Friday 28 December 2012

Looper

Tali: Looper is a science-fiction action film staring a rubbery looking Joseph Gordon Levitt and Bruce Willis. Taking place in the not too distant future, time travel is controlled by gangsters and telekinesis is possible. JGL, an assassin, spends most of the moving chasing his future self, who he is assigned to kill. Both impeccably thrilling and utterly mind blowing (literally), Looper has all of the elements of a movie in this genre. Yet, the film takes it to another level (due to the time travel), and the usual hero decides what is right or wrong motif is taken to the next level. And it works. This movie gave me another reason to not have kids.

Leo: I don't get what the problem is with Joseph Gordon Levitt and Bruce Willis playing the same character. The only time I actually found it weird was the moment when they actually switched, and Bruce Willis looked ridiculous with that fake hair. The movie itself was incredibly layered and is, in my opinion, the perfect way to make an action movie. It can't just be all blowing up, guns, and hand-to-hand combat. There needs to be a reason for it, and development around it. That is why I feel this movie hits the mark. At the middle-end when Bruce Willis kills all of the people running the looper business, that is basically all of the action I really wanted out of the movie. Emily Blunt plays outside of her usual role, which is odd at first, but after the first scenes I stopped noticing. All in all, this movie is a perfect mix of engaging and entertaining. See this, or your loop will end.

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