Looper | One Fatal Flaw

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @Fangs1978
    @Fangs1978 4 года назад +284

    An example of a good passive protagonist: The Dude from The Big Lebowski

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  4 года назад +136

      Yeah well... that’s just like... your opinion man.

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 4 года назад +73

      I don’t think “passive” is the right term.
      The Dude just abides.

    • @Fangs1978
      @Fangs1978 4 года назад +27

      @@warlordofbritannia I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that.

    • @leyenda6149
      @leyenda6149 3 года назад +9

      I'd love to see a video here of examples of badly done passive protagonists. Maybe even compare to well-done passive protagonists in movies (if there is such a thing)

    • @fish_in_distress
      @fish_in_distress 3 года назад +14

      Nah he's definitely reactive, the film wouldn't have gone anywhere if he hadn't wanted to replace that rug so badly lol

  • @warlordofbritannia
    @warlordofbritannia 4 года назад +138

    I remember talking to some friends in high school about time travel movies, and at some point after discussing the plot of Inception (not really a time travel movie per se) someone said:
    “Inception was confusing? You’ve never seen Primer, have you?”
    I’ll never forget that. Mainly because the attempted explanation of Primer sounded like the dark language from Lord of the Rings.

    • @franzpattison
      @franzpattison 3 года назад +4

      Looks like there's a new movie on my download list

    • @SPFLDAngler
      @SPFLDAngler 3 года назад +2

      Inception has nothing to do with time travel at all... how do you include it in a time travel movies discussion?..

    • @Sc0musiq
      @Sc0musiq 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@SPFLDAnglerid assume because usually time travel movies are pretty complicated , and require multiple watches, and so does inception lol

    • @c.ladimore1237
      @c.ladimore1237 3 месяца назад

      primer took a couple of views to fully get. imagine how many revisions they went thru writing it!

    • @phild8761
      @phild8761 5 часов назад

      😆 yes, primer was absolutely seemingly unnecessarily complicated, same with tenet, I can't get into movies that you need a PhD to understand.

  • @pistaalkohol
    @pistaalkohol 3 года назад +57

    I honestly forget TK was there in the first place

  • @JackHGUK
    @JackHGUK 3 года назад +101

    My question is, why didnt young Joe just blow his right hand off at the end when Willis was pointing the gat at Sarah... Seems he turned the dial up to 11 when really he just had to make old Joe drop the gun.

    • @wj3186
      @wj3186 3 года назад +41

      Because, this is Rian "The Last Jedi" Johnson, that's why.

    • @Fujtajblus
      @Fujtajblus 3 года назад +28

      The character said in his head that he saw an endless loop. Shooting a hand off might not really do it.

    • @franzpattison
      @franzpattison 3 года назад +5

      @@Fujtajblus that's what I was thinking. Up until then everything has always consolidated at the same outcome

    • @georgesartiano3559
      @georgesartiano3559 3 года назад +5

      I've been thinking this since I was sitting there in the theater watching it. I was like If I can come up with this in the moment, you should have been able to think about it somewhere along the way.

    • @bennycostello2472
      @bennycostello2472 3 года назад +1

      @@wj3186 Hey you're Rian johnson. You made that 6/10 movie! How about we give you exclusive control over our multi billion dollar franchise!

  • @TheKindofTiredSleepCantFix
    @TheKindofTiredSleepCantFix 4 года назад +362

    I thought the fatal flaw was that the child actor was incredibly unlikeable (even by child actor standards) while Old Joe was one of Willis' best rolls in years making it borderline impossible to root for Young Joe and the Rainmaker.

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  4 года назад +117

      Dude... I didn’t mention it... but goddamn did that kid weird me out lol

    • @nicanornunez9787
      @nicanornunez9787 3 года назад +51

      @@MacabreStorytelling I believe it was on purpose, like he is young Hitler, and how dislikable is also somewhat tragic, that this jeofry Baratheon needs to be saved in order to save the world.

    • @nicanornunez9787
      @nicanornunez9787 3 года назад +13

      @@MacabreStorytelling also a good remake of looper would be great, I think a dictatorship would make more sense for the time travel disappearing bodies. A joe with TK mutation would also be great, and little Hitler being some kind of genius that is also the one that makes time travel machines, it would make more sense than here is aliens and also werewolfs. To much suspension of disbelief.

    • @deanchur
      @deanchur 3 года назад +21

      The argument for old Joe going back to take out the Rainmaker, even as a child, had moral merit as well. Going back to take out someone before they take out your innocent wife and leave you broken and alone, of course you're going to sympathize with their actions.

    • @areyoutheregoditsmedave
      @areyoutheregoditsmedave 3 года назад +10

      You’re spot on with that. Bruce Willis’ character should have been the protagonist. I loved that character.

  • @RanMouri82
    @RanMouri82 4 года назад +71

    While the time travel rules might not have bothered me, what does bother me is that Johnson didn't bother making his own story's rules consistent. *We* don't need to know all the details, but at least the director should.

    • @lampad4549
      @lampad4549 2 года назад +1

      we do know the details right, this isnt a story where you can change the future thats why time travel is kept to a minimum and restricted.

    • @Eidolon1andOnly
      @Eidolon1andOnly 10 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@lampad4549Except it's proven that changes to the past do affect the future. How else would disfiguring a past looper affect the body of a future looper?

  • @schwarzerritter5724
    @schwarzerritter5724 3 года назад +48

    Psychics suddenly being included created another big problem for me:
    It explained why they have to use time travel to kill people; psychics can feel when someone is getting murdered, so they have to send them back to the past before psychics existed. So while it was very jarring, it did make the movie make more sense.
    And then they killed Bruce Willis' character's wife! If they can just shoot her, why not him!?

    • @chriswilson7288
      @chriswilson7288 3 года назад +7

      I think it had something more to do with the mob getting caught up. The wife wasn't killed exactly by the mob but by a foreign criminal organization in japan. I think japan became ran by the yakuza which bruce decided to hide out there but found a wife. The yakuza was ordered to bring him back for the time loop deal so the mob couldn't be incriminated but still it is a trip.

    • @Seetiyan
      @Seetiyan Год назад +10

      Wasn't it just the future tracking systems? I don't remember any mention of telepaths; just the telekinetics.

    • @Pop_Shepski
      @Pop_Shepski 4 месяца назад

      That’s true

  • @vincentvalen72
    @vincentvalen72 4 года назад +62

    This gonna be hella late for this movie , but I think I just realized why he’s called the Rainmaker in the future. His TK powers just exploding his targets, thus making blood rain down everywhere 😦

    • @Toschez
      @Toschez 3 года назад +3

      Precisely, by killing tons of people in the process...in the future when murder shouldn’t be possible.

