The truth is, Jumper looks too incredibly cool to ignore. I’ve been thinking for a while now that it looks awesome. Truthfully, I thought the very first preview looked awesome. I just couldn’t bring myself to say so. Whether or not Christensen will flourish in this film or bring down the whole thing around him remains to be seen, but with Doug Liman directing (The Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) I’m willing to believe that there’s hope for the young padawan. (Ironically, Christensen, the reason I didn’t want to see this film, actually replaced a lesser known actor, Tom Sturridge, because the studio feared gambling so much money on an unknown actor.)
It’s the preview for the film that really captures your attention, however. The special effects are cool without being too over the top. I’m a little concerned that they’ve shown us too much in the trailers but I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Jumper – Trailer
Jumper – HD QuickTime Trailer
The book is only one of several in the Jumper series and the studio actually originally planned for this film to be the first in a trilogy (it’s not known if that’s still the plan).
The premise of the book and the film is that a genetic abnormality 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 ‘Paladins‘ who have sworn to kill them. Paladins use some specialized weapons such as shock nets and whips to tie down the Jumpers so they can’t Jump away.
It sounds really cool and looks even better. If the film is anywhere near as good as the preview I think we can expect to see the other two films in the aforementioned trilogy. If Christensen makes like Anakin again…maybe not.
Jumper stars Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Diane Lane, Samuel L. Jackson, and Kristen Stewart.
Jumper opens in theaters on Thursday, February 14, 2008.
Ok, so this HD version is FREAKIN AWESOME!!! Great post!!!!! =)
I like the concept, but yeah…I think of the angry child from Eps 2 and 3 and it concerns me. Noooooooooo!!!
That said, I think a lot of that was ham-handed George’s fault, too. He wrote the crap in the first place.
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Yeah, I think a lot of the fault has to lie with George since the dialogue was so crappy…but crappy delivery of crappy dialogue didn’t help his case.
Jumper was an okay movie. I didn’t find it to be as good as people made it sound. Although it would be nice to have the ability to teleport
I didn’t think it was that great either
I agree with Watch… cool premise, could have been better…
i love him it was a great move so bug off jerks
And now back to anyone elses opinoin….
I love him too! And I just know that one day he’s going to become a real live boy!
ROTFL!
“Bug off jerks”
I still am so amazed at fans who are so insanely crazy about the actors they love, that they are completely blind to anything they do wrong.
dont lisen to them uptheir this movie was awesome, and haden christensen, haterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Let me guess – you love Hayden right?
I do… shes GREAT on Heroes…