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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Looper (2012) rating: 6/10

Oh, what a disappointment! This movie has been somewhat hyped, but I had problems.

* Spoilers *

Joseph Gordon-Levitt looks terrible here with his 3 hour/day makeup. Does he look more like Bruce Willis?  Not particularly.

Why does a Looper have to kill his older self? Why not have some other looper unknowingly do it?

Did the Loopers negotiate the 30 year no more killing life after killing oneself? Seems rather stupid. Why kill oneself at all? You'd think they'd get some union together and say, no killing ourselves, else no killing at all.

The ending, while seemingly a little brave and principled is rather stupid from a self-serving perspective.  As a selfless act, well, it's still stupid.  Maybe shooting one's own arm off makes sense.  Maybe he could run up to shoot his older self or something.


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