    • @AnvilPictures
      @AnvilPictures 6 месяцев назад +1

      The Rainmaker is pretty awesome name. Because he makes this rain down with his powers.

  • @rikquishewright2167
    @rikquishewright2167 3 года назад +28

    I totally agree with your take, always bothered me how Looper is veiled as a hard sci-fi time travel film then does a 180 and boom, Akira/X-Men style telekinesis shinanigans, essentially becoming two movies in one.

  • @dyllon9015
    @dyllon9015 3 года назад +18

    The real flaw for me is old joe closed his loop in his own timeline... so where does the rainmaker come from ? Who’s responsible for killing his mom the first time in that timeline ? Also since young joe killed himself stopping the rainmaker, it would probably change the timing of his loop being closed, old joe could be sent back years later instead, maybe not even sent back at all!

    • @dyllon9015
      @dyllon9015 3 года назад +6

      The only thing that could solve these is separate time lines, but then the next flaw would be with how the younger versions effect the older versions, and the multiverse of rainmakers that would have to be stopped, there would be multiple futures with this guy

  • @cynicalleviathan3305
    @cynicalleviathan3305 4 года назад +46

    Did you hear that Rian Johnson apparently sent the script of Looper to Shane Carruth (the director of Primer) and his feedback to Rian was "your time travel doesn't work"😂😂
    Also you should check out Upstream Color if you haven't,its another Shane Carruth film.

  • @runningcommentary2125
    @runningcommentary2125 3 года назад +35

    Why doesn't the future mob send back the retired loopers to be killed by literally anyone other than their own past selves? Wouldn't they think that their loopers might be unwilling to kill themselves? I'm amazed that for as long as they've been running their scheme, only one of the loopers refuses to commit suicide.

    • @lampad4549
      @lampad4549 2 года назад +7

      because they don't want to get other people involved in it unless they have to. The people in the past wont know when the older versions come to the past as well.

    • @Eidolon1andOnly
      @Eidolon1andOnly 10 месяцев назад +2

      I thought usually the targets get sent back with hoods or bags over their heads, so the past loopers don't really know the identity of their targets. For some reason this didn't happen with old Joe.

    • @fireemblemistrash75
      @fireemblemistrash75 8 месяцев назад +6

      @@Eidolon1andOnlybecause he escaped and purposefully showed his face to throw his younger self off
      People in this comment section have clearly not seen the movie

    • @Eidolon1andOnly
      @Eidolon1andOnly 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@fireemblemistrash75 I saw the movie once years ago. Don't remember Old Joe removing the bag from his head.

    • @YoutubeCommenter7402
      @YoutubeCommenter7402 2 месяца назад

      @@Eidolon1andOnly He does in that dumb scene where his kidnappers don't have their hands drawn when they're about to put him into the time machine, this allowed Old Joe to escape.

  • @QazwerDave
    @QazwerDave 4 года назад +86

    The time travel problem is a big issue for me, so ... I guess, Two Fatal Flaws ?!

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  4 года назад +19

      Yeah I’d argue it’s almost narrative breaking since how does Young Joe know killing himself will make Old Joe disappear. But yeah the time travel issues have been talked about a lot so wanted to pick something else.

    • @QazwerDave
      @QazwerDave 4 года назад +9

      @@MacabreStorytelling Well, actually that part is fine. It's established that if something happens to the young version something also happens to the older version, killing the young one also kills the older one.
      But I guess I don't remember if the Young Joe learned that at any point during the film.
      Anyway, the time travel does not make sense, and broke my investment in the film. But as you said in your video, that might just be me personally, and not everybody agree.

    • @ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502
      @ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502 4 года назад +5

      @@QazwerDave actually that still makes little sense. In the earlier scene, the future version just suddenly gains those injuries without ever knowing how they got there (how could he possibly drive without legs for example, as they were removed from his younger self). That makes no sense, but if we go with it then logically shooting himself should just cause bruce Willis to turn into an aged corpse, not disappear

    • @QazwerDave
      @QazwerDave 4 года назад +2

      @@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502 Yeah, like I said, the time travel doesn't make any sense in this film !!

    • @punishedbarca761
      @punishedbarca761 4 года назад +3

      A better setup with the same premise is that the guys are sent back in time and a young version of a different person is given the hit, so they won't remember the fact that this would happen in 20 years and break the loop. Then this movie starts with Young Joe getting the wrong contract and finding out the target is his older self. A clerical error at the mob post office rather than lazy time-travel writing.

  • @Maurice_Moss
    @Maurice_Moss 3 года назад +35

    Yeah I always thought the TK aspect of Looper seemed like a bit of an afterthought.

    • @Thoron_of_Neto
      @Thoron_of_Neto 3 года назад +3

      Yep, an afterthought the whole second half of the movie centered on lol

    • @memyself898
      @memyself898 3 года назад +10

      @@Thoron_of_Neto TK could have been removed entirely and it would have changed very little. The kid could have killed the gat man another way (maybe a knife or something) and shown little to no real feeling thus setting up his propensity towards being a cold killer. Couple that with seeing his mom murdered and boom, crazy mob boss origin story. TK not necessary.

    • @Magicalnora
      @Magicalnora 3 года назад

      Hi Moss!!

  • @ShunJ89
    @ShunJ89 3 года назад +25

    I thought the Rain maker powers was a result of both his parents was TK. His mom was more powerful than his dad. She actually told the story on how they meant. She used her TK to prevent her future baby daddy from using his to float something to impress her.

  • @izzynobre
    @izzynobre 3 года назад +27

    The thing that upsets me is that loopers are told ahead of time about the whole "closing the loop" thing. Why would the mobsters tells the loopers about it? What benefit is there?
    There's literally no reason to disclose that, and it'd be relatively easy to fix -- just have a looper find out, and tell the protagonist about it.

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  3 года назад +7

      Or not even tell them at the moment. Just send their future self back to be killed by someone else, then give their past self a big pay day and then hunt them down 30 yrs later.

    • @franzpattison
      @franzpattison 3 года назад +5

      @@MacabreStorytelling But then the plot wouldn't happen haha. Also why give them a big payday? What's the justification? Just have them keep working until the day they are surprised with their unexpected kidnapping and death.

    • @izzynobre
      @izzynobre 3 года назад +7

      @@MacabreStorytelling really why even give them a 30 year headstart anyway? If you're worried about them spilling the beans, you'd wanna kill them immediately and quietly the moment they are no longer needed.
      None of the rules of the world building make any sense.

