Like the Taiwan version of the title "Loop Killer", the best interpretation of the ring messenger is the loop. Although there are 12 monkeys and Terminators in the latter part of the film, there are still many interesting things to watch in terms of the form of expression. What I like is that the director patiently expressed the whole "changing the future itself is the future". There are many SF films of the same type, and he is not as patient to straighten the whole circuit. Of course, this film has its own advantages. SF fans like to be abused by this stupid time travel paradox, although this time I jumped out of the grandmother paradox and didn't take him seriously. . Just like the scene in the play, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) chats with Joe (Bruce Willis) at the family restaurant, "Talking about the 3 days of time travel fiddling. I can't say it all." This dialogue is too true, the screenwriter's revision must have been abused by the order of the mind, this is absolutely true. (error)
Various concepts such as "ring messenger", "ring seal", "loss of the ring", "30 years", and "power user" are the same as the rules of Death Note. In my opinion, these rules and terms are only for the audience. Better understanding of memory, and better participation in the game chase in the later period when young and old Joseph changes the present or future, chaos without rules is not fun, setting the scope and rules is the foundation of the game, as long as you accept this setting. The world will be established. Of course, the screenwriter is seriously considering the authenticity of the future overhead world. For example, the general currency in the future is Grandpa Mao (a lot of Grandpa Mao), and the exchange rate is about two commissions for one roll. Grandpa Mao, the disparity between the rich and the poor, and the state of anarchy seem to be returning to the world of the jungle where life is lost at any time, all kinds of feasible technologies, and the setting of the whole overhead world is the kind of near future that will slowly decay. And the dress of 囧 Joseph and others is a bit romantic and nostalgic, and it is really cute when learning French.
Time travel often sees these questions in my head:
Which world is the world in progress?
Where is the beginning?
Who is the cause and who is the effect?
Did he obey the grandmother paradox?
And the most interesting thing in this film is, which club made the time machine! The guy who made the time machine is the beginning of all this shit! ! This is still time travel, it is simply falling into the endless hell and being punished.
First of all, the prerequisites for the existence of each key character are:
[Rain Caller] Lao Qiao killed his mother, causing Xiao Zhengtai's gloomy and tyrannical character to sweep all ring messengers after 30 years
[Old Joe] Jon Joseph successfully sealed the ring 30 After a year, teleport back to 30 years ago
[囧 Joseph] 30 years ago, the success and failure of the ring exist.
[Goddess] Can you meet him and control whether Lao Qiao will struggle to escape when he is teleported back
[Mom] Raincaller's adoptive mother, his life and death determine whether the raincaller is born or not
Well, for the convenience of explanation, the following abbreviations refer to it is better to look at, but because the perspective needs to be turned as a connection, the expression will produce ambiguous orz. . . As for the concepts of ring closure and loss of ring, those who have watched the movie do not need to explain any more. If you haven't seen it, you can check it out:
[囧Joseph] = young man played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joe at the time
[Old Joe] = Bruce Willis played by Bruce Willis 30 years later, the older Joe
[Zheng Tai Rain Caller] = The Rain Caller who was a child 30 years ago
[Rain Caller] = 30 years later The grown-up rain
caller [Goddess] = the woman played by Xu Qing who changed Lao Qiao's life
[Mother] = Emily Blunt Sarah played by Emily Blunt The
process of arranging the film is like this:
[囧 Joseph Time]: Calling When the rain master grew up, he began to block all the ring messengers. He desperately sent LOOPER from the future to go back to obliterate it> when it was Jon Joseph's turn to be blocked> Lao Joe escaped> caused the loss of the ring> Jon Joseph went back to the house and fell out of the window, not knowing his life and death [ This time end]
This clip is in the first paragraph, and then goes back to [Old Joe Time]. But when Joseph sealed the ring, was that old Joe who didn't struggle because he didn't meet the goddess? This line is suspicious.
