Liman 'Jumper'

[Golgo-13]

Just saw this pic today.

7.5/10 for the action.

Haydens acting was as stiff as ever.

 

[Sebastos]

I actually thought it was one of his better preformances.

 

[xwolverine2]

yeah really...

 

[Gotham]

I actually thought it was one of his better preformances.

So did I.

 

[xwolverine2]

i have yet to understand the dislike for this movie...

 

[Gotham]

i have yet to understand the dislike for this movie...

Anything Hayden's in automatically draws out the beast in some. I loved the novel (haven't read the sequel - so don't spoil it!) and I can't wait to pick up the spin-off; Griffin's Tale.

 

[Golgo-13]

I actually thought it was one of his better preformances.

Well compared to his others, i guess yeah. I just found that just about everyone (including the young actor who played young David) showed better range than he did.

 

[Gotham]

Did anyone else dislike the younger Millie? (AnnaSophia Robb)

I didn't even buy that she was fifteen.

 

[xwolverine2]

she was ok... i never even thought about her really

 

[Prefix]

I left the movie feeling like nothing happened. The action scenes were nice though.

 

[zanos]

What a complete frivolous waste of time. This film is so utterly superficial. There isn't an ounce of substance to it. It's just a bunch of action scenes edited together.

 

[X-Maniac]

I thought this film was fine. After all, 'action-adventure' is a genre. It's not supposed to be an emotional drama. Tell me where was the emotional depth in any Indiana Jones movie, any of the Lord of the Rings movies - they were just plot-driven adventures.

Haydn was perhaps a bit wooden, but then he was supposed to be this kid who lived an entirely different existence from normal people, so he was supposed to be 'removed' from everyday life and to seem unusual and self-absorbed

Worst thing was Jackson's white hair.

Can't understand the hate for the movie. Have people forgotten how to enjoy themselves?

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

What a complete frivolous waste of time. This film is so utterly superficial. There isn't an ounce of substance to it. It's just a bunch of action scenes edited together.

Spot on. Its a pretty pointless film on all counts.
Although I did like the cast, and the effects were okay. I did particularly like the scene at the airport where Hayden leaves Bilson. She's was really likeable in the movie. But other than that the plot lacked any direction or motivation.

 

[Matt]

i have yet to understand the dislike for this movie...

The dislike is simple. Its not a complete movie. There is really no plot arc, nothing is explained. It is like adapting the prologue of a book into a movie.

 

[Matt]

I thought this film was fine. After all, 'action-adventure' is a genre. It's not supposed to be an emotional drama. Tell me where was the emotional depth in any Indiana Jones movie, any of the Lord of the Rings movies - they were just plot-driven adventures.

Haydn was perhaps a bit wooden, but then he was supposed to be this kid who lived an entirely different existence from normal people, so he was supposed to be 'removed' from everyday life and to seem unusual and self-absorbed

Worst thing was Jackson's white hair.

Can't understand the hate for the movie. Have people forgotten how to enjoy themselves?

You hit the nail on the head. They were plot driven. Meaning that even though they were tied together, each had its own story arc. This movie did not. Its not the lack of emotion that bothered me. It is the lack of a plot.

 

[Matt]

I actually thought it was one of his better preformances.

I also thought he was wooden. People keep saying there is a great actor in Hayden Christensen but every movie I see him in, he is as dull as ever. He does not emote at all, he talks in the same monotonous, whiney voice no matter what the situation. He is pretty bad.

 

[Prison Mike]

I don't think he's that bad. I thought he was fine in Awake. I don't understand the hate for him when there are so many actors who are worse. Maybe it's because he was in star wars, why you guys hate him so much?

 

[Matt]

I just can't see how he is good. People are always talking him up, but I've never seen any kind of decent performance out of him.

 

[X-Maniac]

You hit the nail on the head. They were plot driven. Meaning that even though they were tied together, each had its own story arc. This movie did not. Its not the lack of emotion that bothered me. It is the lack of a plot.