    • @izzynobre
      @izzynobre 3 года назад +2

      Btw I made a video about this subject on my English Channel (look up IZZY NOBRE LOOPER), it's great that more people are criticizing the movie now. When it first came out it was driving me INSANE that everyone praised the movie so highly when it's core premise is so contrived for the sake of the plot happening haha

  • @daviejay5326
    @daviejay5326 3 года назад +10

    Was pretty awesome seeing Willis on screen again
    He did an awesome job in this film too

  • @hunter4hire
    @hunter4hire 3 года назад +5

    ok. I think I can explain the part about the guy losing limbs. There are 2 theories. First one is simple, They didn't kill him, they kept him alive. Which in my opinion is false in my pov. My take is that the future is changed on the fly, with free will attached. Kind of like the butterfly effect movie. The young guys finger is cut, so then the future is changed. Because the future guy is in the past he is displaced in like a time limbo. Neither fully future or past, and what ever new that wasn't in the first timeline, it's effect are instantaneous. That's my take on it. IT's if time is a flowing river but boulders and rocks spilt it. It's still the same river/dimension, but time has a splinter effect in that dimension. Hopes this helps.

  • @elvancor
    @elvancor 3 года назад +7

    Interesting and valid criticisms that I didn't consider before.
    My biggest issue with Looper had still always been about the time travel mechanic, but I think it's simple enough:
    There's the time travel story where people actually can change the present by altering the past, and then there's the time travel story where people's attempt to change the present by altering the past has always been the very thing determining the present in the first place. Looper starts off as one of the first kind and suddenly acts like one of the latter when it comes to Sid, and uses this as a plot device. A blatant inconsistency is sold as a twist. That is the fatal flaw for me.
    Is that the plot hole you mentioned?

    • @allthegearuk
      @allthegearuk Год назад

      Rhian Johnson films perfectly explained using inconsistencies and passing them off as plot twists

  • @leyenda6149
    @leyenda6149 3 года назад +7

    I am brand new to this channel, but I would LOVE to see a whole slew of installments in this series! Great work!

  • @jonesjohnson6301
    @jonesjohnson6301 3 года назад +7

    I saw that you had posted the movie, but I hadn't seen it/couldn't remember it, so I watched it. I'm a rather critical viewer and it's hard for me to like most movies. Usually I pick up on flaws very quickly, even if I like it.
    That said it ended and I was very confused. Then I watched your video and I, to be honest, don't find you so clear as to what precisely the flaw is in your opinion?! Some classic storytelling techniques were ignored, but that doesn't make it a flaw. Especially since Rian made it very clear that he knows them by his expert use of a wide range of storytelling devices.
    Flaws in your movie critique:
    - Young Joe's "friend" doesn't die, obviously. They hooked him up to life support for a reason. When Joe later is being chased the explicit order is given NOT to kill him. And yes it's obviously a multiverse thing.
    - Time travel, like zombie stories, are inevitably going to cause logical paradoxa if they're dwelled on too long. There was no reason for the movie to expand on the plot and the information given is all that is relevant to the plot.
    - TK isn't introduced at the end. It's introduced right at the start. It's rare to see two McGuffin's in one movie, and even rarer to see them not conflict each other. Looper actually achieves this by keeping them quite separate, and there's no reason why they should be joined. I absolutely do not understand why they should be joined.
    - It's very, very clear that Cid is the rainman from the very second he's introduced. It's done in such a subtle yet at the same time cliché, overemphasised way that I cannot understand how you missed it. Cid gets the delayed introduction, which other than him only old Joe got, and only slightly (with the announced, expected and delayed arrival, and the face reveal).
    - But most importantly: I feel like you zoned out right at the second act and stopped paying attention.
    Young Joe didn't become passive, he became introspective. The first act makes it seem likely, and even desirable, that old and young Joe become allies. Not only does this movie subvert it in a good way, it has the viewers and the protagonist on that same introspective path where the objective shifts. Old Joe needs Young Joe to continue down his selfdestructive path for him to have met his wife the way he did.
    Young Joe ends up rejecting that, by making the ultimate sacrifice.
    Verdict: The film is very, very clear and transparent in what it did and what it wanted to do. Wanting the movie to follow the more generic storyline does not mean it has an objective flaw. An introspective journey is very hard to make work in a movie, and even more so in action style movies. It is ok for a movie not to explain everything, as long as enough plausibility is left for it to work. The movie does not grind to a halt, just because young Joe recuperates. He is not a passive protagonist.

    • @JeremyHelm
      @JeremyHelm 10 месяцев назад +1

      I'll take that nice nuance you've shared: I'm not passive, I'm introspective!

  • @darkomen1290
    @darkomen1290 4 года назад +13

    Returning macabro REPORTING FOR DUTY

  • @foyo5497
    @foyo5497 3 года назад +5

    The fatal flaw that took me out of Looper was the fact that Old Joe towards the end of the movie, "Bruce Willis`ed" his way through a horde of armed gang members and came out unscathed. I was like, "Damn, the rainmaker has some competition...and Old Joe dont even have TK." lol
    Loved everything else about the movie though.

  • @QUANTUMJOKER
    @QUANTUMJOKER 2 года назад +3

    A great video. While I disagree, you make a very well-argued case.
    I think telekinesis was an admittedly bizarre but well-integrated plot element, and I do think the second and third acts have strong tension: Joe bonds with Sarah and Cid, both Joes learn that Cid is the Rainmaker, and Old Joe's vendetta leads to him tragically causing (or nearly causing) the very events he tried to prevent.
    I also appreciate how you pointed out the inconsistent time travel rules, but acknowledged that not every viewer will be bothered by this (I'm one of these viewers; Looper's time travel rules don't entirely make sense, but I don't mind).

  • @cbank7684
    @cbank7684 4 года назад +32

    I could never get over the bad time travel in looper the rest of the film could be perfect and I'd still hate it

    • @lampad4549
      @lampad4549 2 года назад

      the time travel isnt bad, its unrealistic but isnt bad and it follows its own rules.

    • @cbank7684
      @cbank7684 2 года назад

      @@lampad4549 It doesn't but you can think that if you want. Cutting off the arm of someone's past self and torturing them somehow still results in you old self traveling back in time. No not possible. More over travel is possibly the dumbest way to have people killed many many think can go wrong resulting in people from the future killing past versions of people who don't know they could be a target. Bad time travel. Bad movie.

    • @Wendy_O._Koopa
      @Wendy_O._Koopa 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@lampad4549 Are you kidding me right now? This movie breaks all of its own rules. It only makes rules so it can break them.

  • @christopherd897
    @christopherd897 4 года назад +72

    I mean... that's Rian. I can't expect quality scripts from him

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia 4 года назад +13

      I dunno man. He seems quite competent at writing character conflicts and dynamics. It’s plots where he tends to drop the ball (especially in Looper and The Last Jedi, which are admittedly the only movies of his I know I have seen).

