Looper by ecgordon

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Looper

POSTED BY: ECGORDON
UPDATED: Saturday, October 13, 2012 12:32
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Sunday, September 30, 2012 11:48 AM

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Pardonnez mon français, but the only way I can describe Looper is it's a giant mind-fuck of a movie. Does that mean it's good? Not sure yet. My first impression is yes, but I need to see it a couple (or five) times more.

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Sunday, September 30, 2012 4:42 PM

TWO

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

A non-time-travel-related question: What the hell happened to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's face?

The makeup artist who increased Gordon-Levitt's physical resemblance to Willis either succeeded too well or not quite well enough. We're deep into the uncanny valley here, with Gordon-Levitt calling to mind less Willis himself than a Willis marionette that didn't make the final cut of Team America: World Police.

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012 12:00 PM

DMI

Expired, forgotten, spoiled rotten.

To continue on the non-time-travel train of thought here (though that topic should definitely be explored), I liked JGL's makeup job. My wife liked it so much that she said he should have work done, but after a brief convo we just decided that she thinks Willis is hotter than JGL (though we're both big fans).

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I pray for one last landing,
on the globe that gave me birth.
Let me rest my eyes on the fleecy skies
and the cool, green hills of Earth.

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Thursday, October 4, 2012 2:03 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

Yeah I got that too.

SGG

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Thursday, October 4, 2012 3:08 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

EC your gut instinct, IMHO, is dead on. And yet, I wouldn't mind seeing it again. It was the near-perfect combination of sci-fi and action. I say near-perfect because there were some non-science fictiony parts that seemed to slow down the awesomeness of this movie. But I nitpick.

Why do I think it's good, not sure, but Bruce Willis is really good in it. Actually everyone did a really solid job, Paul Dano, JGL (despite the weird make up job) and even the little boy. And Emily Blunt - wow. (Just so you know, I am abnormally smitten with her). The movie reminded me of the original Terminator story and pace. One thing though, and I guess that is why I need to see it again, I can't quite figure out the sci-fi angle - you know, the cautionary tale or commentary on the human condition. I can't put my finger on it. In Fringe, it's the 2 worlds co-existing despite obvious differences (Dems and Repubs?), just a theory.

Looper has some interesting moments, and some shiny chase scenes, with some awesome performances. but no I didn't get the message. Maybe there wasn't one, could it still be considered sci-fi? Still though, all in all, it was really good.

SGG

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Friday, October 5, 2012 12:56 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Here's my review - http://templetongate.net/looper.htm

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Saturday, October 13, 2012 12:32 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

EC, I read your review and I wrote some comments, but for some reason it did not post. I will try to rewrite it sometime soon.

SGG

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