A very good movie

After hearing a lot of good things about this flick, I was really eager to check it out. And, apparently, at last, Rian Johnson really nailed it. Indeed, even though I did like both ‘Brick’ and ‘The Brothers Bloom’, neither were really brilliant but, with this flick, he definitely pushed his skills to a whole different level. Basically, it is a visually impressive and quite fascinating SF feature and one of the few movies which managed to deal with the time travel concept in a satisfactory way. Furthermore, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who was barely regonizable, once again displayed that he is one of the best actors of his generation. Still, even though I enjoyed most of it, there were still some flaws in this flick. Of course, you could argue that any movies dealing with time travel have always some major plot holes issue but, as it was pointed out by Bruce Willis, ‘it is messy’, and that was not really my main problem. First of all, even though the Older Joe played by Bruce Willis was properly introduced, this character was actually hardly developed afterwards as he had one track-mind which was rather disappointing. Furthermore, what the hell where those numbers? At some point, he gets a phone-call from some other guy who explains to him that they are really important and, somehow, he figures exactly what to do with them out of the blue… Also, how did the younger Joe ended up in that farm? Just because it was nearby the dinner? Even if you put aside all the issues caused by the time-travel concept, there were still some stuff that didn’t really add up. Still, it remains a vivid and entertaining SF flick, probably one of the best movies dealing with this messy concept and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

8/10