Jumper
2008 Directed by Doug Liman
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anywhere is possible.
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.
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Doug Liman's directorial career is a little patchy. A lot of people loved "Swingers", (I didn't) "The Bourne Identity" set new standards for action with a confident superspy for a new millennium and "Mr & Mrs Smith" ticked all the boxes for a comedy/romance/action flick with attitude.
"Jumper" has a cool concept. It had the scope to be great,but it's a dud. Hayden Christensen has the charisma of roadkill and acting skills to match. Honestly how does this guy have a career. He was lucky Jar Jar Binks was involved in the Star Wars Prequels or it would have left him holding the bag for the numerous flaws the films were littered with. Jamie Bell is a decent young actor and… -
cool concept + Anakin + twilight emo chick + solid action + moronic plot = Meh.
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Much more fun than I remember it being, Jumper is still not a very good film simply because it destroys a fantastic concept by over complicating a simple plot. Everything involving Diane Laine is just the worst, and the idea of turning this film into a franchise lords over every aspect of this film. The result is an unsatisfying film that could have been a fantastic stand alone movie.
The best part of the film is the realization of the teleporting characters. Every single action scene has a solid sense of location, even though characters are constantly jumping in and out of different locales. The editing is seamless, and I would say that the editing prowess alone is enough of…
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20 minutes into this and I can safely conclude that no one involved with this ever deserves to make a career in the film industry.
Takes awful to a whole new level.
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David and Millie have not seen each other in years. They sit down in a bar and talk. It sounds like this:
David: I've been thinking about travelling. Maybe Rome.
Millie: Are you kidding, you know that's my dream!
David: So come with me.They go.
At the airport in Rome:
Millie: Can you believe we were in Ann Arbour ten hours ago and now we're in Rome?
Jesus Christ.
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Jumpers are the laziest people on the planet.
They "jump" just to get a remote 10 feet away from them.
They're almost lazier than the filmmakers.
The filmmakers just took a cool concept and did very little with it, but give us cool effects thinking we won't notice,
That's lazy filmmaking folks. Maybe the filmmakers are jumpers. Makes sense. Sorta.
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It promises so much but doesn't go very far and just fizzles out.
Not only that but there are some major bloody issues. For starters teleporting in and out of some heavily populated areas and this seems normal with no one taking much interest. I probably would also keep slightly below the RADAR by not taking a bus from the middle of London and dump it half way around the world.
This said, my 8 year old bloody loved it and wants a Jumper 2. He did originally think it was going to be about a bloke in a sweater. So swings and roundabouts.
Only God should have this power.
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Doug Liman's directorial career is a little patchy. A lot of people loved "Swingers", (I didn't) "The Bourne Identity" set new standards for action with a confident superspy for a new millennium and "Mr & Mrs Smith" ticked all the boxes for a comedy/romance/action flick with attitude.
"Jumper" has a cool concept. It had the scope to be great,but it's a dud. Hayden Christensen has the charisma of roadkill and acting skills to match. Honestly how does this guy have a career. He was lucky Jar Jar Binks was involved in the Star Wars Prequels or it would have left him holding the bag for the numerous flaws the films were littered with. Jamie Bell is a decent young actor and… -
i don't even think i saw a movie, i just saw the representation of everything i fucking hate in humanity
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Uninteresting teenage sci-fi/action romp has Christensen being able to teleport anywhere and Jackson trying to kill him. Aside from special effects, and a spectacular chase sequence that tries redefining contiguous montage, there is not any character or plot development worth following.
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To sum it up quickly: Too much setup. This entire film should have been the first half-hour of a bigger story. They try to make this just a first chapter, like an "origin" story in a superhero film, but if you're gonna spend the whole film setting up a story, and leave an ending wide open for sequels, you better be damn sure the public will actually care enough to see more. I don't think that will be the case here. Perhaps if it had been filmed and marketed as a teen flick as the book was, the series could have a longer life; but as an adult franchise I'd be surprised if there are further installments.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Not bad actually, kind of like the kids version of Looper with Anakin Skywalker and the British kid who can dance being chased by an albino Samuel L. Jackson.
Pretty much no explanation is given as to the who, what and whys but it's reasonably enjoyable while also being something you immediately forget.
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ugly to look at
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Teleporting is one of my favorite superpowers, and therefor the concept of Jumper really interests me. They wouldn't have to make much of an interesting movie for me to like it, but this is just bad. Lame plot, boring characters,... The only good thing about this movie is the way they made the teleporting look, but i guess that's not to hard for the big studio 20th Century Fox is.