Finally saw Jumper, which I’d been looking forward to. Disappointed — the plot is a mess, zero logic. Then again, it was always going to be a surreal movie.
The female lead is always scowling, like she’s up to her ears in debt. Does the male lead have even a shred of shame? He runs away from home because he’s useless, uses teleportation to rob banks, and even slaps on a note saying “I’ll pay it back someday” — yet never once shows the slightest intention of returning the money. No class whatsoever. With that kind of ability, in his situation, using teleportation to land a delivery job would’ve beaten robbing banks any day! Early on, after he falls into the icy river and teleports his way out, he doesn’t even bother to immediately tell the people there — people who thought he was dead and may even have been trying to rescue him. Talk about self-centered; it makes no sense at all! No sense of responsibility, no social conscience — just a clueless little kid. The female lead starts off with sharp observational skills, but then her view of him flips so abruptly, as if he’d saved her — when really he’s the one who ruined her perfectly good life!
Actually, this movie teaches us something too: superpowers must be used sensibly! Abuse them and you’ll get yourself killed.
The only thing I liked was the film’s premise: teleportation. From i.Ksharp on Douban:
This movie is just perfect for otaku~ Who wouldn’t want to leap past the constraints of distance and time, the pressure of money and work, and live that carefree, godlike life — one second you’re on top of the Sphinx’s head, sipping coffee and soaking up the sun; the next you’re surfing in the Maldives; then you’re off to the Louvre to see da Vinci; and after that, you swing by an NBA game. And if you’re broke, just drop into a bank vault for a quick stroll. Greed is good. It’s an intoxicating, impossible dream, yet it satisfies human desire enormously. If you ever got that ability, how could you not do whatever you pleased?