Jumper

Starring:
Hayden Christensen
Jamie Bell
Rachel Bilson
Diane Lane
Samuel L. Jackson

Written by:
Steven Gould

Directed by:
Doug Liman

Jumper is an action movie that has a superhero slash comic book movie feel to it. The hero David Rice (Christensen) discovers he has the ablility to "jump" or teleport from one place to another after falling through the ice at age 12. He comes from a broken home, his mom left when he was 5 and he doesn't get along with his dad. So he decides to use his new found powers to go on a series of adventures that take him all around the world, to fund these adventures he "borrows" money from banks by "jumping" in and out of bank vaults around the world, leaving IOU's behind. Years later he returns to his hometown and calls upon an old friend of his, Millie (Bilson) and takes her to Rome, a place she has always wanted to go, but they travel via airliner as he doesn't want to think he is some kind of freak. It is in Rome that he encounters Griffin (Bell) and finds out that he isn't the only "Jumper" and that he is part of a war that has been going on for centuries. Roland (Jackson) is a Paladin, a religious group of soldiers who feel that no one but God should have the power that Jumpers do.

Hayden Christensen does a good job in the role of David Rice, he shows his emotion strongly, maybe even too strong in some parts. Samuel Jackson plays his usual villain role similar to his performance in Unbreakable. Rachel Bilson isn't much different in this role than her role as Summer on The O.C. Jamie Bell offers up the most powerful performance of them all in my opinion. His delivery and actions really added to the movie.

I think that the movie should have showed a bit more into the history of Jumpers and how the whole jumping thing works exactly, but overall I think that it was a fun to watch movie that will keep you entertained.

Overall I rate this movie a 6.5 out of 10.

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Apparently what makes a jumper special besides his ability to teleport is to also they can withstand lethal amounts of electricity pulsing through their body. If someone can explain the whole using electricity to create portals and jump through them to me I would greatly appreciate it.

Definitely, Maybe

Starring:
Ryan Reynolds
Abigail Breslin
Rachel Weisz
Kevin Kline
Elizabeth Banks
Isla Fisher

Written and Directed by: Adam Brooks

This is one movie that flew way under the big screen radar in my opinion, it didn't have much advertising and the box office opening was only $11.4 million with a total US gross of $31.9 million, which is why I didn't catch it until it came out on DVD.

Ryan Reynolds offers up one of his best performances in this film, and after seeing him in National Lampoons Van Wilder I really didn't think I could ever picture him as anything but the crazy, funny party guy. This movie proved that theory wrong. He takes this role very serious and does an excellent job portraying a Ad Executive going through a divorce and trying to explain to his daughter Maya (Abigail Breslin) how her parents met. In telling his story we learn how he aspired to be a politician hoping to get a big break working the Bill Clinton campaign and also about past loves of his which include Rachel Weisz, Isla Fisher, and Elizabeth Banks who all at one point broke Reynolds heart whether they truly knew it or not. Kevin Kline plays a small role as a professor in the movie, but as always, no matter how small the role he adds charisma and zing.

The movie is rated PG-13 which I consider fair as there is some swearing and sexual language used.

If you are looking for a movie to watch with your spouse or significant other I would highly recommend this film as my wife and I enjoyed it highly.

Seeing how this can be classified as a "chick flick" I let my wife rate the movie.
Her rating is 7 out of 10.

Wanted

Starring:
James McAvoy
Morgan Freeman
Angelina Jolie

Based on the Comic Book Series by:
Mark Millar
J.G. Jones

Directed by:
Timur Bekmambetov

Wanted is action packed from beginning to end. James McAvoy offers up a decent performance as the anxiety stricken Accountant turned Hit-Man Wesley. Morgan Freeman portrays Sloan, the man who calls the shots (literally) at The Fraternity, he does an excellent job of bringing some control to an almost out of control story. Angelina Jolie offers up a bunch of exciting moments with her character Fox, there is never a dull moment when Angelina is in the scene. You will be constantly entertained as long as you don't look too deep into the plot of the movie because frankly it has quite a few holes. It seemed to me like the directors goal was to try and have the viewer be so stunned by the awesome special effects and stunts in the movie that no one would stop and say "wait a minute, how did a bunch of ancient weavers know how to turn 1's and 0's into letters." I have read other reviews and there are alot of people stating there is too much violence in this movie, to that I say define "too much." Yes the movie is violent, but I don't feel that it was any more violent than Fight Club and much less violent than say Shoot 'Em Up.

This movie is not for those looking for a realistic movie with a strong plot and a well developed story line. It's a movie that provides great entertainment through its fight sequences, special effects, car chases, and comical narration from James McAvoy. The movie kept me entertained, but I was left with too many unanswered questions at the end.

The movie is rated R and rightfully so due to graphic language, a couple sex scenes (no they don't include Angelina Jolie), and graphic violence. You do see Angelina Jolies butt in this movie along with her back full of killer tattoos, but that alone wouldn't qualify for an R rating.

Overall I gave this movie 7 out of 10

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So Cross left The Fraternity because Sloan found out Cross knew that Sloan had covered up his own name (Sloan's) coming out of The Loom and realized Sloan was manufacturing names for profit and not truly relaying names from The Loom. Cross then began defending himself by killing all members of The Fraternity that would try to kill him and trying to save his son by not letting The Fraternity turn him into a Hit Man. Was this the reason all members of The Fraternitys names came out of The Loom, because Sloan had manipulated them? Or did their names never really come out of The Loom and Sloan just made that up?

Why couldn't Wesley see that Cross didn't want him dead after 2 open attempts where Cross could have killed him and didn't?

Hancock

Starring:

Will Smith
Charlize Theron
Jason Bateman

Written by:
Vincent Ngo & Vince Gilligan

Directed by Peter Berg

Hancock was a great action movie that supplied the proper amount of comedy, drama, and even a little romance. Will Smith provided a powerful performance, you could really feel the emotion he potrayed. Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron also gave excellent performances, all three really fit well together on the big screen.

I feel the story as a whole was well written, though I feel that Hancock's history deserved its own story with flashbacks or some other kind of visual, instead of just a few lines of dialogue explaining it. The antagonist deserved more history as well.

Hancock is by no means your typical superhero type movie, it is more racy and off the wall. I think the PG-13 rating is fair. there is no nudity, the language is fairly mild though the F word is brought up once or twice, and the violence level is on the same level as Spiderman, but the gore level may be a bit higher.

The movie had me laughing and definitely held my attention with its great action sequences and special effects.

Overall I give this movie a 8 out of 10.


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I feel they should have really gone deeper into the history between Hancock and Mary Embrey (Charlize Theron) I don't understand what "we were built in pairs" means. Also when Mary says "They find you through me" who are They and is the man with one hand from the bank robbery somehow tied to them?

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I have created this blog as a means to find out what other people think of movies that I have seen and also to discuss how movies could have been better, different etc.

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