Not all movies need that mythic quest to find/destroy something as in Indiana (finding a poweful artefact) and LoTR (destroying a powerful artefact).

The plot in Jumper was obviously the Paladins' quest to kill the jumpers. That became the quest. David Rice had no mythic quest, except to survive and then rescue his girlfriend, and i think that worked okay. Prior to all that, it was the origin/set-up stuff that showed him discovering his power and adapting to it.

Although it was open-ended, with too little of the mother to make us care about her, and although Jackson's hair was ridiculous, this was above-average entertainment. The FX were fine, the father seemed totally believable, Jamie Bell was great, Bilson was a stereotypical US girl as though she'd stepped off the set of The OC (but i never expect anything else from girls cast in an American movie).

Overall, it didn't deserve the hate it got.

 

[dark_b]

everytime i watch a short movie ....everytime its Fox.

whats this? a joke? 1 hour and 30 minutes.

 

[tyler-durden]

it was decent, they could have added a lil more story, Maybe got into Griffthn's past more, Put more emphasis on why David is so powerful, put some closure on the ending like what happened to griffthn after he was left.

 

[dark_b]

there is a deleted scene. i think he is again on the sphinx. yes i know that there is a promo shot and that its a manip. but i saw it in the trailer and i remember that i saw an article where they talked about this shot.
i think the shot was very expensive. but it looks epic. i dont know why this was deleted.

 

[Warhammer]

I don't think he's that bad. I thought he was fine in Awake. I don't understand the hate for him when there are so many actors who are worse. Maybe it's because he was in star wars, why you guys hate him so much?

There is hate on him because a stool is a better actor than he is. People keep bringing up his role in Shattered Glass, but that was just one role. He isn't consistent. He is boring. He has not shown any range in his acting. No dynamic.

Not all movies need that mythic quest to find/destroy something as in Indiana (finding a poweful artefact) and LoTR (destroying a powerful artefact).

The plot in Jumper was obviously the Paladins' quest to kill the jumpers. That became the quest. David Rice had no mythic quest, except to survive and then rescue his girlfriend, and i think that worked okay. Prior to all that, it was the origin/set-up stuff that showed him discovering his power and adapting to it.

Although it was open-ended, with too little of the mother to make us care about her, and although Jackson's hair was ridiculous, this was above-average entertainment. The FX were fine, the father seemed totally believable, Jamie Bell was great, Bilson was a stereotypical US girl as though she'd stepped off the set of The OC (but i never expect anything else from girls cast in an American movie).

Overall, it didn't deserve the hate it got.

I'm sure Matt did not mean that at all. He meant that the film was not plot driven. He never said that the film had to be about something mythical. You're the one that brought up LOTR and Indiana Jones.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I thought this film was fine. After all, 'action-adventure' is a genre. It's not supposed to be an emotional drama. Tell me where was the emotional depth in any Indiana Jones movie, any of the Lord of the Rings movies - they were just plot-driven adventures.

Haydn was perhaps a bit wooden, but then he was supposed to be this kid who lived an entirely different existence from normal people, so he was supposed to be 'removed' from everyday life and to seem unusual and self-absorbed

Worst thing was Jackson's white hair.

Can't understand the hate for the movie. Have people forgotten how to enjoy themselves?

Was just reading this page to see if the movie was worth seeing and saw this bolded comment.

There was plenty of emotion in Indianna Jones and ten times as much in LOTR, Gandalf's 'death,' Boromir's death, Faramir riding to what seemed to be his doom on request of his corrupted father, Gandalf and Eomer arriving just in the nick of time at Helm's Deep. I could go on, but there was A LOT of emotional drama in all 3 movies.

Now i havent seen Jumper yet, can anyone tell me if its worth watching? I am loathe to give Fox my money these days, but normally love Doug Liman's movies.

 

[dark_b]

whait until the directors cut.
because this was 100% the studio version IMO.

the movie is 1:25 long.