Hi, my name is Devin Faraci and I liked Jumper. It’s not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination, but I think it does some interesting things and I think it creates an intriguing world (this is why I also like the Summit superhero failure Push). I don’t like Jumper enough to have seen it twice or own it on DVD, but I enjoyed it enough the first time around. Here’s my review.
What didn’t work for me was star Hayden Christiansen. I think that the entire film was saved by the arrival of Jamie Bell; Christiansen is one of the most baffling leading men, a complete charisma suckhole, and a fairly bad actor to boot. I’d like a Jumper 2 to shift the focus to some other character, or to recast the main role. Of course I long since forgot about the idea of a Jumper 2, but Christiansen – who has been reduced to movies like Takers – hasn’t. Talking to MTV he claims that there is a film in the early gestation period.
“We’re talking about it right now actually,” he said. Where could the story go? “Hopefully somewhere a little darker. I think there’s a lot you can do with it. It was sort of set up in a way it’s gonna be mother hunting son and possibly even maybe sister hunting brother. We’re talking about it, trying to figure it out.”
If there is a Jumper 2 in the early planning stages, I doubt it’ll involve Doug Liman. Of course this wouldn’t be the first franchise he’s birthed and walked away from (or been shooed away from – Liman’s a tough guy to work with, apparently). But I somehow doubt that Jumper 2 will go anywhere. Maybe if the movie had done better on DVD.
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Just when I had forgotten the shame of you liking Jumper, you have to go and friggin' remind me of it again.
Hayden Christensen seems like a nice enough guy, but he is a pretty terrible actor. He would do well to use whatever clout he has left to secure something not in front of a camera. One of his friends just has to tell him, "look dude, this acting thing is not for you".
My Name is Joseph and I also liked jumper. I would pay to see a sequel.
Why doesn't Doug Liman stop being a pussy and actually make a sequel? Or maybe come up with an idea of what he's going to do with the whole movie before he accepts the job. That would be nice.
It is true that the complete unlikability of Anakin Skywalker is one of the two greatest flaws of the prequels (the other one – nothing happens in the first two movies), but I don't blame Christiansen – it's not his fault it was poorly written and that he was miscast. I do, however, blame anyone who actually paid to see Jumper for Jumper 2. Douchebags.
Every time someone says Hayden Christensen is a bad actor, someone come along and says "Shattered Glass". Today, I'll be that guy. I don't think it's that Christenen is a particularly bad actor. I just think he just does bad movies. The one good movie he did was "Shattered Glass" and he was good in it. The problem is that most people didn't see that one and only know him from the Star Wars prequels and Jumper, all of which were shit. The Star Wars prequels were chock full of good actors doing bad performances but we've seen those actors be good so we don't hold those movies against them. Christensen didn't have that advantage so he's never been able to get past them.
The best part of Jumper is Jumper is all "I hate flying" because he jumped to that eiffel tower already but Rachel Bilson can't know about him being Jumper yet. CLASSIC JUMPER.
I agree with Furious. Shattered Glass made me a fan. I'm tired of all the prequels whining. The guy can act, he just chooses to do shitty movies with shitty directors most of the time.
finally! some people that watch movies that play at the 'artsy farsty' theatres. let me tell u half the crap at the mainstream theatres isnt worth watching. "Shattered Glass " was an amazing portrayal of a real person. Hayden Christiansen was good and solid as the main character and should not be judged by terrible writing yes and possibly bad directing. hes YOUNG and is probably learning thru this process. If i wanted to work with some of the top names in a movie like 'takers' i'd sign on! hey lifes a journey lighten up everybody. Hayden Christiansen CAN act.
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