    • @gibbcharron3469
      @gibbcharron3469 4 года назад +21

      @@warlordofbritannia Yeah, he actually wrote a kickass murder mystery in Knives Out, mostly by leveraging character dynamics to craft and drive the plot.

    • @knasigboll
      @knasigboll 4 года назад +10

      Brick is pretty good though

    • @christopherd897
      @christopherd897 4 года назад +6

      @@knasigboll Haven't watch it yet, but I saw 3 of his movies (Looper, TLJ and Knives out) and I'm not very optimistic about watching next one. But... I might be pleasantly surprised

    • @christopherd897
      @christopherd897 4 года назад +8

      @@warlordofbritannia I can agree with pretty well written character conflict in Looper, but definitely not in TLJ and Knives out. I think that Rian is a competent director, but horrible writer (haven't watched all of his movies, but I'm making my argument based on three of his movies)

  • @graphthis2249
    @graphthis2249 4 месяца назад +1

    My biggest problem with this movie was the mob getting hit men to kill themselves vs getting colleagues to do it.

  • @FoulballProductions
    @FoulballProductions 10 месяцев назад +1

    The time time travel / tk problem is addressed in the classic writing book “Save the cat”. Blake Snyder called it “double mumbo jumbo”

  • @GreaterGrievobeast55
    @GreaterGrievobeast55 3 года назад +3

    Sid having TK powers was cool but honestly it could have been just as cool to maybe imply that seeing Young Joe in action inspired him to become some ultra badass and take over the future looper gangs action Anti hero style, maybe we see adult sid with a scar on his cheek to that the audience sees it clearly too when his cheek gets injured!

  • @kyzercube
    @kyzercube Год назад +1

    The real fatal flaw in this movie is the mindset of criminals being faced with no politicians promoting crime with ' anti-gun laws '. If this were the case irl, crime would be at a virtual standstill. Criminals don't just walk into a situation knowing there's a high probability they'll be challenged with a firearm. Citizens with guns would make a stark drop in crime in cities, not the other way around.

    • @peteyprimo7173
      @peteyprimo7173 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah it’s weird why they would portray it like that. Almost like they have an agenda

  • @frenchcoupon3391
    @frenchcoupon3391 2 года назад +2

    Because Ryan Johnson was not interested in amazing word building of the time travel. He chose the easy lazy path of the super-hero kid.
    It’s like if in the Matrix midway through - the main antagonist is not Smith anymore but the bald monk kid, who knows telekinesis. No more bullet time, no more real/virtual world duality - just a kid throwing objects at Neo.
    It’s the « auteur trap » as I call it- swap an amazing concept which is hard to develop and requires real creativity with a pseudo-sentimental story. Make lengthy shots with sunsets and much much dialogue, bring some piano/guitar/violin sad music, throw time travel out of the window and embrace a poor child’s character that suffers (don’t forget - children, dogs and cats must always survive).
    Also, make all one location, ditch the high stakes and twists of the story etc.
    That’s how you have Looper at the end.

  • @tuma_inn
    @tuma_inn 3 года назад +4

    Glad I came across your series, top tier quality.

  • @Sci-Fi_Freak_YT
    @Sci-Fi_Freak_YT 3 года назад +18

    I honestly still love this film because it’s so cool and unique.

    • @lampad4549
      @lampad4549 2 года назад +1

      its a very good movie, i dont think what was mentioned in this video was a flaw.

  • @Toschez
    @Toschez 3 года назад +2

    Even when focused on time travel, the reason why the Rainmaker is called that is (presumably) because of how much bloodshed he caused, and the fact that old Joe’s wife was murdered, both in the future mind you, directly contradict the premise of the film. At least I expect that level of consistency right in my time travel film.

  • @AlbertoLerenard
    @AlbertoLerenard 3 года назад +4

    the time travel is not flawed: actually looper is the only story I've seen that resolved the problem of "it's already happened" or "creating a new dimension". The logic in looper is this: you can get back to the past, but changing the past you will slowly rewrite the future, in real time. Let's say I get married and then a kid; if I go in the past and my wife is killed before I marry her, I'll forget about her and won't be married anymore … but the kid still is. You have to think about it like videogame checkpoints and saves. You can cancel all the previous saves but what's important is the last one.
    Of course, the interesting thing is that your kid is destined to disappear, because without your wife your past self will never be able to procreate him. So when your future self and past self will arrive to the day of your son's conception, since there's nobody to conceive him with, the kid will disappear from the world and your future memory

  • @tb45g
    @tb45g 2 месяца назад +1

    The moviie wastes so much time setting up how time travel works and how the mob works but at the same time tries to hand wave it. Maybe if it actually focused on TK earlier on it would have been better.
    Cyd and Joe's stories really mirror each others in a lot of ways. They both have a cycle of violence that they are perpetuating against each other.
    I could almost picture a much better version of this movie that focused on the child Cyd as the main character. Maybe with a different setup and Cyd being older. It could be almost like Terminator where Old Joe is the terminator and Young Joe is Kyle Reese.
    Maybe Young Joe enteres the story, spends time with Cyd and his Mother, then Young Joe realises Cyd is the rainmaker, and tries to kill Cyd. Cyd gets bloodthirsty and wants revenge, but at the last minute decides not to kill Young or Old Joe, and Young Joe sees this, realises that Cyd chose to be good instead of perpetuating a cycle of violence, and kills himself to break his own cycle of violence. The story instead focuses on Cyd overcoming his violent impulses and need for revenge. His need for revenge makes way more sense anyways, given his backstory with his real mother, the fear of that happening again, and the fact that he doesn't need to be a complete evil child-killing monster in order to get his revenge. Cyd overcoming that is much more powerful in my opinion, since Young Joe doesn't ever really connect with or understand the need for revenge that Old Joe has. As opposed to Cyd who already has a complex about his mother dying and desires power in order to avenge her and protect other people in his life.
    Focusing on Cyd instead of Young Joe would really eliminate a lot of the pondering about time travel and how it works and what it means because it's just much less relevant to Cyd. The only thing that would matter is the fact that Young Joe can affect Old Joe, all the rest of the stuff with what exactly the mob is doing and the reasons behind it, Seth and his old self being mutilated, etc., just wouldn't matter. Old Joe is a reflection of Cyd's actions - if he decides to be wrathful he creates Old Joe, who is hunting him and would cause more pain in his own life. When he chooses mercy, he also eliminates Old Joe and a potential future for himself as a wrathful person.
    Time travel in this case is just a way to bring the potential future consequences of Cyd's actions into the present. TK represents the power to cause violence. And Old Joe is the consequence of using your power for violence and the vicious cycles that creates. At the same time Old Joe represents the spectre of violence from his past; the death of his mother, and letting go of his obsession with that sets him free.
    The plot I lined out needs some more re-working to make sense but I think you get the idea.

