Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Now Playing: Looper

On Sunday, LilBro, Jadek, and I took in Looper.The 'rentals had abandoned us to spend some time state-side with international family, so we had a, ahem, traditional Thanksgiving dinner (at Denny's) and then watched a movie before dessert.  Here's what I knew of Looper before going in: a sci-fi gangster flick starring JGL and Bruce Willis, the former playing a younger version of the latter.  Time travel is involved.  Got it.  Okay!

Let's set aside the obvious: JGL looks nothing like Willis, no matter how much they tried to make that happen.  What they lacked in aesthetics, JGL made up for (in spades) with his voice intonation.  Pitch perfect.  If you closed your eyes, you could almost imagine they were one in the same.  And then there's the supporting cast - krikey.  Paul Dano, Piper Perabo, Garret Dillahunt, as well as the amazing Emily Blunt and inimitable  Jeff Daniels.  Oh!  And watch for young master Pierce Gagnon who plays equal parts cute and creepy so very well.



Special effects were really decent, used sparingly to emphasise awesomeness.  And the plot was wicked cool too - a thinker as well as being action-driven.  Like with all time travel movies, it's easy to trip up on the details; however, the scope of the movie defined the parameters to a workable level, leaving the science part of the fiction (mostly) intact.  It's the kind of movie that makes me wish for a sequel (though, I know, a sequel would diminish its gravitas).  4 out of 5 stars.

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