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Hayden Christensen kills another one
February 18th, 2008
"Yes, my lord... The foolish director Doug Liman has hired me for his film 'Jumper', and I vow to destroy it with my uber-horrible acting."
So yesterday we had the misfortune* of seeing 'Jumper', the new sci-fi crapfest starring Hayden 'my cardboard cutout acts better than I do' Christensen and Sam 'I use the same look and voice tone in every movie' Jackson. Granted, I like Sam Jackson a lot, but did he even glance at the script before he said 'I'm in' to Jumper?
Let me sum up the movie for you: A kid discovers that he has the power to teleport anywhere he wants while a group of 'Paladins' hunt all jumpers like him. Now go watch the trailer:
Now that you've seen the trailer, you've seen all the good parts. Seriously.
The movie suffered more from a totally inept script than it did from Hayden's acting, which is saying something. The movie's characters were paper thin, having no depth or development whatsoever. While the movie's general plot was cool, it remained underdeveloped and left you walking away from the theater thinking gee, I know there was a hollywood writers' strike on, but did they really have to hire the crazy homeless guy on 5th and central to write this??
Take my word for it- Avoid this AOL call center rep at all costs. I give this movie 1 out of 4 stars, mainly as a way of saying nice try, better luck next time.
You'll thank me later...
* I want to take full responsibility for us seeing this movie. I did this in an effort to avoid seeing 'Step Up 2'.
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