The Movie Jumper [WORK]
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There you have the premise for Doug Liman's "Jumper: The Prequel," a movie so silly you may find yourself giggling helplessly even as you wish you could magically transport yourself almost anywhere else in the world but where you are, in front of the screen showing it.
It's implied that the jumper may have to have visited a place before he can jump to it, but maybe not, so never mind. When such miracles can can occur anytime, without reason or explanation, then life and plots are meaningless. "Jumper" may as well be subtitled "The Trouble with CGI." Anything can happen, and usually does, but so what?
By the time Mace Windu shows up with white hair and a light-taser (Samuel L. Jackson, as Roland)... oh, forget it. Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell, as Griffin) explains that since Medieval Times (I believe there's one in Schaumburg) the Palladins have been hunting the Jumpers. It's been going on for centuries, and no one seems to know or care why the Paladins were apparently named after imperial guards of ancient Rome -- and, later, high officials in the Catholic Church -- and the Jumpers are just called Jumpers. Nor does the movie explain its own movie-references, like why a skyscraper plummet from the Coen brothers' "The Hudsucker Proxy" should suddenly collide with the public pool scene from "Little Children" (or is it the Baby Ruth scene from "Caddyshack"?). Because it's totally random, that's why.
In a movie review, it's usually incumbent upon the critic to make at least one mention of the movie as a movie. The cinematic touch that stuck with me is when David returns to Ann Arbor after an eight-year absence and has a Marty McFly moment when he discovers that Millie has become (wait for it) a barmaid! (At least she's not his mom, but what's happened to his mom is even more awful and inexplicable.) There's an oddly framed shot where David and Millie are talking across the bar and in between them are at least three extras watching an off-screen football game.
?While thestory we're telling takes place a good twenty years before the movie, we stillwanted to make sure that we didn't write anything that would conflict with whatthey were doing,? Weir said. ?We read a draft of the script early on. But thatwasn't even close to the final draft or what they actually shot. On top ofthat, our artist Brian Hurtt had his own set of challenges trying to keep thelook of the book consistent with the look of the movie. They played around withthe jump effect for a long time before they settled on the final project. Andthere we were asking Brian to draw these scenes with a characterjumping and he didn't know what the actual special effect was supposed tolook like.?
Also, it is treated as comical that David can jump in and out of bank vaults at will, stealing the money to live his life in luxury, never paying the price for the crime. He is shown as a spoiled, self-indulgent man in the beginning, and I got the feeling there was a half-hearted attempt at a lesson learned in the end. That lesson being: he has a responsibility to himself and to others because he has been endowed with his special power. There was a weak nod to the fact that David had learned this grave lesson and that he was beginning to see his powers have a high price in the end, but it just was so foggy that I know this lesson will go right over the heads of young kids who watch this movie.
Director Doug Liman and actors Samuel L. Jackson, Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson attend the premiere of the movie Jumper at the Zeigfeld Theater in New York, February 11, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Georgiev
Eminem reportedly turned down an offer to star in the lead role. However, an MTV report quoted director Doug Liman saying his plan to have Eminem in the movie was dropped right after he met Hayden Christensen.
Many parts in the film are different from the book. Some of them include the characters of Roland, Griffin, and Paladins. In the book, the main character goes by "Davy", not "David". Davy was the only Jumper in the book, however, Griffin's character changes this. In the movie, David knew Millie from school. In the book, they met after he ran away to New York City. In the book, David and Millie do not travel to Rome. The book spends a lot of time with Davy, trying to find his mother, and being tracked and investigated by the N.S.A., which has been replaced with the Paladin story arc.
The movie takes place in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The high school depicted was Huron High School, where screenwriter David S. Goyer attended. Area teens were cast as extras for scenes in and around the school.
In the original novel, Roland Cox's first name was Brian. It was most likely changed to avoid confusion with actor Brian Cox. The character's name was changed from Brian to Roland to reflect the stories of ancient France. The Paladins, led by Roland, served Charlemagne, similar to the stories of England's King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Since the Paladins were not in the novel, on which the movie was based, and were added to the screenplay, the name Roland is more appropriate.
