Very enjoyable, impeccable acting, interesting storyline.

Rating: 8/10 (27 October 2012)

Alright today i saw Looper, i have been wanting to be seeing it for some time, straight up i will tell you it's a great film, definitely worth a watch unless you're one of those people that hates anything that isn't exactly like real life, that's what a lot of negativity for the film is for, forget about the world, get into the world of the movie you are watching, who gives a darn if time travel is ridiculous? In our world it is, but in the world of the film it is not. Transformers doesn't get picked on for being unrealistic, neither does The Terminator, Spiderman, Superman, anything like that, so this film should not be picked on for those reasons either.
Where to start? Well i'll outline the plot without spoiling it, a looper is a person who kills people from 30 years in the future so as to remove them from existence, in Loopers Joseph Gordon Levitt is given a job to kill his future self who is played by Bruce Willis, this is an interesting concept in itself which makes more sense when you watch the film, through the use of tight directing and techniques this will become apparent to you.
Looper went too great lengths to make sure the plot was tight and lacking inconsistencies/holes, everything made sense in the film and it wasn't a hard film to follow, that's not to say it didn't make me think after-wards, smaller details within the film were also kept track of, they didn't seem to forget any details at all, the film also seemed real, guns were nowhere near as accurate as Hollywood makes them out to be in a shoot-out, even the hero made plenty of stuff ups which i liked, it made the action sequences more real, not simply the enemies having bad aim and the main Character just being perfect with a gun.
Technical details aside the plot was brilliant, plenty of twists and turns, not jarring, but enough to keep you interested and making it hard to guess exactly what's going to happen, a few times in the movie i thought i knew what was going to happen and i turned out wrong, there were some false trails put into the movie to try and put you off-track and have you guessing at the wrong possibilities, thinking back the story arc was a bit strange in the direction it ultimately took and the ending was not what i was expecting, nobody was expecting, the whole cinema was quiet when it ended which was saying a lot considering half of the cinema was full of teenagers. Despite having said this at the the same time i appreciate that the story was changing direction because some sections of the film did drag on a few minutes longer than i would have liked. The acting? Now this was one of the films very strong points, Joseph Gordon Levitt is a damn fine actor, he will be as mentioned by many, a star. He plays a cocky young killer, he nails it 100% and picks up a whole bunch of Willis mannerisms which most definitely make a difference in making JGL seem like a younger Bruce Willis, coupled with great direction you see plenty of close-ups capturing those minute facial expressions which mean so much more than even large obvious expressions, a slight shift of the eyes change JGL from a cocky young killer to a man worried about his mortality. As always Willis is good playing his usual role so i don't think i need to go there. Emily Blunt, She played her role in the film well, so well she invoked in me the frustrations that other characters in the film undoubtedly felt.
By the way if you're worried about not understanding the story, don't worry, the characters are distinctive and easy to remember and the plot isn't made to be confusing like films such as Inception. but it will make you think. Go see the film, but don't be one of those guys, by that i mean "This film sucked! I mean time travel in 30 years? The mob running cities? Killing your older self? That's stupid."