Wow I saw this awhile ago and never got a chance to write a review for it. Yeah I really liked this movie, the end was sad and I wish it had ended differently, but that's o.k. JGL is cool as always, Rian Johnson I thought did very well both directing and writing. Very cool idea for an original screenplay. Not that long. Good action, good slow time, interesting protagonists and antagonists, for some reason it switched for me half way through of the characters, but it only makes sense if you watch it. I enjoyed this movie, pretty rough, but good.
Just got back from watching "Looper." In short, this could also have been titled "Thinker." It avoids all the easy cliches of the standard time travel movie (though I admit, I like most of them). However, this one really stands out. I have no idea how it's done at the box office, as many great movies aren't box office smashes. However, this one will be remembered with Blade Runner (it's better) as one of the true greats of the science fiction genre. What it's really short on, which I appreciate, is manipulation. It grabs you because it speaks of things that are real. And the acting - solid all around, with (as usual) outstanding work by Emily Blunt. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a new guy, and he will be back. Bruce Willis, of course, knows how to be tough and sensitive. Oh yeah, Piper Perabo puts in a guest appearance also.
Pros well paced, great story, great actors, thoughtful
Cons more gun violence than i need
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Review 3 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
4/ 5
Pretty good movie
PostedNovember 3, 2012
AdamaBSG76
from Long Beach, CA
Age:25 to 34
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
4/ 5
Special Effects
5/ 5
Art Direction
3/ 5
Acting
4/ 5
Story
4/ 5
Camerawork
4/ 5
Overall, if your someone bored with the predictable plot of many hollywood movies, and you want some action, this is your movie. I had no idea how this movie was gonna end. The first 30 minutes of the movie are somewhat slow, and there are some confusing parts, but the movie sure kept me guessing. Plus Emily Blunt was a pleasant surprise from her usual self, with a good almost believable southern accent, and a much more stronger role than I am used to.
The movie didn't have teeth for me until Bruce Willis entered. The teeth / story it has isn't the greatest but there is plenty of action and Bruce Willis is pretty good. If I was a sci-fi buff I'd probably enjoy it more.
i was surprised by how much i enjoyed this movie. it's fast paced once it gets started, and the story moves smoothly through the plot. of course, even with jgl, willis, and daniels, there are no oscar worthy performances here, but if you enjoy a good sci-fi, action, suspense, mystery to take your mind away for a couple of hours, there's very little you won't like about looper. worth the bucks for a great escape.
Pros well paced, great actors, good story
Cons sometimes challenging to follow plot
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 6 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
4/ 5
Really good story line
PostedOctober 15, 2012
EMANUEL80
from New York, NY, USA
Age:25 to 34
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
5/ 5
Special Effects
3/ 5
Art Direction
3/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
4/ 5
Camerawork
5/ 5
A good movie from beginning to end, although still a bit confused about parts of it.
Pros well paced, great story, great actors
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 7 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
5/ 5
Looped Me In
PostedOctober 14, 2012
UDME85M
from Baltimore, MD, USA
Dialogue
5/ 5
Special Effects
5/ 5
Art Direction
5/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
5/ 5
Camerawork
5/ 5
Excellent movie, different than my expectations from the trailer but in a positive way. Not a typical hollywood ending which is nice for once!
Pros well paced, great story, great actors
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 8 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
5/ 5
One of the best movies I've seen!!!
PostedOctober 14, 2012
sfscorpio
from San Francisco
Age:25 to 34
Gender:Female
Goes to the movies:few times per year
Dialogue
5/ 5
Special Effects
5/ 5
Art Direction
5/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
5/ 5
Camerawork
5/ 5
This movie was so good that even after I left I couldn't stop thinking about it. I was so impressed with how the younger version of Bruce Willis acted just like him. Wasn't expecting that at all. I love when I am so surprised by a movie.....makes me want to go out to the movies more! It's a MUST SEE in the theaters!!
Pros well paced, great story, great actors
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 9 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
5/ 5
Looper
PostedOctober 13, 2012
TVlover
from Los Angeles, CA
Age:35 to 44
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:once every few months
Dialogue
5/ 5
Special Effects
5/ 5
Art Direction
5/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
5/ 5
Camerawork
5/ 5
Original, creative, and just a great piece of storytelling overall. Totally out of the box.
Pros great story, great actors
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 10 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
5/ 5
surprising
PostedOctober 12, 2012
Leebies
from Los Angeles, CA, USA
Age:65 or over
Gender:Female
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
5/ 5
Special Effects
4/ 5
Art Direction
5/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
5/ 5
Camerawork
5/ 5
Thrilling and original, presenting a story with depth and informed by characters with complex facets, this film takes time from its action sequences to let the people within breathe and make us fear for their fates. Want to see it again.
Pros great story
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 11 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
5/ 5
Great Sci-Fi with great acting
PostedOctober 12, 2012
jkrueger635
from Omaha, NE, USA
Age:35 to 44
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
4/ 5
Special Effects
5/ 5
Art Direction
4/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
5/ 5
Camerawork
5/ 5
I won't give anything away. This was a very well done movie all around. The acting was all top notch, but particularly the little boy. When you see it you'll know what I mean.
Pros great story, great actors
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 12 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
5/ 5
Looper will throw you for a loop
PostedOctober 10, 2012
jfellrath
from Columbus, OH
Age:35 to 44
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
5/ 5
Special Effects
4/ 5
Art Direction
5/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
5/ 5
Camerawork
5/ 5
Time travel movies can be really tough to do. Getting a sense of how actions in the past can affect people in the future is hard to show effectively, and usually it's pretty ham-handed.