[Old Joe Time]: 囧 Joseph > Successfully sealed the ring > Played for 30 years > Becomes Old Joe > Encountered the goddess who changed my life (encountered in the 25th year) > Encountered by the rain caller > The gang teleported back to 30 years ago >Because I am unwilling to end my life like this and want to go back and kill the Raincaller>Struggling to escape>Josef Lao Qiao meets the offensive and defensive battle>Old Joe chases and kills the Raincaller>Josef protects the Raincaller>Old Joe kills Desperately trying to cover the rain caller's escaped mother> the rain caller escaped but the mother was very angry and later became the real rain caller (it hasn't happened yet, but it must be)> old Joe failed to change history> old Joe, 囧 Joseph, The rain caller of Zhengtai period also existed in this time [this time end]
This sequence of Lao Qiao was edited in the second paragraph of the movie, and it was directly connected to [囧Joseph Time]. During this time, what can be confirmed is that the rain summoner gradually grew into the tyrant like 30 years later, and the time continued to move back. If so, is Old Joe dead or alive next? Is Joseph alive or dead? At this time, Jon Joseph is still out of the loop, and he has already met Lao Qiao and Zheng Tai's rain caller, and knows the development of the situation, so he can't become the old Qiao who will return to 30 years ago in the future. It can be assumed that time continues for 30 years. Old Joe, who failed to change history, died or lived in seclusion during these 30 years. 囧Joseph escaped for 30 years and became old Joe. He didn't meet the goddess, continued to work in the underworld, and was called the rain caller after 30 years. His subordinates caught it, and it must be wiped out, so it was teleported back to 30 years ago. At this time, because he had never met a goddess who changed the trajectory of his life, he had no extravagant expectations for his life. Joe died, and from the perspective of 囧 Joseph, he successfully closed the ring [this time end], and then connected to [Old Joe Time] to continue walking, and the perspective also turned.
In short, after the perspectives of the two people in the above [囧 Joseph Time] and [Old Joe Time] have turned around a few times, the last step to terminate this loop is after [囧 Joseph Time] [Old Joe Time]. Time], continue with the main point of view of the old Joe [囧 Joseph Time], after the 囧 Joseph fell out of the window, the old Joe rescued the 囧 Joseph > Both exist in the same time > The sequence is taken back to the [Old Joseph] Joe Time] in 囧 Joseph and Lao Qiao met the offensive and defensive battle > Lao Qiao chased down the rain caller > 囧 Joseph protected the rain caller > Just when Lao Qiao killed his mother who was trying to cover the rain caller's escape and let Zhengtai rain caller escape Becoming a true rain summoner is about to happen in the inevitable cycle of the future. 囧 Joseph's righteous and awe-inspiring self-denial to stop the infinite cycle of life. This step has completely and truly changed the future, and beautifully ended this pitiful present. I VS the future of my infinite loop offensive and defensive battle.
In fact, the whole film looks like a very bad person. He has dirty hands and feet, murders like numbness, drug addiction, selfishness, and lives like a pile of mud, but he is quite gentle to women, very popular with children, and has a little fashion sense. , a little smart, a little clumsy (this is indeed an advantage!), the reason for completely ignoring the various inferiority of Jon Joseph is still in the strong contrast after the debut of the old Joe, the short oil Bruce Willie, the uncle is really old, but the old lady is TAT. I've seen your big forehead since I was a child, ah no, I've watched your movies since I was a child. My face is fine, but all kinds of slack muscles are drooping on the side. Give me back Uncle Wei in the fifth element. TAT, Mila is also there, the young flat-chested Mila is great, so nostalgic makes me want to relive it again, it's too bad (off topic 100%)
because the old Joe played by Uncle Willie is too hard, in order to seize his own Happiness is crazy and can do anything. It's really an image. There are no tough guys and so on. What appears in front of me is a man who has been devastated by life. He finally got some happiness in his old age, but after being ruthlessly deprived, he was suffocated and killed by a Buddha. Buddha's crazy middle-aged man, he has 30 years more experience than Jon Joseph, and he is still grabbing the aura. Yes, the two of them spent their fights in this mutual aura, and the process of grabbing the aura also changed the main. The process of perspective, just like this, although Lao Qiao has rich experience, his advantages are not obvious, but this highlights the clumsy and cute side of Jonseff. Like Old Joe, it is estimated that it is better to die than live, but Jonseff has not yet. It is not difficult to understand that he has finally decided to commit suicide after living to an age when he is honest and bowing his head in front of fate.
