Just saw Jumper

[Vympel]

Was pretty cool popcorn movie- nice set pieces, cool ideas from the concept (don't know how much of it was from the novel) - just the right amount of exposition - ie. show, don't tell - you pick up the rules of jumping as you go.

(Also, Griffin's running punch down the corridor towards Roland was just pure awesome)

Hayden Christensen and Samuel L Jackson must have some sort of man crush on each other, this is what, the second movie they've been in together since RotS?

[Shroom Man 777]

Is Hayden better this time 'round?

[Dartzap]

Just remember, a few years ago the main man was prancing around in a tutu...

I think I will have to go see this then. Between this and Rambo the nect few weeks are good for cinema trips.

[McC]

It's only got 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, but most of the reviews are citing lack of character development.

Apparently, they've never heard of popcorn movies.

[Vympel]

Is Hayden better this time 'round?

He's a capable actor when he's given a good script, and this was a good script for the kind of action/pop-corn movie it was.

His character isn't a badass - he's a n00b and it shows - Griffin (the English dude) is the badass (doubles as effective comic relief) because he's been hunting the Paladins his whole life.

However, Christensen's charachter is almost certainly a very powerful Jumper, given that he manages to jump an entire fucking apartment unit whilst electro-pinned, which is much more than Griffin can do- ie cars/ buses

Left wide open for a sequel too. I'd watch a sequel.

[DPDarkPrimus]

It's only got 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, but most of the reviews are citing lack of character development.

Apparently, they've never heard of popcorn movies.

Being a science-fiction film, the reviews are bound to be less than positive, even if the flick is enjoyable.

[Old Plympto]

I've been reading various reviews on the internet. It seems most people still hasn't gotten off the bandwagon of slamming him for being Anakin Skywalker. However, I'll probably still catch this in the cinema cause the trailer hooked me.

[Dahak]

Hm, slipped right under my radar... But seems like the kind of movie I could like to watch.

[Shroom Man 777]

It's pretty good. Pity there wasn't much death. I mean, by the end of the movie, everyone was alive.

I kinda thought Anakin's mom - her whole plotline thing - was kind of silly, or at least contrieved. A Paladin who goes around, making families and making babies, only to run away when her kid turns out to be a Jumper...maaang. That's weird.

Maybe it's something they'll work on on the sequel. Not that the movie needs a sequel or anything...

I wonder how the sequel goes, given that Samuel L. Jackson - MOTHERFUCKER! - now knows of Ani's mom's filthy secret!

[Molyneux]

It's pretty good. Pity there wasn't much death. I mean, by the end of the movie, everyone was alive.

I kinda thought Anakin's mom - her whole plotline thing - was kind of silly, or at least contrieved. A Paladin who goes around, making families and making babies, only to run away when her kid turns out to be a Jumper...maaang. That's weird.

Maybe it's something they'll work on on the sequel. Not that the movie needs a sequel or anything...

I wonder how the sequel goes, given that Samuel L. Jackson - MOTHERFUCKER! - now knows of Ani's mom's filthy secret!

Fucking hell SPOILER warning, man! The thread doesn't have a [spoilers] tag on it!

[Big Orange]

It was mediocre, but watchable. I thought the casting of several different actors/actresses to mark the borderline negligable difference between mid teens and mid twenties was as off putting as replacing Max Pirkis with Simon Woods on HBO's Rome.

[Murazor]

Just came from the cinema.

I agree with what has been said so far.

The Good

Good popcorn film that gets bonus points for not taking itself too seriously and being actually funny. Pretty cool special effects (the move with the bus is several levels of cool on its own) and very action packed.

Also, I kinda liked that David is initially a jerk on a permanent power trip. He abuses his powers without even attempting to help others with them (that TV scene was a rather nice touch), simply abandons his father without looking back and is a rather mean sob when he has the chance to pay back the high school bully character. Makes the smackdown he gets mid-film a rather sweet thing to see.

The Bad

Mom the Paladin. Nuff said. Lack of development of this plot thread (that smells of sequel).

Roland's fate. Considering the stuff that the guy has done previously, what he gets seems extremely inadequate.

David is an idiot. The notes he left in the banks can be explained as "he was a kid", but what he does with High School Bully and Idiot Italian Policeman is simply ridiculous. Way to keep a low profile after being told that the Paladins are gunning for him.

[K. A. Pital]

I've seen that before premier date on the 13th. A good idea but it's full merits were not explored. I mean... you could do so much more with that.

The battle between two teleporting guys was rather fun to watch though.

The books (Jumper, Reflex and Griffins Story) are better than the movie IMHO, but the movieverse tramps them dynamic wise.

