Decided to watch Looper because of these posts. I had seen the trailers since way back when (5 years ago) but it just looked dumb to me.
Story - Very interesting. The whole setting is so fresh.
Plot - Amazing. I can't stress this without spoiling, but goddamn the plot is perfectly written AND executed. There was never a dull moment in the movie (something that I rarely say). It wasn't even about pacing, it was just that a scene would happen and it would move on to the next part perfectly without spending too long. And all the scenes end up being different but they mesh together. It works really well in parallel at certain parts.
Also with the plot, it's not really cliche. A lot of time I'll roll my eyes if things are even slightly predictable or if things follow a typical movie plotline. This wasn't breaking that, per se, but it wasn't following the usual pattern.
Intelligence - I haven't rated movies based on intelligence before, because action movies don't really need this, but this movie is slightly smart. Like, it has the intellect factor where the audience gets told some information, and they inherently do the logic to realize 2+2=4. But it's not overly complex like Inception or Interstellar or how a time travel movie might get, it's like simple smart. I like it.
It seems weird handing a ten out but I don't see any real flaws. I have to give it a 10/10. In the sense of a "movie" it's perfect. Good job with your recommendations, guys.