  • @superbilly7160
    @superbilly7160 4 года назад +7

    The unnecessary nature of the TK conceit is actually reinforced by a key scene that establishes Cid as incredibly intelligent in addition to being an extremely powerful telekinetic. So then why exactly couldn't Cid's character have taken the old school deception and subterfuge approach to taking over a criminal empire? Why exactly couldn't the whole TK thing be removed entirely to make way for greater development/exploration of the characters and their relationships? Particularly the dichotomy between young Joe and old Joe. I'm so happy you addressed that missed opportunity. Another fantastic video though admittedly I'm not looking forward to the next installment of this series as I kind of love "Get Out" and the only issue I really have with it is tonal inconsistency ergo lowest common denominator comedic pandering emanating from a specific supporting character.

  • @QazwerDave
    @QazwerDave 4 года назад +21

    Hey, Macabre Storytelling ...
    If a protagonist can switch between active and passive throughout the story, can a story also switch protagonist, and as such switch one character from active to passive, but also switch his role as the protagonist over to another active character ?!
    This would keep the protagonist active, even though the character that starts out as the protagonist, switches to a passive one.

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  4 года назад +12

      Interesting! There is a film called “Waves” I saw last year that KIND of does something like this. No spoilers of course but I’d give it a watch as it is quite interesting. But yeah anything can work it is simply about the execution. Those who break and bend the rules sure as hell understand the rules they are breaking and bending.

    • @Mrkti
      @Mrkti 4 года назад +5

      Are you indirectly asking if it's ok to be both a bottom and a top or am i reading to much into it?

    • @captaineardrum6208
      @captaineardrum6208 3 года назад +2

      @@Mrkti I don't think that's something that's being asked but it sure as hell is funny to look at it through that lense

  • @franzpattison
    @franzpattison 3 года назад +4

    The fatal flaw was the prosthetic lips. I thought those only existed in Weird Al's universe. They don't even make him look like Brucie

  • @whitleypedia
    @whitleypedia 3 года назад +4

    In Save The Cat, this is what Blake Snyder refers to as "double mumbo jumbo."

  • @nqobilemsomi3656
    @nqobilemsomi3656 3 года назад +1

    I paused this video earlier on. Went to watch this movie and I hit the subscribe button on my way in. Thank you, you’ve earned a subscriber❤️

  • @Argeaux2
    @Argeaux2 8 месяцев назад +1

    We need to spend time with Cid.
    1. It shows the consequence and uncontrollability of his rage.
    2. It demonstrates the strength of his carer’s love for him.
    3. It shows why Joe would defend the potential Rainmaker.
    Cid has more powerful TK because both of his parents had it.

  • @ArthurVoisin
    @ArthurVoisin 3 года назад +3

    So I have one big question with the movie, and it makes me wonder if it is that big of a plothole or if I just didn't pay enough attention.
    At the climax of the movie it's explained that if old joe goes through with killing Sid's mother, that's what makes him hate loopers and want to close their loop, eventually becoming the rainmaker. But old joe doesn't go through these events when he's younger, he closes his loop and doesn't go on the farm. So why is there a rainmaker in his timeline ? Did young joe sacrifice himself for nothing and Sid becoming the rainmaker is actually inevitable ?

  • @benjamingentile1660
    @benjamingentile1660 3 года назад +3

    I’m just bingeing all your stuff today lol

  • @gyleortiz9653
    @gyleortiz9653 5 месяцев назад +1

    Sorry i cant agree, the whole point of the movie is the cycle of violence and heartache and the things that caused it.
    1) Joe becomes who he is because he has the view that everyone is out for themselves. His mother sold him for drugs, his love interest chooses an unsafe life as a prostitute then a stable but boring one, he sells his friend down the river because he doesnt wanna lose his savings while he gave up on his vengeance for his mom because someone discracted him with the opportunity to give HIMSELF a better life. His flaw is not realizing he is selfish, his flaw is thinking that his selfishness is the only path therefore justifying it. Because he knows he is selfish. He just doesnt care, because he thinks thats the natural state of things. Reason why he says "having something that is your own, that the only kind of man out there."
    2) so when he sees that old joe's wife was so committed she stayed with him through thick and thin, that his love for her was so strong he was willing to kill for her, when sarah gave up her freedom and eventually her life just to protect her son and a boy who loved his mother enough not to lose focus and stray away from vengeance. Thats when he realized that it wasnt the only path. That it was an excuse to stay selfish.
    The problem i have with your change is to realize he is selfish, he would also have to realize it was wrong to begin with. Which he doesnt, he literally goes back to the grind a day after he sells out his friend.
    I believe the one the movie choose kept the movie grounded. Because most people who do bad in real life doesnt just come to that conclusion, because most people who do think thats the only path until someone(whether it is god or friend & family) and shows them that theirs a different path. If they genuinely believed there was a better path they would have taken it. Because most think the other path is a lie until reality shows them proof of it.

  • @AJPzaworld
    @AJPzaworld 4 года назад +10

    Great video, Macabre! Can't wait for your take on Get Out, as I really did not like that movie. Or really anything that Peele has put out.

    • @christopherd897
      @christopherd897 4 года назад +6

      Peele is so overrated. He never heard of word "subtle" in movies

    • @AJPzaworld
      @AJPzaworld 4 года назад +4

      @@christopherd897 Nor with Rian. Not sure why everyone has to make their themes the center of their film, sacrificing character and narrative, instead of just some spice on top of a really good story.

    • @christopherd897
      @christopherd897 4 года назад +4

      @@AJPzaworld Right ? It's so good to hear that. I'm so sick of creators who put "themes" over well written scripts and character writing

    • @Nebulousart
      @Nebulousart 4 года назад +1

      @@christopherd897 If you think a movie can be good without themes, then i don't know what kinds of movies you're watching. everything in a movie contributes to a theme so you can't have a movie without a theme or esle it's just bad. and like, you may not like or understand jordan peele's movies because they speak to the african americans (which i can't speak for since i'm nigerian)

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  4 года назад +7

      I don’t think it’s about having a film without a theme but rather having the themes be derived from the story as opposed to crafting the story to demonstrate theme. The latter case can result in a lot of contrivances and odd character turns *cough* Last Jedi

  • @Chillton
    @Chillton 3 года назад +10

    That explains why the only thing I remember about this movie is that it was a drag to sit through and I wouldn't even attempt to watch it again.

  • @Iron-Bridge
    @Iron-Bridge 3 года назад +1

    Loving your channel and series, Mac. Giving me a lot to think about even though I'm more focused on print based writing for now.