In the example of losing the ring at the beginning of the film, the underworld is a little cruel to the ring messenger who escaped from the lost ring, and the terrified young man who was betrayed by Jon Joseph was cut bit by bit. The damage he suffered now is reflected in 30 years. The body of the uncle who ran away gradually disappeared, and the fear of being controlled by others was actually quite shocking, and there were some things that I really couldn't think about.
囧Joseph and Lao Qiao are both desperately fighting for their own happiness. It's really a fight in the nest. Looking at the past, I must want to be beaten up. This feeling is absolutely understandable. Let everyone be happy, the trouble is Old Joe, he must kill the raincaller, so the only solution is to find the guy who made the time machine, hang it up and smoke it, it's not enough to relieve the anger, the rest should be Whatever it is.
Well, maybe it's better to kill him, although this way, 囧Joseph may be directly killed by the gangster when he steals the watch, and Old Joe will no longer exist, but at least not so many people die, and it will not be so painful . Then, all in all, I think the person who made the time machine is the Raincaller himself! ! People have high IQ since childhood, and they are high-level psychic people. They also have sufficient motivation and financial resources to make machines. They may have thought about going back to the moment when their mother was killed to change this history, but later found that it was impossible. What the hell! If Lao Qiao doesn't kill Xiao Zhengtai, this loop should be broken. If he doesn't kill Zhengtai, Zhengtai will only become a top psychic or scientist. If he guides him well, he may become a scientist who benefits the world instead of inventing a time machine to kill people. The eccentric and high IQ youth, without motivation, the time machine will not appear, the gangster 囧 Joseph was killed after stealing the watch, and Lao Qiao does not exist, so everyone is happy! Damn, it still doesn't work, no matter what you do, it seems that Old Joe's approach is the safest. . . Killing Zhengtai can basically verify whether the time machine was made by him, but it cannot guarantee that he can get his happiness back, because without a time machine, there is no need for looper, no need for a killer. After the execution, the whole person disappeared, and the only person who can get happiness may be the Rain Caller. . . . It cannot be said that the death of Jonseff is the greatest happiness. Of course, if he knows that this will develop in the future, he may agree. . .
In addition, the Chinese translation of the seal ring. . Women are sometimes accidentally thought of. . Sheung Wan. . I wouldn't say such a thing =L=
Lord Bo is very worried about their happiness, the loop crashes and restarts after 10 seconds. . . . . . or burn. . . . . .
Looper (2012)
Director: Rian Johnson
Writer: Rian Johnson
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Xu Qing, Paul Dano, Pierce Garg Farming
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller
Official Website: www.loopermovie.com
Country/Region of Production: USA/Mainland China
Language: English
Release Date: 2012-09-28 (US/Mainland China)
Duration: 110 minutes (Mainland China) / 119 minutes (US)
AKA: Loop Killer (Taiwan) / Time Killer (Hong Kong)
Staff List
Producer: Ram Bergman
Director: Ryan Johnson
Associate Director (Assistant): Jason Altieri
Screenwriter: Ryan Johnson
Cinematography: Steve Yedlin Score
: Nathan Johnson
Editing: Bob Ducsay
Casting Director: Lindsay Graham
Art Direction: Ed Wei Le
Art Design: James A. Gelarden
Costume Design: Sharen Davis
Visual Effects: Karen E. Goulekas
Movie Trailer
Movie Evaluation The
freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 93%, and the MetaCritic Media Comprehensive Review score is also 84 points, 41 of the 43 media in the statistics Good reviews were given, of which five media gave full marks; only two gave ordinary reviews, and none of them were negative.
