The Glade 4.0

Huh, kind of odd that no one has mentioned seeing Looper yet. Surely I can't be the first one here to see it, right? I mean, it's been out for two weeks.

Anyway, it's fun, lots of stuff to spoil, though. Bruce Willis gets to be a bit badass, Emily Blunt is hot, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt does a great job. My wife and I are still discussing the whole time-travel thing, too. I feel like Captain Janeway sometimes.

A very interesting view of the future, worth seeing.

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So when you get to heaven
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Haven't heard of it, but it sounds interesting. Thanks for the heads up!

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Saw it last night actually. Very good movie; has a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes at the moment.

Saw it Friday morning. Was going to post about it, but realized I don't have a whole lot to say. The story wasn't bad, but the entire premise was based on something I couldn't help but nit-pick to death.

What it came down to for me was ...

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

Shel, Cracked is with you on that one.

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

Edit: Guess I should spoiler that.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Sometimes there's things you just need to accept as a background assumption, and just go from there. As long as it's a background item, and this crap isn't coming up all through the movie, I can generally stand it.

("There are aliens that are about to invade planet earth" - ok, carryon. versus "Oh yeah, and they wear no clothes and carry no gear, despite being space travelers. And they can easily be locked in a pantry. Oh, and can be thwarted by hiding in the basement and nailing up the windows. And can be defeated by a glass of water, one of the most plentiful substances on the planet, that is present in massive quantities in the air we breathe, and settles out of the air when it gets cold, or worse - rains.)

Yeah, that's why I said I was willing to accept the premise. Also, my wife had a thought that perhaps they couldn't go back any farther than they remembered - or, maybe only as far back as the creator of the time machine remembered.

Oh, but the thing that really got me? The notion that Topeka or Wichita is now this shining megalopolis or urban center of some sort.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Finally saw this. I enjoyed it. I thought JGL did an outstanding job impersonating Bruce Willis. The prosthetics helped, but his voice and especially his mannerisms really sold it. I'd see JGL make a specific, subtle reaction and I'd think "I've seen Bruce do that in a different movie."

The movie did slow down to a crawl during the second half, but I think due to the story it's unavoidable. But it did make the movie feel long. To put it in perspective, my wife said "That movie felt longer than Cloud Atlas." And Cloud Atlas runs 1 hour longer than Looper.

Still, it's one of the better Sci-Fi movies I've seen in recent years, along with some good performances (even the 4 year-old gives a great one).

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Late to the party. LK and I rented it this weekend. I was very impressed. I didn't think it was going to be that dramatic. Very well done movie. JGL is becoming one of my favorite actors.

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'Twas fantastic.

I have a hard time finding people I know (in person) that are either interested in this movie, or who enjoyed it. I don't quite understand. Easily one of the better sci-fi movies made in a long while.

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Yeah, it's kind of funny how much non-love it got. Maybe a bit too cerebral?

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

I haven't watched it yet.

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...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
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FAR easier to watch than, say, Primer

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

I loved that movie.

Huh, Primer looks interesting (well, after I spent five minutes trying to figure out what it's about; the IMDB summary is completely useless). It's on Netflix, I'll check it out.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

So did I. I'm not saying it was a bad movie, I'm just saying it wasn't easy to follow.
Don't feel bad, it's really not easy to explain - and damn near impossible to explain without spoiling anything.
Here, take a gander at Randall's interpretation (click the image for the full-sized version).

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister