In the Loop(er)

“This time travel crap, just fries your brain like an egg…”

The Good:

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt. That is all.
• No but seriously Looper had such an interesting concept and way too often you see a scifi movie start off with an idea with so much potential, only to turn out to be a massive disappointment (I’m looking at you, In Time – that was 109 minutes of my time that I’ll never get back..)
• Watching Old Joe (Bruce Willis) chuck a tantrum after Young Joe asks him to explain this apparently ‘sensitive’ topic was quite hilarious. “I don’t want to talk about time travel because if we start talking about it then we’re going to be here all day talking about it, making diagrams with straws.” (Straws?? Really, Bruce Willis?? Really?)
• For me the real standout of the movie was the story involving Emily blunt and her son, Cid. This relationship between a mother and her somewhat difficult child added more depth to all the chasing and shooting. It placed the viewer in the shoes of a mother who is faced with such an impossible choice and echoed the experiences of families that raise children with psychopathic tendencies. The same tough question was also asked of society – is it wrong to remove or ‘weed out’ potentially dangerous individuals and if they are identified and if so, what do we do with them?
• Who needs technology when this solves all your problems? (See below).

The Master

Since recently relocating from Sydney to Austin, TX, it was imperative to visit the Alamo Drafthouse cinema of the famous 6th St. There was really no choice in movies so “The Master” was it!

So I hadn’t heard a single thing about it but I love that about watching films, not knowing what to expect although I did see it won a bunch of awards on the poster.

The film was one of those films that you just can’t relate to. I’m sure it was a fantastic film if you really delve into the psychology of it and all and it seemed like a film that could easily take weeks to study to fully appreciate its significance.

There should be no dispute that the two main leads (Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix) gave the performance of their lives. They were so incredibly believable especially in the most bold and powerful scenes.

Men in Black 3

This was a film that I watched for the sake of watching a film but I came out thinking “Not bad…”

Quite impressed at how they made the whole time travel situation clever yet uncomplicated so people could just follow the action.

There were moments that actually made me laugh so loud my Mum had to shush me.

The characters were uncomplicated as well and extremely likeable although action buffs might complain that there was a bigger emphasis placed on character-building than the typical fight sequences. But I suppose it is more of a light-hearted sci-fi comedy so it can be forgiven for the lack of stunts. I certainly forgave it.