In the pub scene with Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson, one of Canada's most famous bands The Tragically Hip's song 'Ahead by a Century' is playing. Hayden Christensen is Canadian and parts of the movie were filmed in Canada.
Jumper is an impressive achievement for the director who already traveled the globe for Mr. & Mrs. Smith and his previous movie The Bourne Identity, and this time, he shot some insane effects-driven fight and action sequences inside the Colosseum in Rome and on the site of the Pyramids in Cairo, as well as creating a high speed car chase through the crowded streets of Toyko.
Parents need to know that this sci-fi action adventure with Star Wars' Hayden Christensen features lots of violence that appears to have little effect on victims. The teleportation process causes abrupt ruptures in space and time and sometimes rams jumpers into walls or the ground. Fights show bodies slamming, falling, and crashing through walls, as well as gunfire and electric zapping. There are also explosions, a car chase, and a combat zone in the background. One scene suggests that sex has taken place (a woman's naked back is visible in bed); another shows a couple taking off their shirts (her bra stays on) and kissing. Language includes "f--k," "s--t," and "hell."
David (Hayden Christensen) is a jumper. At the outset of the film, it's unclear exactly how that happened, but what it means in practice is that he can teleport from place to place all over the globe, from the Sphinx to the Empire State Building. He eventually learns that he's not the only one; his is a genetically determined superpower that has been granted over centuries -- and has ignited a longstanding hatred by an organization of bullies known as the Paladins, who resent and fear the jumpers' abilities. Chief among these is Roland (Samuel L. Jackson), who is fiercely hunting David, determined to kill him and all of his friends and family -- including childhood crush Millie (first played by AnnaSophia Robb, then by Rachel Bilson), abusive father William (Michael Rooker), and absent mother Mary (Diane Lane). It's up to David to save Millie, find his mom, and figure out his place in the world.
Though it's based on a science-fiction novel by Steven Gould, Doug Liman's movie feels very comic-booky. It's punctuated by action scenes, a car chase, explosions, and shoot-outs -- none of which are very original or visually compelling, despite the seemingly singular notion of "jumping." It doesn't help that Christensen makes a vague protagonist, with his motivations for stealing money from banks or beating up bullies remarkably banal (essentially, he does it because he can). Though he gets nervous when Roland shows up with a big electric stick that's part cattle prod and part taser, he's blown off the screen (metaphorically) when another jumper, Griffin (Jamie Bell), shows up.
Witty, wise, and charismatic, Griffin is a more exciting potential hero than David, but he's mostly used as a source of information: He has actually looked into what it means to be a jumper and has learned history, considered moral responsibilities, and even figured out a strategy for resisting the Paladins. David is less able to consider nuances, but that's what makes him a "hero" -- at least in his own mind. As he says, "I used to be normal, a chump like you." Now, he's considerably less interesting, even if he doesn't know it.
Families can talk about whether this movie can be considered a "superhero" story. What makes a character a superhero? What do most movies about superheroes have in common? Does this film follow that trend? Do you think of it more as an action movie or a sci-fi movie? Why?
Jumper tells the story of a teenager with teleportation abilities who suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators. The movie version was released by Fox and grossed a whopping $222.2M worldwide.
Last fall, YouTube Red ordered a pilot for a Jumper sequel Impulse based on the third novel in the Jumper series by Steven Gould, with the Jumper movie helmer Doug Liman set to direct and executive produce via Universal Cable Prods.
Once he discovers his ability to transport himself almost anywhere in the world, David makes an initial stop at a bank where he clears out the vault. He also steals merchandise from stores. A boy falls through the ice and is pulled downstream by the river. The Paladins use electrically charged weapons with harpoon-like wires to capture the jumpers who are then stabbed to death in a graphic depiction. Other characters are punched, kicked and caught in the middle of a war zone. The jumpers transport vehicles, buildings and weapons during their war with the Paladins and fall from tall buildings. A man is shown urinating on a national monument. Unmarried couples engage in sexual activity. (Underwear and morning after scenes are shown.) Vulgarities, profanities and terms of Deity are used and ample scenes of drinking are shown. 2b1af7f3a8