Looper- finally watched it. My thoughts plus discussion.

I really enjoyed this movie. I can honestly say that I really couldn't tell what was going to happen next at really any part of the movie. In fact, about an hour and a half in I told myself, I have no idea what is going to happen next. Very well written and well done Sci-fi/action movie. I was really afraid I would be disappointed because of all the hype on this board, but I wasn't.


Discussion:

So the only thing that never got wrapped up for me was the triple loop scenes. Where the same thing seems to happen three times. The part where he doesn't off himself, then he does, then he doesn't again. After much thought, far more than I usually like to put into a movie, I came to the conclusion that what we saw all happened, but not in the order that the movie portrayed it. The first time around, he does kill himself, but then lives his life and decides he doesn't want to die. Paradox? Who really knows? So the director showed the first loop second, and the second loop first and third, but from two different perspectives. That's what I have decided anyway.

I kept waiting for the TK stuff to pop up again and right about the time I had forgotten about it, I see the girl twirling the lighter and then I was like "ohhh, that's how he turns into the Rainmaker".

As far dramatic themes, this movie has layers upon layers. The protagonist/antagonist thing shifts during the movie a couple of times. JGL and Bruce both do really good job with this. I could really go on for about two pages how their characters shift so much during the movie.


Anyway, loved it. 4 out of 5 stars from me.