Looper - Brilliantly Original

Rating: 9/10 (7 October 2012)

Thankfully there are enough intelligent people to outweigh all of the idiots on here. IMDb used to be the place for cinephiles but that's changed over the last few years. Regardless don't all of the idiots stop you from seeing this film. I will forewarn you that it is a bit more challenging to follow and will make you think. So you're simply looking for a good action shoot em up it may not satisfy you. If you're looking for a sci-fi film on par with movies like Blade Runner get in line. Personally I'm a huge film of Rian Johnson. He pulls no punches. His stories are incredibly well written with a high attention to detail. And this movie is his best to date. Joseph Gordon Levitt is his usual brilliant self in here. Bruce Willis does well and finally isn't "dying hard". I think one thread said it best if you focus on the time travel you miss the point.
Ultimately this film is about presenting a complicated moral dilemma within an action/sci-fi context. The protagonist has decide to go from selfish to selfless. A change that doesn't happen easily or quickly. And it makes you question how far would you go to preserve your own happiness. Would you kill anyone, even children? It explores people's desire to do absolutely anything to preserve their own life purely out of selfish desire of self preservation. The film definitely challenges the viewer several times as to what is right or wrong and at what point those things intersect or change places.
The moral dilemma aside the sci-fi portions are excellent. I like that the film is anchored and believable as a not too distant future. Aside from time travel everything is rather believable. Watch closely to see that all vehicles have been converted to electric or alternative fuel cars with these big black ugly conversion kits on all the older cars. A brilliant touch of detail and very realistic since if that is the direction all cars go to chances are old vehicles will continue to exist but will need converted. There are also solar panels roughly attached to many vehicles. Aside from that the vaguely dystopian look of the world but not overly futuristic look is made so well and so believably.
Lastly as an action film it's great. Nothing gratuitous. Good characters, good action scenes, believable action, no one leaping buildings, etc.
A lot of people just don't get how brilliant this film is. Thankfully the critics do, hence why they're critics and a majority of the idiots on here are not. Even people in the theater behind us said, "Really?" and "That was lame." Which is staggering. This is definitely more of a moral dilemma film with a strong sci-fi and action element. If you want pure action go see some crappy Die Hard film.