Looper Makes It Hurt

I should probably mention that I’m writing for a great site called Nerdspan, relatively new and full of intelligent geekery on proud display. I have several reviews and articles in the works for them, and there’s a large stable of other nerds providing the same. Bookmark the site and follow the updates on Twitte @Nerdspan.

My first review went live today, and covers 2012′s Looper, directed by Rian Johnson and starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (along with Emily Blunt and Pierce Gagnon):

“The premise of Looper is easy to understand. Ready? Time travel is invented in the future. Time travel is immediately outlawed. The mob seizes control of time travel. The mob sends its hits to the past to be killed. (The future is a bad place for getting rid of bodies.) The people who kill for the mob are called Loopers. Loopers must one day kill their future selves and close the loop.” [Click here to read the rest of the review at Nerdspan!]

The review is short and sweet, so check it out even if you haven’t seen Looper yet. For those of you who have already seen the film (or just don’t give a shit), this post is for you!

People of the Internet: Looper makes it hurt!

Makes what hurt? Well, let’s see. Its clumsy dealings with time travel make your head hurt. (Here’s some aspirin.) Its brutal moments of emotional honesty make your heart hurt. (I got nothing for that.) Its casting of Pierce Gagnon as Cid the Creepy Kid makes you ache for the Ender’s Game hat could have been. (I’ve got nothing for that either.)

What I do have is a post twisting the knife and rubbing salt in those hurts! You’re welcome.  Here are 5 moments that had me diving for the pause button and kvetching at or gesticulating wildly with my husband before we hit play again. (Only 5, because let’s not kid ourselves: there were a lot more moments that called for pausing and swearing than I talk about here.)

[Here's a spoiler-filled look at 5 Moments that Hurt.]

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