Comments on: Movie Review: Jumper

By: Theo

Theo — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:59:44 +0000

Empress Eve: you would have enjoyed the book. It’s a “do not remove” in my library.
If they would have made the screenplay follow the book the movie would have been worlds better. Almost drowning? Please, the guy could swim! He had “jumped” first from a beating from his father, the second time from a gang-rape. And he didn’t make stealing from banks a career, he did it once, kyted off with a hellacious amount of money, and then scrupulously paid for everything else he needed. As he says, rather defensively, “I am not a thief.” Nor is he a lazy slob, he jumps only to get from point A to point B, then walks, catches a cab, etc.
Sheez! I hate to think what Hollywood would do to another Gould book, “Wildside.” Or Emma Bull’s “Falcon.” Eve, I think you’d like those, too.

By: rAz0r

rAz0r — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:23:59 +0000

I just saw this movie, you *literally* said it perfectly. Verbatim. Way to go. I actually contemplated taking a nap, but I didn’t want to seem rude.

By: Weekley

Weekley — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:56:26 +0000

Yep — Just saw the movie and left completely unimpressed. There was no true climax moment. I didn’t feel anything for the characters and the story was about as thin as the soup I ordered at the chinese place next to the theater. Too much “jumping” and not enough time with story development, character development or any type of movie work to make me care about anything in the movie.

By: ross

ross — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:47:23 +0000

I haven’t seen the movie either – but I knew it was going to be terrible.

There are 2 things I look for when judging the worthiness of a movie:
1. Whenever I see such an excess of cross promotion, I know the movie is not strong enough to stand on its own. There were promos on the Superbowl, American Idol, a RIDICULOUS tv promo with an HP ad inserted in the middle, and there was a promo with Chevy or something too. And those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. I know there were a dozen more.

2. On videogames or dvds, whenever they have a cool sounding quote from Maxim, I steer clear.

By: patrick

patrick — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:56:56 +0000

The filming style of Jumper made me feel like i myself was jumping around… very cool. Also Christensen’s lines were as short as possible, which was ideal for the movie’s overall quality.

By: Empress Eve

Empress Eve — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:42:19 +0000

I haven't seen the film and I really have no desire to either. The premise of the film seems good and I have a feeling I'd like the book, but the trailer and clips I've seen really didn't spark my interest. Also, I've tried really hard to like Hayden Christensen, but he seems just as wooden here as he does in Clones and Sith. Yeah, he was actually good in Shattered Glass, which leads me to believe that maybe he just needs to stay away from scifi movies. Meanwhile, he's going to star in another adapted scifi flick Neuromancer, ack, let's hope he doesn't ruin that one. Lastly, Sam Jackson, while he's so totally kickass, he keeps taking the same roles over and over again and it's getting boring already. I'll wait for the DVD on this one, if I even bother to see it.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:26:21 +0000

You said it better than I ever could.

Awesome review!!