  • @sayastra
    @sayastra 2 года назад +1

    I think that time crimes might be up your alley.
    I liked Looper a lot, but your criticisms are valid.

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  2 года назад +1

      Movie is pimp

    • @sayastra
      @sayastra 2 года назад

      @@MacabreStorytelling also 12 monkeys. . . The film that makes one go "Bruce, time travel ain't for you"

  • @yucansuckadee8930
    @yucansuckadee8930 4 года назад +1

    Hope you do more film. Excellent analysis. Underrated and rare gems.

  • @midknightkool360
    @midknightkool360 8 месяцев назад +1

    The explanation is that his mother in the film is shown to have a slightly stronger TK ability than the population implying that her son then inherited that ability ten fold and because he is a kid who didn’t get the TK medically but inherently he doesn’t know how to control it as a kid. And it is also implied that one of Joes future selves that goes back in time shoots his mother in the field in the last scene thus creating the boy to become the rainmaker. That’s why past joe realizes this so he takes his life this “closing his loop” the dialogue in the movie says that the boy became the rainmaker after witnessing his mother getting shot and killed.

  • @unr8ted77
    @unr8ted77 3 года назад +2

    The fatal flaw is sending the future self to be killed by their past self. Just send them to be killed by another looper, and then send the past version of the looper they retired one last random victim with the extra gold.

  • @jamesexplainsmath
    @jamesexplainsmath 3 года назад +1

    Nick Carraway from the Great Gatsby is another good example of a passive protagonist

  • @amp888
    @amp888 4 года назад +1

    Incidentally, in relation to Primer's complex plot, there's a fun and informative video called "Primer Explained: Kind Of" by ZackJ100 (obviously full spoilers for Primer in that video), which is definitely worth watching.

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  4 года назад +1

      I’ve seen the film probably 20 times and idk if I could tell you how everything fits together without a reference diagram lol

  • @xCantalupox
    @xCantalupox 3 года назад +1

    Hi. Well i don't now about cinema, but in literature there is some histories that deals with multiple conceps of sci-fi. The Neuromancer come to my mind. Great video and sorry for the broken english.

  • @RGMda
    @RGMda 3 года назад +1

    Lots of interesting points here. I would like to say re: your conclusion about the film and the time travel element tho could be looked at differently. It is my belief that Sid is not the rainmaker.

  • @EAAL1988
    @EAAL1988 3 года назад +2

    Can you give any other examples of passive protagonists in movies? Now I’m curious ! Awesome video ✊🏻

  • @artman2oo3
    @artman2oo3 3 года назад

    Yeah, the second half of the film bugged me for the same reasons you describe. Great vid.

  • @dalewoodring5887
    @dalewoodring5887 Месяц назад

    Bruce Willis' reaction scene after he kills the first boy and realizes that he didn't go back and therefore killed an innocent boy is some of his best acting in any of his movies. And he still has two boys that he needs to find. It's the best moment in the film, in my opinion. Also, I had no problem suspending belief for the TK and Time Travel aspects. However, one flaw is the small truck filled with gold remaining after Young Joe kills himself. Shouldn't it have disappeared with Old Joe?

  • @QazwerDave
    @QazwerDave 4 года назад +6

    Why does Old Joe creating the Rainmaker create a plot hole ?
    Isn't this possible if the movie uses deterministic time travel ?

    • @Nomatophobic
      @Nomatophobic 4 года назад +17

      Old-Joe goes back to kill the rainmaker, thus killing his mother and instead creating the rain maker. In going back he causes young-Joe to suicide in order to save rainmaker and mother. In old-Joe's original timeline who created the rainmaker? Him going back causes himself to suicide so the rainmaker would never have appeared, his wife never been killed and he would never have gone back. Another plot-hole here is how did they kill old Joe's wife without sending her back in time to be executed by a looper. The whole point of loopers is because of how difficult murder is in the future and yet the killing of 'Mrs.Old-Joe' looked pretty damn easy.

    • @QazwerDave
      @QazwerDave 4 года назад +5

      @@Nomatophobic Making the younger self kill him self is indeed a plot hole. I was thinking of the actual RainMaker part, but I'll watch the video again and find out what MS was actually saying.
      "In old-Joe's original timeline who created the rainmaker?" In deterministic time travel there is no "original time line". In stead, everything is one time line, and Old Joe always went back in time. The Rainmaker was always made that way. Watch the show Dark for more deterministic time travel.

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  4 года назад +12

      So the plot hole is that Old Joe killing Sarah results in Cid becoming the Rainmaker. BUT in the Old Joe timeline he killed his older self and thus he never killed Sarah and thus there should be no Rainmaker in Old Joe’s original timeline... but that is who he travels back in time to kill as a boy. I guess Cid could still grow up to be the Rainmaker even without Sarah dying but the ending seems to imply her death is what creates the Rainmaker.

    • @Nomatophobic
      @Nomatophobic 4 года назад +4

      @@QazwerDave If it was deterministic then young Joe would be fated to fail in protecting the mother to allow the cycle to repeat. Not only that, he would have to ignore old-joe entirely so that he has the same history as him to even have the motivation to continue the cycle himself. The movie shows a supposedly deterministic model being broken and thus not deterministic or else it wouldn't be broken. '12 Monkeys' is a solid example of actual deterministic time-travel, and another great Bruce Willis performance.

    • @QazwerDave
      @QazwerDave 4 года назад +1

      @@Nomatophobic ... "he would have to ignore old-joe entirely so that he has the same history as him to even have the motivation to continue the cycle himself" - I don't understand what you mean here.
      Regarding "If it was deterministic then young Joe would be fated to fail in protecting the mother to allow the cycle to repeat". well, he does, right? He does fail, the mother dies, the kid escapes, is angry and wounded, and will uses his power and anger to become a ruthless gang boss. Do I remember the film correctly ?

  • @damianlegion8455
    @damianlegion8455 3 года назад +1

    7:52 I always loved that actor.
    Even in real life he move SO COOL!!! 🥰

  • @7151-e9b
    @7151-e9b 3 года назад +1

    Another good example of a passive protagonist is me

  • @jesusblanco7657
    @jesusblanco7657 3 года назад

    Yes I really do agree first half of the movie was better than the second. But when it comes to the rules of time travel of the movie, they pretty much stated “this doesn’t make sense but just go with it”

  • @Gman941
    @Gman941 3 года назад +1

    So much is wrong with Looper, but it was the first time Bruce Willis actually acted in a film 10 years before and after, so it works for me lol

  • @justinkintzel
    @justinkintzel 3 года назад +2

    Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit movies = the most passive protagonist ever.

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  3 года назад +2

      Good example!!!