"The Wall Street Journal" said "exciting action scenes, excellent style, solid suspense, excellent acting and exploration of youth, growth and personal destiny. For a sci-fi film, this film covers it perfectly" ;
"Rearview Mirror" also praised: "This film is not only a good film, but a great masterpiece"; "Empire" magazine pointed out that "smart science fiction films are now almost extinct: the emphasis on science will appear indifferent and uninteresting. , too fantasy will tend to chaos. Although this film is not perfect, it has the brain, courage and sincerity at the same time";
"Los Angeles Times" believes that "this is a high-level and well-styled sci-fi thriller, which brings a touch of freshness to this similarity; it is difficult for the audience to predict the direction of the film, but they are absolutely reluctant to stop";
The Austin Chronicle stated that "the film produced a complete entertainment feast from its genre limitations"; the New York Post said it was a "commercial masterpiece created by an independent spirit, with sufficient IQ and acting skills." and satisfying look and feel, this is the first must-see film of the fall";
"Rolling Stone" magazine pointed out that "the film uses a deep emotional depth to complement the wonderful action scenes and center the audience's heart";
"Chicago Sun" believes that "The ending of the film so perfectly smoothes out the contradictions of the previous plot that you have to be amazed at the subtlety of the script." Filmmaking
A different time travel The director Rian Johnson, best known for his TV series "Breaking Bad", has only made two films before, neither of which are science fiction films. This time, he picked up the guide tube of the sci-fi film, which can be described as "the first time into the water". Talking about why he wrote and directed a sci-fi film, Rian Johnson admitted that he is a fan of sci-fi movies. He said: "I have always been a fan of sci-fi movies, deeply indulged in the world of sci-fi movies. In addition, I also like time travel very much. So, I wanted to write a script about time travel. , because of this, I can do two things in one movie. Besides, outside of regular movies and TV series, I also want to do something different.” For this type of film, Joseph High Den-Levitt also showed great enthusiasm, saying: "Under the title of 'The Ringer', I saw a line of small print that said 'a science fiction story'. I was hooked. Because this word has brought me a lot of imagination and space. After I read this script, I felt that I must participate in this film, because the completion of this film brings the kind of shock, There's bound to be more experience and play than the script I saw at the time -- and a lot more."
When people talk about time-travel now, they always imagine whether they can change history. This kind of thinking naturally brings the question to morality. Ryan Johnson said: "Part of the sci-fi world is based on assumptions. People can have a lot of fun with it. For example, if I could travel back in time, would I kill Hitler? Such a moral Choice is an important indicator of science fiction. However, in this film, I will not give too many answers to such moral questions. I put all choices and interpretations on the characters. Because I myself can't give too much interpretation to some of these moral issues, so it's all in the movie. Most of the plot of this movie is about the concept that if you want to solve your problem , it's about finding the right people at the right time. In the movie, you also need to kill them. The title of the film, Looper, is about the kind of self-sufficient that creates an infinite loop. A person with a self-sufficient system (Loop). And as an ordinary person who wants to run for his life, breaking the dead end of this infinite loop is the only option to break the curse. It may be a little complacent to say this, but this is what we think in the movie. the content of the expression." The
two play a role
Because of the time-travel plot involved, in this film, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis played the same character called Joseph. The former plays the younger version of Joseph, while the latter plays the older version of Joseph. In order to show the "oneness" of the two actors who are not similar in appearance in the film, Levitt did a lot of homework. He said: "I used Willis' performance to create our character. I watched a lot of his videos, recorded all Willis' lines in those films, and stored them on my iPod, while eating, Listening to him while walking and even at work. I don't really want to be a shadow or a replica of Willis and I'm not a good imitator. But, I need to recreate him in this movie style -- not my own. Every day, I sit in a chair and paint three-hour outfits. The makeup artist who worked on the film was Kazuhiro Tsuji, one of the biggest names in the industry. Character. Watching myself being made up by him is like watching a magician perform tricks. Three hours later, it was someone else who appeared in the mirror, not myself. For an actor, the face is a journey, After this journey, I'm a different person. Willis is a very simple person, and he doesn't speak very loudly. It's a far cry from the role he played as a macho. Acting with him, What I feel is a kind of simple, peaceful state of mind, after working for a long time, I will gradually calm down and speak softly."
In addition to the two protagonists, Emily Blunt is also in the film. played a vital role. Ryan Johnson said: "Blount's role is absolutely indispensable in this film, because the balance of the plot and the lubrication between the characters are all supported by her role. It should be said that Levitt's performance, I am already very satisfied, and the addition of Blunt makes my satisfaction a satisfaction, because the performance of these three actors is enough to make this film about time travel and assassination a favorite object of fans. The acting, the extraordinary human depth it brings to the characters. These are things I hadn't thought about before shooting and when I was writing the script."
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