet, so when he's President, it's all possible.
"I see everything carl"....
GREAT MOVIE, and the series was really good also.
This is the best ending
Great film!
First time that I met Abbie Cornish was in May, I believe, though it might have been April, of 1999.
She accompanied my roommate and I when I caught a ride back to Clackamas.
I discussed, primarily, strains of cannabis.
Hello, Ms. Cornish.
Sorry that it took a while to remember that that was you.
Are you a p3d0ph1l3
The pill burnt his brain and made him into a snob.
This movie is one of my favorites
Eddy can be so threatening
NZT not only enhances his intelligence but also so much more
Brian Finch use NZT for good, but i dont think he is as smart as eddy even with all the FBI with him
nzt only enhances what you have, the data already there and the capacity you have for learning more... Eddie has a capacity for retention, Brian has more capacity to extrapolate.
@@rjframe4410 9
Eddie was highly intelligent before NZT so it makes him into an absolute beast. Brian was of more average intelligence.
Imagine the waiter says... "I don't speak Mandarin"
Lol.
Reminds me of big bang theory 😂
I came here and after reading the comments I’m going to go watch the alternative ending
Limitless 2 this fall. Can't wait
The "What?" at the end was the perfect close.
Haven't seen the movie, but love this scene. Wish they made Lex Luthor, Ra's al Ghul & Braniac like this. Up the ante.
Abbie Cornish?
This's automatically a 'Must Watch!'!
Turn on the subtitles when he speaks to the waiter:
"Domingo - yo Bing Yahoo Yahoo Yahoo ageing waiting for a fucking thief pursuing by overdone down for."
saw that
imagine having a tablet that allowed you to basically use your brain to do what you want, and you land on politician
the scene so funny because carl ain’t paying bro no mind her like “ you threatening me ? “ dude just keeps talking .😂
I love this!!
This movie deserves a sequel
It really is a great movie, beginning to end.
1:54 me to my senior after moving to another role 😂😂😂
His eyes moving like he's thinking and realizing something at the moment after Eddie touched his chest, diagnosed and told him 'but you already knew that'.
Because he realized he was flexed upon that he is only getting the free info he already knew and Eddie had no way to know. Eddie wanted to let him know he should fear what he knows and not telling him at all at that chat.
This is the inspiration for xaomi and other youtubers who go around to restaurants speaking their language
As a Mandarin speaking person, I have no idea what Carl was saying.
how do you remember how inspiring things are when you're depressed?
Such a good movie
Scooter always behind some ambitious guy running for president
They made a perfect ending.
This is the first time that I realised the TV series and the movie had the same music score. 📺🎶🙂