Reply With QuoteAw, I thought it would be a modern Caddyshack.
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Aw, I thought it would be a modern Caddyshack.
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is this the same guy who made Brick or is it an older version of him
Same guy.
I'm hoping this is more like Brick than his other movie, damn.
His face looks stupid as fuck.
I don't know what to think as Brick struck me as being (from the trailer) one of those neat concept indies that is badly directed but then it turned out to be good. This gives me the same vibe so I guess I'll have to wait for a trailer that shows a bit more of the actual film and is less about the concept.
Wow, what a bad movie.
The trailer gives away the entire plot (well, there really isn't much of a plot).
Is Bruce Willis that hard up for roles these days?
I thought it would be a porn flick.Originally Posted by Houngan
I guess "Hooper" would have been a more appropriate title for pr0no.
You've seen it, or you're assuming?
You know how I know I'm old? Because I remember the actual movie "Hooper."
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So we're suppose to think that Joesph Gordon-Levitt turns into Bruce Willis as he ages. Yeah, this is definitely a sci-fi movie.
But look at his classic early Bruce Willis prosthetics.
I think that's a cool idea for a story, hopefully the movie will end up being fun.
Shane Carruth is technical consultant on the time travel details in this movie. If you don't know who the fuck that is, watch Primer and then get excited as hell for Looper.
You think they gave the whole plot away? Fucking HA. My guess is they gave away the first 15 minutes.
Friggin' awesome! Another +1 for Primer, see it if you have not already!
I'm a sucker for time travel, so I'll be seeing this (hell, I watched the crap-tastic In Time and that just involved time).
So, this is out tonight and I'm going to try get to see it. Early reviews are almost universally positive, I loved Primer and JGL has been on a roll lately... :D
I had to go back and watch the trailer to be sure...
Nope. The movie has much more to it than the trailer shows. "Dude has to kill his future self" isn't even half of it.
Anyway, saw it last night and absolutely loved it. Yeah, JGL's makeup looks a tad silly since he doesn't look like himself, try to push that out of your head and just imagine it's somebody you've never seen before. I want to go see it again.
dear me in the future, you've already seen this movie and written a post on it so another isn't necessary. here's the post:
i hope this movie performs as well as it deserves to. it's going to be the second movie this year i actually cared for outside of Cabin in the Woods, and thanks to a disappointing year for movies
now to see The Master tomorrow and understand what everyone is arguing about
MrMach7, you don't side suto, by any chance?
what could that mean, i wonder
Well, Mr. Plus Two, welcome to the board.
Maybe, but it's the good half.
I was underwhelmed. I won't talk much about the TK centered plot point in the film, but I can think of more interesting things they could have done w/ the 'reign man'. For now, I'll just say that in terms of a Bruce Willis character either breaking, or completing a time loop, the other loop... the one w/ all those monkeys, felt more impactful than Looper.
Also couldn't figure out why they would doctor up Joseph Gordon Levitt for this role. Hey guess what, I know what Bruce Willis looked like when he was much younger, and it wasn't anything like JGL looked like in this flick. It was distracting.
Probably fewer plot holes than Triangle, but I've had too much alcohol and Rock Band to say more. Liked it, but not the movie I expected.
I liked it a lot,and I thought there was more to it than the trailer.
Much better than The Master which I saw the same day.
Saw it on a whim with my wife last night. This was surprisingly good, certainly better than a lot of movies I saw this year that were just flat out awful. Granted, there's not a lot to the plot, but it's different enough to keep most people guessing. Bonus points for a really creative use for time travel that will stick in people's minds for a long time.
I don't know what we're cool with "spoiling" so far, so look out! I'm not going to spoil any specific plot elements, but if you really want to go in with no expectations, you probably don't want to know what elements did and didn't work for me either. Go read another thread!
So the more I think about it, the time travel mechanics don't really hold up to much scrutiny at all. Certainly not as much as Primer (to the extent that I understood it), but Looper wasn't about time travel in the same way Primer was. It was just the framework for a movie about Joe, his decisions and their consequences. It even felt like a fairly direct instruction to the audience to not really worry about it when old Joe is reluctant to get into details with young Joe about how the time travel stuff really works. And yet I'm still having trouble letting it off the hook. Maybe when more people have seen it someone can explain away my reservations.
For now, I like it, but I'm not sure I love it.
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I tried to ignore the Time Travel logistics for the reason you quoted above. Still, the effect on future Paul Dano's character of events that transpired in 'current' time really, really required me to turn my brain off. Looked good on film I guess.
Saw this in the weekend. I tend to forgive plot holes in time travel movies so I thought it was excellent.
Everyone in the movie was very good.
The trailer does a very good job of making the movie look excellent without spoiling any of the key elements.
Exactly, definitely a glaring inconsistency. In the moment it's sort of a cool, horrific, idea, but it holds up to no scrutiny.
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