Review: Looper

Looper (2012)

Director: Rian Johnson

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt

UK Release Date: 28th September 2012

After a quiet 2011 it's fair to say that Joseph Gordon-Levitt has returned to the spotlight this summer, after his major role in The Dark Knight Rises and now clocking up two starring roles in quick succession in Premium Rush and Looper. It's fair to say that with the critics Looper has been a huge hit with the critics but for me that may just be the problem with it. When a film is built up as much as this has been in the Media, i read both Empire and Total Film so have been looking forward to this film for a while, it's very rare that you don't come out of the cinema a little disappointed. Maybe i would of been best waiting for the hype to die down before watching, and maybe I will watch it later and fall in love but for now Looper is just another Sci-Fi film. Don't get me wrong there's not a lot wrong with the film and i did enjoy it but for some reason i just couldn't fall in love with the film. The one superb point about the film was the work done by the make-up team in transforming Gordon-Levitt into a young Bruce Willis. Levitt himself is a perfectly adequate lead but the performance lacks some of the joy of his other performances. Maybe that's the problem of a very dark film, there's very little enjoyment that came out of watching the film for me. So to conclude a film that had so much potential comes up a little short but maybe would be best after the hype has had a little bit of time to calm down.

Welcome All

Hello All,

I would like to welcome you to my new blog. Now many of you will have joined having been fans of my previous blog which has unfortunately run its course and will no longer be updated. Now this decision was made because i was unhappy about several aspects of the previous blog and have decided a new start for a new year (I am talking about the academic year not the actual year i'm not a crazy person).

I have also decided that this blog may actually try to be a little bit more analytic and maybe a bit more intellectual (yeah i know fat chance). This is in order to help me improve my skills about writing about films, which is kinda what i'm meant to do be doing with my life.

OK so now i really should explain what i will be doing on this blog although i know you already now the basic format. This will mainly be used for reviewing films, talking about films and doing little features about films. Well i might occasionally talk about football and TV but probably not much more. Oh and instead of rating films out of 10 i will be introducing a new rating system which will see films given between one and five stars, it's going to be fun!!