    • @franzpattison
      @franzpattison 3 года назад +1

      That and every protag in my stories. It's why I suck at writing. So why the hell can't I get a job with DC?

  • @marioVSN
    @marioVSN 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for putting words into my unsettling feelings about this movie

  • @Dan-zz5yv
    @Dan-zz5yv 4 года назад +4

    Love this series

    • @yucansuckadee8930
      @yucansuckadee8930 4 года назад

      Insane more people don't know more about the series. Millions of gamer channels handful of intelligent and independent film analysts.

  • @zincChameleon
    @zincChameleon 11 месяцев назад

    John Carter could have been much better if the opening narration began: "You do not know this Mars." Then we could establish that Barsoom is eight parallel universes away from our Earth. The Therns are both good and bad, as shown by 'The Voice of Barsoom', and Matai Shang's long explanation of his motives to his opponent.

  • @Diaryfarer
    @Diaryfarer 4 года назад +6

    ..... stop mentioning Ryan Johnson.... It bring pain memories on the New Star Wars timeline i try to forget. love the videos though keep it up

    • @Diaryfarer
      @Diaryfarer 4 года назад +1

      its like most of his movie is just to
      subverting expectations to the audience and that it! the only trick he learn

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  4 года назад

      @@Diaryfarer I would check out Brick if you haven't seen it. His first film and an excellent one at that!

  • @Matisaro
    @Matisaro 5 месяцев назад

    I always felt that the universe does not like a paradox so whenever someone's past is altered their past's future is altered so that somehow they wound up back in the same time and space. Kind of like an impossibility correction. Keeping them alive allows them to still have had as much of a role in history as before as possible. (the Killing him would be dangerous dialog). So up until death each alteration leads to the same outcome for you as much as possible until you die.

  • @ctrlaltdestroy91
    @ctrlaltdestroy91 11 месяцев назад

    To play mild devil's advocate: I think the reason why TK is introduced as a concept is to make the idea of this kid becoming the future threat much easier for the audience to swallow. If the story has the TK element removed, I could forsee viewers having a hard time believing that a single kid could somehow grow up to be this big threat to the future mob _on his own_ (i.e. without TK as a way of leveling the playing field between him and whatever is on the path of his vendetta). Having TK makes that scenario a little more palatable: "Oh, this kid who has the power to kill people with his mind had his mom killed by the future mob? Yeah I could see him single-handely killing all of them." Without TK, we have to buy that his kid somehow builds the resources necessary on his own in the future to take down the mob, but that would require setting up this kid as a John Connor-type which I could see Rian Johnson trying to avoid doing because nailing that type of character requires so much more characterization than I think he (or maybe the studio) was willing to allow for (and thus exacerbating the passive protagonist problem you outlined here). Although to be clear, I do think you're right: there's a better version of this story that doesn't involve TK and I wish we could've gotten that version.

  • @dallasisgood
    @dallasisgood 3 года назад

    A million points for using the correct character name of the protagonist in the man with no name trilogy.

  • @John_Notmylastname
    @John_Notmylastname Месяц назад

    Should have been a mini series imo. Right in the middle of television becoming king as well. Would have done wonders for the plot and characters to have a more fleshed out story. Nothing too long that it overstays its welcome but long enough for the story to have fewer holes to poke. You’re always going to have plot holes in time travel especially when it comes to changing either past or present but it doesn’t matter when the story is good. I think there’s enough here to be an outstanding little show.

  • @dinocollins720
    @dinocollins720 Месяц назад

    Another fantastic video! Thank you!

  • @amandamaia8287
    @amandamaia8287 3 года назад +4

    I also thought that the TK was under introduced even though it became such an important plot point later in the movie

  • @The_Indie_Filmist
    @The_Indie_Filmist 6 месяцев назад

    Great Analysis.Can you tell me how to learn about writing?

  • @mlondimbambo693
    @mlondimbambo693 19 дней назад

    On the contrary...I loved the surprise of the kid being the rainmaker...and being so OP...That scene when we first see the TK of the kid gave me goosebumps...I even enjoy that you want Bruce Willis to win but you also are feeling for Emily Blunt...you are conflicted...the issue for me is that this conflict is resolved in a very anti climatic manner...
    I also disagree on the flaws of the time travel...the only rules needed to be established is that the past can affect the future...there is only one timeline. The kid is strange but that convinces you that he could be a villian later...to see that in the kid means the kid was well casted...
    the ending felt cheap...or too neat.

  • @ScienceWins
    @ScienceWins 3 года назад

    Every RUclips channel by men talks only as though only men are watching. It’s a small quibble, MacaBros. But a fatal flaw. We are watching. X

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  3 года назад

      Bish what?

    • @Wendy_O._Koopa
      @Wendy_O._Koopa 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah, what? If you have a unique opinion, from a woman's perspective, then share it. If not, what was he supposed to do? Star every sentence addressing the girls and boys in the audience?

  • @pauldevereaux5537
    @pauldevereaux5537 Месяц назад

    Good video and explanation. I do agree it comes a bit out of nowhere but not entirely so. It is mentioned very early in the movie though not explained in details. However, since it is a gene mutation and thus a biological trait, you could argue that in a very special (extremely low probability) someone could end up with really powerful telekinesis. Much like someone could end up being born predisposed to become extremely smart. It would have been nice how this mutation came about but I would not say that Sid having extremely strong TK is a fatal flaw.

  • @AnvilPictures
    @AnvilPictures 6 месяцев назад

    It’s possible that Paul’s character never died at that point. Which is much more horrifying and tragic

  • @sovthpaw
    @sovthpaw 8 месяцев назад

    'Maccaballeros 'was right there!

  • @thatguitarguy9157
    @thatguitarguy9157 3 года назад

    Id love to know your opinions on steins gate for their time travel system and interpretation

  • @JayCruz49er
    @JayCruz49er 5 месяцев назад

    I finally watched this movie last night. I’ve been wanting to watch it since it came out but I had children and there’s dozens of flicks I’ve been wanting to watch but just haven’t gotten to. After years of folks telling me I have to watch it I took a big ole bong rip and watched it. I couldn’t agree more with what this guys says. The first half was great! Minus the guy losing limbs because his past self was getting mutliated. I chalked it up to the part I have to just let my brain not work logically. But then the whole TK and the little kid becoming some supervillain came about and it lost me. I feel this movie should have been waaaaay better but instead it’s a movie that in my opinion was just sloppy and got too ambitious when it didn’t need to be. I thought it was just me being super high and overthinking shit. But I’m glad to see it wasn’t just me. I couldn’t agree more with this video.

  • @Nitsua1201
    @Nitsua1201 Год назад

    The real fatal flaws are the multiple timelines and the wounds carrying over to the time travelers. The former should cancel the latter even being a possibility. As soon as Paul Dano's character is captured the logic of the film dismantles itself. One of these alone could potentially work, given enough thought, but together they kill the story.

