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RE: - 30/1/2013 9:50:56 PM

theoriginalcynic

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Joined: 10/4/2007

Once again, Empire completely overrates a film. Two stars is more accurate. It's slow, overlong and worst of all boring. It's also incomprehensible as time travel films tend to be. What makes Older Willis think he's gonna get his life back? Younger Willis will just make different decisions. None of the characters were likeable (not that they need to be) but I didn't care about any of them. I didn't care whether they lived or died.

The film changes in the second half, it might as well be a different film. So glad I rented. May I advise you to do the same.

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Why does everyone like that third rock from the sun kid... - 8/2/2013 5:10:17 PM

RLTShirley

Posts: 10
Joined: 30/5/2009

That kid that Christopher Nolan always bums is not cool. He's just someone you want to fill in for giving you shifty eyes all the time.
His face looks weird in this, I don't know if it's CG or makeup but it looks stupid it kept distracting me from the plot. His face is more weird than Mark Whalbergs voice in 'The Happening'.
I guess there's some good ideas explored in this but it just feels like someone trying to write hard Sci-Fi for too broad of an audience. I know they try to get around this buy having the blue collar characters give their perspective but it just didn't sit right with me. The whole film felt a bit off and the ending seemed rushed.
My main problem though was why didn't Bruce Willis just beat the shit out of that Kid cause he's obviously way less of a fag.
Still for a sci fi it was much better than a lot of shit thats been churned out lately.
I give it 2/5 because Bruce Willis is cool and it was better than 'In Time'
I recommend 'Primer' if you want a proper time travel movie.

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A Confused And Frustrated Sci-Fi - 28/3/2013 4:29:23 PM

blaud

Posts: 722
Joined: 13/12/2007

Sometimes, it's better to just leave certain ideas at the door for sake of filmic cohesion and clarity. Looper really does try to be a memorable sci-fi actioner, but in the end it comes up wanting due to a needlessly contrived narrative and an unflinching but somehow still cliché sense of aggression and violence. The story is probably the strongest aspect of the film, but falls at the first hurdle by allowing audience members to muse on certain aspects of the scenario early on. This means when the audience is thrust into the throes of the action scenes later, there's simply too much happening in too little a space of time. Director Johnson clearly helms the whole thing with a quiet confidence, but really, this is simply a forgettable, cheesy, and perhaps most glaringly of all, boring action film that won't satisfy action junkies or sci-fi buffs. Something of a misfire

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4 STARS... - 30/3/2013 2:00:11 PM

chrisdagnall

Posts: 88
Joined: 10/9/2008

JGL VERY GOOD, AND BLUNT ALSO EXCELLENT....GREAT STORY OVERALL, SOME PARTS WHERE YOU QUESTION THE LOGIC, BUT SOME TOP ACTION SCENES TOO (SEE THE CAR CRASH AT THE END)...

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Post #: 124

Interesting sci-fi movie - 3/5/2013 12:22:26 AM

film ninja

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Joined: 16/12/2010

I enjoyed the film the first time I saw it. Very emotional and over the top. The second time I saw it, I realized none of the time travel stuff makes any sense. Then again, it never does, from Back to the Future to Terminator. I suggest just enjoying the ride instead of trying too hard to figure out all the contradictions.

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