LHC Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 What do you think about Looper? At the end of our screening last night the audience just sat in stunned silence and darkness for a few minutes. Maybe we were hoping for more of the story, but then the credit started to appear. Certainly an absorbing movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicprObe Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I can't wait to see it. Only heard good reports so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcjb Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) I can't wait to see it. Only heard good reports so far. Do you want to hear a not so good report? I saw it this week and thought it strictly B movie material. A plot that had cherry picked parts of other movies (Terminator, Blade Runner etc) and acting that was only so-so (Mr Willis you really aren't very good; please stick to light comedy - your forte). My advice is to wait for it on DVD. It's not worth the movie theater bucks. Edited October 14, 2012 by cfcjb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcstain Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 This was a letdown. I guess I had high expectations, was hoping that it would be this year's Inception. Suffered from a lack of character development, muddled character motivations, it literally glossed over an explanation of the time travel mechanism and rules. Do yourself a favour and watch Primer from 2004 instead. Time travel at its finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicprObe Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Hmm....maybe I'll watch Looper........THEN Primer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 picked up local blu-ray version from big w last night under $25 yeah good to see local releases priced pretty reasonably ! watching last night wow quite a bit in dynamics and theres some serious lfe and bass effects to back this movie up as well. things like the blunderbus packs quite a wallop ! only got about 3/4s of way through the movie so looking forward to watching the rest. interesting story line wont say any more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likwidsh0k Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 This was a letdown. I guess I had high expectations, was hoping that it would be this year's Inception. Suffered from a lack of character development, muddled character motivations, it literally glossed over an explanation of the time travel mechanism and rules.Do yourself a favour and watch Primer from 2004 instead. Time travel at its finest. It started off with much promise but soon had a couple of jarring plot elements, one that contradicted the very premise of the film. I can't recommend Primer enough, and you are going to need to watch it more than once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twwen2 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 What do you think about Looper?At the end of our screening last night the audience just sat in stunned silence and darkness for a few minutes. Maybe we were hoping for more of the story, but then the credit started to appear. Certainly an absorbing movie. Same experience here. The ending was extremely well done - the "stunned silence" I think was in reaction to the profound and thought-provoking choice that the main character makes. It certainly weighed on me as I walked out of the cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) Saw it a while back. Liked it. Will watch it again. As always with time travel movies, it all seems to make sense while watching, but afterwards when you start thinking about it.... Agree about Primer, definitely one of the best time travel movies out there. Edited July 14, 2014 by Dirty_vinylpusher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdDrawerDown Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 The best sf remembers that there's science in the genre's name. Which means it ought to have some internal consistency and encourage the willing suspension of disbelief, even when the premise is utterly implausible. for many years sf fans used the term 'sci fi' to describe the silly implausible stuff that gave the genre a bad name. Alas the battle now is lost, even though the war was won and the genre is now mainstream. looper has many moments where it looks like sf and that's enough to keep the watcher engaged, especially when coupled with a tight-paced thriller plot. but ultimately it reveals itself as just sci-fi in the Hollywood vein of "let's let a great image or special effect override any pretence of common sense, internal logic or story consistency". even within that, it's worth watching once. caveat: quite violent (to me, anyway). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 The best sf remembers that there's science in the genre's name. Which means it ought to have some internal consistency and encourage the willing suspension of disbelief, even when the premise is utterly implausible. for many years sf fans used the term 'sci fi' to describe the silly implausible stuff that gave the genre a bad name. Alas the battle now is lost, even though the war was won and the genre is now mainstream. . The "problem" with Sci-Fi movies these days is that all the stuff which used to be fiction, more or less exists now. Touch screens, remote controlled everything, voice commands, space travel, jetpacks etc etc. Part from teleporting, time travel and interactive standalone holograms, there's not much fiction left to play with in movies. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likwidsh0k Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) It started off with much promise but soon had a couple of jarring plot elements, one that contradicted the very premise of the film. SPOILERS (mouse over) - start In the future they come for him with guns, when they shoot his wife, which contradicts the whole premise of the film that you cannot kill with guns hence the looping? finish Did this mainly to post another decent time travel flick, this one with nudity, voyeurism and violence, Los CronocrÃmenes aka TimeCrimes. Edited July 25, 2014 by likwidsh0k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Not directly related to your point... But... As I said earlier..... Time travel as a plot premise never REALLY works. At the time of watching, for the first time, yes it works, but when you think about it after, it contradicts itself. If you go back in time from the future to change event X, then the past from the point of event X is changed and event X never took place. Therefore there is no need to go back from the future to change event X. Edited July 25, 2014 by Dirty_vinylpusher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likwidsh0k Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Yeah agree completely the time paradox is always tricky, but think in Looper that spoiler is pretty bad with people having/doing something in the future, that is not part of the paradox, that you just don't do in the future because the whole movie is about that. But the result of it does then enter exactly that paradox territory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Sorry been too long since I saw it, can't remember all that much of it to be honest. Might re watch it one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likwidsh0k Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 spoilers again >>> People collecting you for a loop wouldn't have guns or any weapon that could kill, defeats the entire purpose, his wife could albeit should have been killed another way.. imo anyway. <<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 How do you "uncover" the spoilers on iPad? I can see them, they're faint pink-ish, but i can't make them change to black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likwidsh0k Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) ^ Dunno, or if there is a proper way to do spoilers, I just changed the text to white?? Might re watch it one of these days. I wouldn't, check out TimeCrimes instead, its got FF nudity Edited July 25, 2014 by likwidsh0k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I will. But i have Looper on the HDD and I do enjoy Joseph Something-Whassisname and Bruce Willis so will give it a second run as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHC Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 I will. But i have Looper on the HDD and I do enjoy Joseph Something-Whassisname and Bruce Willis so will give it a second run as well. The problem I had was that Joseph Gordon Levitt is a right-handed guy, whereas Bruce Willis was clearly left-handed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Ah haha yes I remember that now that you say it. But the face prosthetics they put on him were pretty cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betocool Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Found it meh to be honest, and I do like Willis' and Hewitt's stuff. Especially enjoyed Hewitt in Inception and Batman... last time I really found Bruce Willis cool was.... can't say really... Die hard with a vengeance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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