Loopty Loop

        Looper is a thought provoking science fiction thriller that explores the topic of time travel. Not the fun type of time travel though. The type where're you are ordered to perform a job that involves killing people who are sent to the past where your killer awaits. When the mob sends you back in time to your looper, you are strapped with silver bricks that is money for said looper. Except when you get yourself to kill, then you get gold bricks. This is done by the mob because they want you to end your time as a looper and you can finally retire. This looper is particular is named Joe, who is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt (older Joe is played by Bruce Willis). He learns one day at the kill spot on the farm that the mob is demanding him to “close the loop” by sending back Joe’s future self for assassination. At this time in 2074, time traveling is illegal so the people who participate are part of the black market.
        I see the grandfather paradox within the film. The fact that Joe had to do everything a certain way in his life that led Bruce Willis to his beautiful wife and a free life away from these mobsters. In all of our lives, we have certain events that have happened in our past that make us and our lives the way they are today. From minuscule situations,, like what we decide to
wear to a job interview and how our attire affects the chances of getting the job. To something like choosing where we go to college and the life path we take. For example, my dad was on his way to Arizona State University to study journalism when his VW beetle broke down and he couldn't afford the out of state tuition and getting His car fixed. He decided to go back home to LA and went to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. He met my mom there and they have been married for thirty years. What would have happened if his car didn't break down? What would his life be like today if he did decide to go to ASU?
        If improbable coincidence is a key factor, how many “must have” coincidences have to happen in order for the rest of the things in your life to play out? Personally, I can go back in my life and think about a variety of important situations that happened, if they didn't go as I remembered things would be a lot different right now. It is fascinating and mind boggling to think about and I am interested in reading more about this topic.