[Ford Prefect]

Well, I saw it, and I left the cinema with a tangible disappointment in regards to the fact I can't Jump. I understand that apart from the general premise and some of the characters, the books and the movie are very different; there are no Paladins in the book (though Roland is based upon a character in the books). I actually liked them, in the sense that they made for some pretty good villains - they were extremely organised. Also remarkably strong, whenever they pinned down their staves they really smashed them in.

incidentally, the beat down Roland gives (which appeared in the trailer) was kind of scary, though it lacked the dragged across a beach thing that appeared in the trailer. In any case, he struck me as being not the nutjob to mess with. It wasn't an amazing film, but it was enjoyable abd very cool in premise and execution of that premise (as Vympel mentions, the exposition was seamlessly integrated).

I wish I could Jump.

[Admiral Valdemar]

I liked it, especially the fights with Jamie Bell's character and his endless awesome. London double decker > funny electro-shock stick.

I so wish I could jump. ;_;

[Adrian Laguna]

Watched it just now, and really liked it. It's a fun movie with cool special effects and seamless flow from one part to another. Anyone who wants a cool action flick should check it out.

Though I couldn't help but think thought the entire movie that Roland would have died where I a Jumper, if I survived the first encounter. Not because I'm particularly badass, I'm just some dude, but rather because I understand a very, very simple concept: firearms > stun batons.

You could use that wormhole stabilizing device they have against them. Simply make jump to the end of a narrow blind corridor, set-up a machine-gun a ways down, and let it rip the moment they come after you.

Did anyone else think that the mother could have, instead of abandoning her kid, simply gotten a real job? Seriously, killing him was not the only alternative to leaving. Stupid negligent parents.

[Beowulf]

Actually, I'd not have used a machinegun, but rather shot him from a decent distance away. Or, for that matter, it should be an easy matter of stealing a machinegun. Either from army armories, or machinegun manufacturers. If I did use their machine against them, I'd simply jump into a closed room, start a motion sensing bomb, and leave again. They get through to my first jump, and *boom*. As for the mom, I get the feeling the only way out of the Paladins is death.

[neoolong]

Wait, so do the jumpers have the thing where they can only jump if they've been there before? Like in the book.

[Adrian Laguna]

Wait, so do the jumpers have the thing where they can only jump if they've been there before? Like in the book.

Yes and no, modern technology allows them to cheat. Apparently all they need is a good photograph.

[18-Till-I-Die]

I saw it today, and i loved it.

The girl was...fairly stupid and that bothered me.

Otherwise it was a really good film from start to finish, it wasn't high art, but frankly, i consider that a plus.

I would like to jump (no pun intended) on the bandwagon with the "i wish i could Jump" thing. God i do. I left the movies talking with my girlfriend and mom about what to do if you were a Jumper. Before realizing we were actually discussing what to do with magic powers as if they were real, we concluded that robbing the Federal Reserve would be the smartest move.

[Shroom Man 777]

Yes and no, modern technology allows them to cheat. Apparently all they need is a good photograph.

It's a good photograph they took when they went there in the past.

[SAMAS]

It's pretty good. Pity there wasn't much death. I mean, by the end of the movie, everyone was alive.

I kinda thought Anakin's mom - her whole plotline thing - was kind of silly, or at least contrieved. A Paladin who goes around, making families and making babies, only to run away when her kid turns out to be a Jumper...maaang. That's weird.

Maybe it's something they'll work on on the sequel. Not that the movie needs a sequel or anything...

I wonder how the sequel goes, given that Samuel L. Jackson - MOTHERFUCKER! - now knows of Ani's mom's filthy secret!

I think it was just that one time. She had to leave, in her opinion, not just to spare her child, but prevent the possibility of another one being born.

Actually, I'd not have used a machinegun, but rather shot him from a decent distance away. Or, for that matter, it should be an easy matter of stealing a machinegun. Either from army armories, or machinegun manufacturers. If I did use their machine against them, I'd simply jump into a closed room, start a motion sensing bomb, and leave again. They get through to my first jump, and *boom*. As for the mom, I get the feeling the only way out of the Paladins is death.

Hell, you read SLAM. It's not easy for people to just give up on what for them has been a strong religious conviction. (Of course, to that line, I would say "If God hadn't meant for me to Jump, I wouldn't be a Jumper!") In any case, you could say the resolution of that is being saved for a sequel or even a TV series.

[Adrian Laguna]

It's a good photograph they took when they went there in the past.

So Jumping works like fast travel in TES IV: Oblivion?

[Ford Prefect]

You don't actually have to have been to the location - you just to have seen it and thus be able to visualise it in your mind. David saw the interior of the vault, but he hadn't actually been inside it. Prior to being able to jump I doubt he'd ever hung on to the front of Big Ben. I honestly doubt he had travelled by plane to every one of his jump sites, given that he had hundreds of photos on his walls.

[DesertFly]

I saw it today. The main thing that stuck out for me was the lack of the obvious tactic for defeating the Paladins: Once you see a Paladin, if they haven't caught you,

1. Get a good look at their current position.
2. Jump behind them.
3. Grab them and jump somewhere not usually supportive of continued human life (AKA, a thousand feet up, or the middle of nowhere in the ocean.)
4. Let go and laugh at them as they fall (or sink).
5. Jump to solid earth, preferably where you can watch the show.
6. ??????
7. Profit!