Looper
Went and saw "Looper" today. It's a good old-fashioned bloody (and, oh, I do mean bloody) action thriller time-travel story. I like the director's other work (Rian Johnson also directed the great "Brick" and "The Brothers Bloom"), and this is a big step up for him. He's worked with Joseph-Gordon-Levitt before, and I like him. Here he's almost unrecognizable because he shares a character with Bruce Willis, well on his way to being the Charlton Heston of SF films of the early 21st century (there's this, 12 Monkeys, Surrogates, and of course The Fifth Element). And it works.
The less you know about this movie, the better off you'll be. And of course the ad campaign gives away some crucial plot points (bastards!). But suffice to say it hits a number of time travel troupes, from Grandfather paradox to predestination paradox, all while letting the bullets fly. This is a serious R rated movie. There are at least two parental horrors that I counted. But it's a good science fiction movie (even with the occasional "but who thought THAT was a good idea" head scratchers thrown in.
The less you know about this movie, the better off you'll be. And of course the ad campaign gives away some crucial plot points (bastards!). But suffice to say it hits a number of time travel troupes, from Grandfather paradox to predestination paradox, all while letting the bullets fly. This is a serious R rated movie. There are at least two parental horrors that I counted. But it's a good science fiction movie (even with the occasional "but who thought THAT was a good idea" head scratchers thrown in.