Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Movie review Jumper. *SPOILERS*
I saw the movie Jumper last week, and although the premise was solid and could have been more explored, the whole thing felt wasted and I left a bit empty
Plot Outline:
A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between "Jumpers" and those who have sworn to kill them.
Yes, its hayden "Manikin skywalker", yes its a effects movie. I still had somewhat high hopes for it since it had such a cool consept. A consept that I myself have been intrested in some time now, unfortunately the movie dosent even touch upon it. I couldent care less if the gang lived or died, I was there to watch the effects and see what all this was about. After a near death experience David Rice (Hayden) finds out that he can teleport/jump to a to another location. The rule is that he can only teleport to places that he can see and have been before. Apparently when he was drowning he though of the school library since that is where he first teleports.
The movie then jumps forward in a happy 80s music montage with him stealing money from a bank and living life to the fullest in a 8 by 5 meter shitdorm in a downtown sentral room for rent. How a 15 year old kid manages to rent a room in quite possibly dangerous area of New york, is beyond me. The reception clerk is only concerned that he dosent do any "funny business" and pay each month. Fair nuff
The movie skips forward about 5-10 years? We now see David living life in a sweet batchlor pad in NY with walls covered with pictures of places his gone too and they serve as a "jump spots" for him if he ever wants to stretch his legs.
Here comes the beste scene in the movie. David is bored and sits down to watch telly when he realises that the remote is to far away from him, so he uses his godlike powers to jump closer to the remote at the other end of the sofa, then starts flicking the channels. He stops for a brief moment at some flood victims trapped on a house. A superhero would be all over the situation and helped out the poor people but no, not our david. He smirks and instead jumps over to the frige to get some milk. That whole scene was briliant and I might have been the only one in the theater who laught out loudly. It really was a character defineing moment. Sadly this was the only moment in the movie that carryed some weight. He is really a whiny jerk ever since the flood scene. I guess thats his acting niche (episode 2-3, Shatterd glass, Life as a House)
Then for no apparent reason, motherfucker Samuel L. Jackson appers sporting a white dye hairpice and apparently he`s had it with these motherfucker jumpers. Why? We dont know. All we are left with is that they have been killing jumper since the the medival times becuase they are voialating god`s will. I did find it ironic that the "christian villans" retrieve the Jumpers by using their powers, then persecute them for being unholy. And apparently the whole Paladin vs Jumpers concept was never in the original story/book.
Then there was another jumper who was catching on to david`s powers. His role was completly bonkers since he followed david for about 20 minutes of the movie, calling him names from a distance in his snooty british accent. Then when David tries to make contact with him, he totally reverses role`s and went like: What do you want from me..? Who are you? Leave me alone! It dident make any sense.
The love interest was called Millie ("played" by Rachel Bilson) Her character was completely retarded. Her entire role was just going "hey talk to me hey hey talk to me" and why david felt that he had to hide his awesome powers for here also dident come across very well. It was just all just poorly developed. The same goes with the bully. Altough I liked his character since he was just so completely over the top
All in all its a silly no-brainer of a popcorn movie. I had to high hopes. Its got action and snappy effects, thats what you get. Story is almost non-present and the consept remains untouched. And Hayden still cant act.
4/10
Plot Outline:
A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between "Jumpers" and those who have sworn to kill them.
Yes, its hayden "Manikin skywalker", yes its a effects movie. I still had somewhat high hopes for it since it had such a cool consept. A consept that I myself have been intrested in some time now, unfortunately the movie dosent even touch upon it. I couldent care less if the gang lived or died, I was there to watch the effects and see what all this was about. After a near death experience David Rice (Hayden) finds out that he can teleport/jump to a to another location. The rule is that he can only teleport to places that he can see and have been before. Apparently when he was drowning he though of the school library since that is where he first teleports.
The movie then jumps forward in a happy 80s music montage with him stealing money from a bank and living life to the fullest in a 8 by 5 meter shitdorm in a downtown sentral room for rent. How a 15 year old kid manages to rent a room in quite possibly dangerous area of New york, is beyond me. The reception clerk is only concerned that he dosent do any "funny business" and pay each month. Fair nuff
The movie skips forward about 5-10 years? We now see David living life in a sweet batchlor pad in NY with walls covered with pictures of places his gone too and they serve as a "jump spots" for him if he ever wants to stretch his legs.
Here comes the beste scene in the movie. David is bored and sits down to watch telly when he realises that the remote is to far away from him, so he uses his godlike powers to jump closer to the remote at the other end of the sofa, then starts flicking the channels. He stops for a brief moment at some flood victims trapped on a house. A superhero would be all over the situation and helped out the poor people but no, not our david. He smirks and instead jumps over to the frige to get some milk. That whole scene was briliant and I might have been the only one in the theater who laught out loudly. It really was a character defineing moment. Sadly this was the only moment in the movie that carryed some weight. He is really a whiny jerk ever since the flood scene. I guess thats his acting niche (episode 2-3, Shatterd glass, Life as a House)
Then for no apparent reason, motherfucker Samuel L. Jackson appers sporting a white dye hairpice and apparently he`s had it with these motherfucker jumpers. Why? We dont know. All we are left with is that they have been killing jumper since the the medival times becuase they are voialating god`s will. I did find it ironic that the "christian villans" retrieve the Jumpers by using their powers, then persecute them for being unholy. And apparently the whole Paladin vs Jumpers concept was never in the original story/book.
Then there was another jumper who was catching on to david`s powers. His role was completly bonkers since he followed david for about 20 minutes of the movie, calling him names from a distance in his snooty british accent. Then when David tries to make contact with him, he totally reverses role`s and went like: What do you want from me..? Who are you? Leave me alone! It dident make any sense.
The love interest was called Millie ("played" by Rachel Bilson) Her character was completely retarded. Her entire role was just going "hey talk to me hey hey talk to me" and why david felt that he had to hide his awesome powers for here also dident come across very well. It was just all just poorly developed. The same goes with the bully. Altough I liked his character since he was just so completely over the top
All in all its a silly no-brainer of a popcorn movie. I had to high hopes. Its got action and snappy effects, thats what you get. Story is almost non-present and the consept remains untouched. And Hayden still cant act.
4/10
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