Is that the same pocket watch from Pulp Fiction?

Rating: 9/10 (6 February 2014)

Attempting to pick apart this film for inconsistencies or things that do not make sense is a horrible idea. I have seen quite a bit of criticism of this film and it doesn't seem to make much sense why anyone would want to tackle any of these issues. Looper is a film that almost cannot be criticized for a number of the problems with the plot "holes" because of the time travel paradox created by just about every situation Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and old Joe (Bruce Willis) find themselves involved in as well as the slew of other characters also affecting timelines.
I think Looper is a movie that can be debated endlessly by just about anyone. When a loop isn't closed, it creates many different timelines as shown by the fact that Rian Johnson decided to put the video at the end of the film as to say "this thing isn't over and will never be over." Unfortunately, I have to mark this review as having spoilers because I have no way of being able to talk about it without giving something away.
I thought it was a neat idea to make Joseph Gordon-Levitt look like Bruce Willis but for the first part of the film I kept trying to figure out if the main character was Joseph Gordon-Levitt or not. It was wildly distracting. Aside from that, I thought it was a good attempt at making the two characters look alike.
I won't say too much more about the film because there are an awful lot of events that have consequences in time that end up being a bit strange and cannot be criticized too much because we don't even know what would happen in that version of a reality. I will say, however, that Rian Johnson did a great job in selecting and framing shots because so many shots looked excellent. A lot of the film had that gritty look that can be found in Brick. I think Johnson will be around for a while making movies that look just like this. I love this style of film making.