Movie Review: Jumper
Hadn’t gotten out to the flicks in a couple of months. The last movie I’d seen on the big screen was Atonement and that was before Christmas.
So, understandably I was looking forward to this… after all, 2008 promises to be an awesome year in film, what with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Dark Knight and Iron Man all coming out in the next few months.
And, as you can see from my choices in upcoming films, I’m a BIG fan of scifi and fantasy. My DVD collection has the obligatory copies of The Matrix, Blade Runner and the last four films in the Star Wars franchise (or the first three and the last one, depending on how you look at it… Episodes 3 to 6). And of course, the movies made of the comic books I read as a kid find a special place… even when they don’t entirely live up to expectations.
Which is why Jumper didn’t do too badly, for me… Read the rest of this entry »