Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

Thank you (and fumanstan) for the help. I enjoyed the ride, but my mind was already thinking about so many things that I didn't quite get, that I have no recollection at all of the scenes you describe.

I definitely need to watch this again.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

It definitely deserves a second watch. I'll be picking up the Blu this week.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

I don't believe they are either, but I was just curious for what the theory was to the believers.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

Just watched the Blu-ray last night. Overall, I enjoyed it...thought it was strong and entertaining.

The 2nd scene of future Joe being transported with cuffs and hood, being instantly killed by present Joe was the biggest head-scratcher for me. I don't see how the movie benefited in any way from this.

Also, it never occured to me that Kid Blue and Abe were the same person. It was strange that Abe seemed to let him off easy (just a hand bashing) despite his repeated screw-ups. It also seemed strange that Kid Blue got so incensed when his crew was wiped out, that he went after the Joes with such a vengeance. After this, it seems that he would have had no motivivation to ingratiate himself with these people any longer, and in fact, they never treated him very well to begin with.

Also, can anyone watch Jeff Daniels in a movie anymore without picturing him on the toilet, blowing out his colon in Dumb & Dumber?

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

it's timeline #1 - makes perfect sense...and is very important.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

So timeline #1 came after timeline #2?

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

Timeline #1 came first. When you see Young Joe shoot Old Joe, it's the beginning of a flashback from Old Joe's perspective.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

It's how Old Joe came to be. Old Joe creates timeline #2 when he stops himself from killing himself. And that's where all crazy shit starts to happen.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

It was good. A little slow once they got to the farm, but cool ending.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

My take was

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

Same. But had Robert Forster played Old Joe, they would have REALLY nailed the makeup job!

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

Eh, it strated out good then just turned into another typical drama flick. Nothing what I was expecting but JGL was awesome. Movie kinda sucked though.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

That or Daniel Craig.

I feel the same way except I'd exclude the word "kinda" from the final sentence. Didn't help it was completely predictable once they introduced The movie lost all momentum at that point and stopped being interesting or entertaining.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

Watched this again this morning. Still liked it, of course. But it occurred to me that if Joe would have thought it through a bit more, he could have just shot off his hand to stop old Joe from killing Sid (for at least long enough to explain that he is making the Rainmaker). But like he said earlier in the film, the people that take the looper job aren't the most forward-thinking bunch.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

The director talked about shooting the hand, he said something about old Joe then switching hands to shoot.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

that added along w/ well...Old Joe won't feel the pain. He'll probably freak the fuck out about it but assuming he's still obsessed w/ taking down the kid...there's always the other hand to take the gun. Young Joe would be fucking w/ himself more than Old Joe.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

To be honest, I felt that old Joe was in the right (despite being motivated by selfish reasons) but knew an American movie wouldn't have the balls to

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

Finally saw this. I thought it was good, but based on the reviews/reactions, I was expecting more of a puzzle, the kind of movie you had to piece together in the end. It was much more straight-forward than that, which I found surprising.

Did anyone else notice a continuity error, though? When Emily Blunt shot JGL, she shot him in the upper right torso. Cut to a scene of Bruce Willis finding the scar on his right shoulder. Later, Blunt is treating the wounds on JGL's left shoulder. Seemed like a very obvious error.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

One hole I had a problem with was the killing of Joe's wife. They made it clear in the movie that for whatever reason you couldn't get rid of a body. That should have put a spotlight on her and joe that could lead back to the big boss.

Also didn't care for the ending since that seems to go against the rules the film set in place. I wouldn't have minded it if the showed a endless paradox being created or the universe getting screwed up or anything that showed there was a consequence to what he did.

Re: Looper (Johnson, 2012) — The Reviews Thread
 

Finally watched this and I agree with all of these points.

2/5