This movie did it masterfully. And it did it with a style that was stark, realistic, and poignant all at once. The vision of the even the near future that we see in Looper is not a great one. It's desolate, but definitely a future that makes sense to us - people living on the streets, dirty cities, familiar technology with just a sprinkle of futurism (the flying crop-spraying robot, for example) all made for a great setting.
The plot itself was interesting and understandable, but just far out enough that it was still sci-fi. The acting was outstanding - Levitt was great as a resigned-to-his-fate hit man, and Bruce Willis was amazing as his driven future self come back to fix problems that plagued him in his life. The dialogue was simple but well-directed, and everything flowed nicely from scene to scene.
I had brought three other friends with me to watch this movie. After this movie they really made sure that I regret this decision forever. I normally like every other movie because there is always something good about that. But I don't know but I really hate this movie and I am surprised how come people can give it so much high ranking. Even metascore has given it 84/100 (imdb). I must be going insane because there was definitely nothing in this movie to like. And this is my first ever review for any movie, you can imagine how pissed I am.
Cons slow, worst story
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Review 14 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
5/ 5
Looper is a sci-fi masterpiece
PostedOctober 8, 2012
Babalugatz
from Louisville, KY
Age:45 to 54
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:once every few months
Dialogue
5/ 5
Special Effects
5/ 5
Art Direction
5/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
5/ 5
Camerawork
5/ 5
I was totally floored by how awesome this movie is. It is easily the best movie I have seen in years. Though he has aged quite a bit since then, Bruce Willis delivers his best performance since Pulp Fiction, and Jeff Daniels finally breaks out of his typecast reputation that he has held (at least with me) since Dumb and Dumber. Before Looper, I just found it hard to take Daniels seriously, but he plays a villain masterfully in this film. I am unable to find any fault whatsoever with this movie. The action is non-stop; the story is killer and can't help but hold your attention; the special effects are awesome; the props, especially those involving vehicles such as futuristic cars and flying motorcycles, are deliciously weird the way you would expect them to be in a great sci-fi film.
This movie deserves to be ranked in the top 10 or 20 best science fiction films ever made. When I say this movie is dickish, I mean it is Phil Dickish. If you are a science fiction buff, go see this movie! You'll be in heaven for every minute of the roughly 2 hour run time.
Pros well paced, great story, great actors
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 15 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
4/ 5
Good but not great
PostedOctober 8, 2012
shawnlovestv
from Milwaukee, WI
Dialogue
4/ 5
Special Effects
5/ 5
Art Direction
5/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
4/ 5
Camerawork
4/ 5
I really wanted this movie to be the next Inception, so maybe I just went in with too high of hopes. For a movie with time travel, it's really very simplistic. I kept waiting and hoping for some clever twist. Even the way it was resolved wasn't so much a twist as just how it was put to an end. I loved how Inception made me think. This isn't a thinking man's movie. That said, it's still some fun sci-fi. The first 15 minutes or so really had some clever and cool sequences in them. I just don't know if I would've seen it in the theater. It would've been fine to wait and watch at home.
Pros great actors
Cons simplistic
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 16 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
4/ 5
Well done...
PostedOctober 7, 2012
kidz4dayz
from Phoenix
Dialogue
4/ 5
Special Effects
4/ 5
Art Direction
4/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
4/ 5
Camerawork
4/ 5
Good movie... well paced... The little boy in the movie is outstanding... You're going to see him in a lot more I expect...
Pros well paced, great story, great actors
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 17 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
5/ 5
Looper
PostedOctober 7, 2012
Lokirocks
from Culver City, CA, USA
Age:45 to 54
Gender:Female
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
5/ 5
Special Effects
5/ 5
Art Direction
5/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
4/ 5
Camerawork
5/ 5
Great acting, amazing art direction and concept. Some of my friends thought it was too violent and graphic. Not for the squeamish.
Pros great story, great actors, great concept
Cons too violent, depressing
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 18 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
1/ 5
Long, confusing movie by people who did not understand repercussions of time travel.
They lured me in with Bruce Willis .... and then I had to sit through extremely long, moody and somewhat confusing and over-thought concoction. The actors did great, special effects were on the dot, but the plot was contrived, inconsistent and, in places, unnecessarily disturbing. They completely screwed up and misconstrued the mechanics and repercussions of the time travel. If you follow the loops' logic, you will see where each loop is incomplete and will restart again. The illogical outcomes made me more unsettled than the intentionally graphic torture scene. What a disappointment. The plot had potential. I think some interesting side stories were wasted. Try again, Hollywood.
Pros great actors
Cons too complex, slow, illogical, sci-fi inept writers
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Review 19 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
5/ 5
Looper Brings Back Intelligent Sci-Fi
PostedOctober 6, 2012
Kkroeber
from Franklin, MA
Age:55 to 64
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
4/ 5
Special Effects
4/ 5
Art Direction
4/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
5/ 5
Camerawork
4/ 5
Looper is one of those rare films that treats its audience with intelligence. I loved the storyline (you gotta love time travel films and the "what-if" scenarios) because it has an intelligence plot and story. The relationship between Bruce WIllis and Joesph Gordon-Levvitt (unrecognizable in prosthetic make-up or brillian special effects) is plausible, and the acting is solid. I found Looper to be one of the great new Sci-Fi films and enjoyed it thoroughly. I highly recommend Looper to anyone looking for a thought-provoking (and action-packed) film. See it!
Pros well paced, great story, great actors
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 20 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
4/ 5
Overall Good Movie
PostedOctober 3, 2012
Synthesizer
from Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age:25 to 34
Gender:Female
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
3/ 5
Special Effects
5/ 5
Art Direction
5/ 5
Acting
5/ 5
Story
5/ 5
Camerawork
5/ 5
Great Actors, Great Concept but pretty abrupt ending. I think it was a little different than the trailers portrayed (little more hyped up) but it wasn't bad just not what I thought.