I can confirm, it was quite thrilling. There was one instance where I jumped so bad that I lurched sideways in my seat and my heart beat so fast I could almost hear it. Surely that a sign of good tension and a film that captures your attention, and holds it?
Normally when I watch a film I can't help but notice continuity errors, or the lighting, or a specific camera angle (when you learn about films, you can't not notice all this stuff when you watch films!), but I was so enraptured by the story that I didn't notice many of these. There was one angle that I noticed that I particularly liked; it was a low angle shot, looking up at Joseph Gordon Levitt's head and shoulders, with the blue sky behind him - very reminiscent of shots where a victim is lying on the ground looking up at their killer/attacker except here, the person on the ground is looking up because they are a child. However it is subtle hint about Levitt's character and also perhaps his relationship with the child.
But yeah, I liked the film, and I definitely recommend you go and see it on a big screen - there are some scenes where the effects just wont look as good on your home tv/laptop/computer/ipad etc.
It wasn't at all predictable, and thus not what I thought it would be. I was worried it would be just another action thriller, set in the futre that doesn't look that much different where they travel back in time, and the difference with this film is that they kill people. But no, it had a much better plot with a story that I haven't really encountered before. Something that is a fairly rare find in films these days...
Rian Johnson - you've done it again.
If you liked Brick you should deffo see Looper.
And if you liked Looper you should go and watch Brick.
And if you love JGL, GO AND WATCH BRICK!
(Rian Johnson also directed Brick, which features JGL.)
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