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Oh, Looper.

Looper, Looper, Looper.

Was it my fault?

Did i put too much pressure on you to be the amazing movie i hoped you to be?

Did i let my hopes climb too high?

Did i ask too much?

Or were you just really quite boring?

Either way, i'm gutted.

The first hour, hour and a quarter dragged for what seemed an age.

I was too distracted by JGL's Brucey makeup, was it really necessary?

Why such a slow build up?

The trailer really was quite misleading.

And what about poor Paul Dano? 

A quality actor and he got lumbered with a sub-par role and got rid of pretty damn quick.

That's a cruel fate for one so talented.

I've been assured that Ruby Sparks is quite the little wonder, so i'll get to see Dano in his rightful place on the 11th of this month.

And i'm just itching to see Being Flynn and For Ellen.

Back to Looper.

It was indeed dull for the majority of the film but as soon as Pierce Gagnon appeared, things really started to heat up.

That little boy is a devil.

Demon seed.

Spawn of satan.

Whatever you want to call him, he is, in spades.

And i couldn't keep my eyes off him.

I think he outacted just about everybody.

Brucey, JGL, Blunters and the mighty Jeff Daniels were all on form, they got the job done but Gagnon outshone them all.

There's a scene where he basically blows a man apart...in slow motion...with his mind...and it's just...wild.

He looks feral and cute simultaneously, like when a kitten discovers the fingers playing with their paws are edible.

All dilated pupils and the cuteness ramped up to eleven.

He had that down perfectly.

One minute he was winning me over with his big brown eyes and dry, comedic timing, the next he was causing me to pull this expression.

As i said.

Demon seed.

He really saved the film for me, the last half hour was truly epic.

It's how the movie should have been throughout. 

I think i'll watch it again.

Maybe i was too distracted by how wrong Gordon-Levitt looked.

Or by Bruce Willis trying to act, instead of just growling.

I love him dearly but that is kind of his schtick.

The Brucey of Moonlighting is long gone.

Long, long gone.

But he's still a badass.

You can't fight it.

Or him.

He'd kick my ass.

So yes, Looper.

Let's try this again.

See if we can make it work.

They trailed this bad boy before the movie started:

It looks terrible and i would watch the hell out of it.

I don't know what that says about me...

Listening to: Dinowalrus 'The Gift Shop'