  • @c.ladimore1237
    @c.ladimore1237 3 месяца назад

    that 3rd option was a really good idea. great plot addition. still pretty good for a time travel flik. been some better but a ton worse.

  • @intuned373
    @intuned373 2 года назад +1

    I know this will fall on deaf eyes but.. this movie is a perfect example of a lot of great possible backstory but mooshed into a movie with little time available to develop. Like Bright

  • @j.a.velarde5901
    @j.a.velarde5901 Год назад +1

    I understand your explanation, and your reasoning. However, as a viewer, I do not find any of your arguments valid, since I believe the movie to be excellent and well written (aside from all the time travel. the telekinesis is fine); able to keep my attention and in no way boring in the second half. I completely disagree with your point of view. HOWEVER, I DO agree that Rian Johnson is a nitwit, simpleton who didn't give the proper effort in terms of time travel consideration, and that his lack of depth deeply hurts the film. He later went on to take part in the destruction of our national heritage and a cultural legacy by destroying Star Wars. Rian Johnson is a monster who should be punished.

    • @dostoyevsky7319
      @dostoyevsky7319 8 месяцев назад +1

      Well what about having to send people to the past to kill them yet they have no problem killing Bruce's wife then burning the house down. If it's that easy why bother sending people to the past? The only way to watch this movie is as a comedy

    • @Wendy_O._Koopa
      @Wendy_O._Koopa 7 месяцев назад

      So... except for the fact that the movie has hot and cold running plot holes... it's well written?

  • @pacingone
    @pacingone 2 года назад +3

    I remember watching the trailer for this and knowing exactly how it was gonna end due to the fact that Bruce Willis with a gun in a movie is virtually invincible...

  • @Fearfulocean
    @Fearfulocean 3 года назад

    I think when I give gripe said it best when he said time travel should not be the focal point of your story it should only really be use narratively as a what if scenario

  • @ZatoichiBattousai
    @ZatoichiBattousai 3 года назад +3

    The movie ended for me when Kid Blue was killed in the present, who killed Old Joe's wife then?

    • @franzpattison
      @franzpattison 3 года назад

      Did blue kill his wife in the future? I missed that.

    • @ZatoichiBattousai
      @ZatoichiBattousai 3 года назад

      @@franzpattison Yes, he was the one that was surprised and fired on his wife, killing her.

    • @franzpattison
      @franzpattison 3 года назад +1

      @@ZatoichiBattousai well in that case for the rest of the movie the poor bastard was sorely mistaken since clearly when blue was killed in the present it would have undid her death in the future so it's all good I guess.

    • @ZatoichiBattousai
      @ZatoichiBattousai 3 года назад +1

      @@franzpattison ya but Ryan Johnson was more focused on the spectacle then the logic. Still an entertaining movie.

    • @foyo5497
      @foyo5497 3 года назад +1

      @@ZatoichiBattousai Rewatch that part of the movie. Kid Blue did not kill Old Joe`s wife. Blue would have to be an old man 30 years later. The dude who killed his wife was young and completely different person. ruclips.net/video/2V577E4ylNc/видео.html

  • @CrimsionVision
    @CrimsionVision 3 года назад

    Love the video tho it makes me wonder, what do you think of Knives Out?

    • @MacabreStorytelling
      @MacabreStorytelling  3 года назад +1

      Love it! I am a HUGE fan of Brick. RJ really knows the detective/hard boiled/noir stuff. Looper actually succeeds a lot in that department; I just think it fumbles the sci-fi elements.

    • @CrimsionVision
      @CrimsionVision 3 года назад

      @@MacabreStorytelling Haven’t seen Looper yet to have my own opinion on it but I definitely agree that he’s a master of mystery with films like Brick and Knives Out.

  • @maximuscesar
    @maximuscesar Год назад

    I used to love this movie, today rewatched it and it's still great but what I couldn't use my suspension of disbelief on is Joe's wife being killed in the future, that's the fatal flaw for me. I mean, since disposing someone in the future is so troublesome, the future hitmen should be more careful. As you said, the first half of the movie is flawless, after the midpoint not so much.

    • @dostoyevsky7319
      @dostoyevsky7319 8 месяцев назад

      Yea thats the deal breaker for me. I could never take this movie seriously after that

  • @walkinglootchest1251
    @walkinglootchest1251 3 года назад

    I haven't seen this movie in a while so it may have been mentioned in the film, but are there no time cops?

  • @a-a-rxn
    @a-a-rxn Год назад

    I always thought the time traveling was a direct result from TK, thus making it an integral part of the story and NOT an additive sci-fi them as suggested.

  • @aaroncalloway2898
    @aaroncalloway2898 3 года назад +4

    I love looper as a relatively modern soft sci-fi film. I honestly love the loose play with time travel and the inclusion of TK. I felt like it flowed really well in the pacing. I think it is one of those movies that are not meant for everyone.

  • @megadrillubreaker8817
    @megadrillubreaker8817 11 месяцев назад

    I absolutely see no problem with TK. It's not essential to the plot. The only use for it is for the character to be able to identify the rainmaker as a child and justify his immense powers and how he's able to take over the mafia world. That's it. There is no need to explain how TK works.
    Imagine you replace TK with something else... like controlling fire or some other stupid super power, it doesn't change the plot. Whereas, you can't replace time travel with something else without changing the plot of the entire movie.

  • @dagdanatdagdanat4992
    @dagdanatdagdanat4992 9 месяцев назад

    I thought that one of the three children just happened to be the child of Young Joe"s girlfriend and that the rainmaker is a world wide terror, but he just happened to be born were Young Joe's gf's son was born was a dumb tid bit to add. I get that it was used to show that he would stop at nothing to save his future wife, even killing the child of someone he used to be close to, but come on.....

  • @user-tz2zz5ij1s
    @user-tz2zz5ij1s 3 года назад

    dang, I hate stereotypes, but your voice fully fulfills the stereotype of the over-analyzing movie nerd that probably does not get out much or have much interaction with members of gender identification they identify as that you find attractive.

  • @manofmartin
    @manofmartin 3 года назад

    This film would have benefited from a chekovs gun. Something in the first act that had to go off in the last act.
    Maybe closing the loop which is the entire premise of the film that fails in the actual film despite Bruce's little speech.
    Maybe TK gives irrational powers to time travelers to alter the past.
    Maybe anything that sets up a required thing or person in the first act to be acted on in the final act that connects the anything in this movie to anything else!

  • @mrmayor7436
    @mrmayor7436 9 месяцев назад

    They did explain why the rainmakers TK is so powerful. It was because of his parents