Jumper Leapfrogs to First Place

McCookgazzette.com
“The acting is so terrible that its hard to imagine why Hayden Christensen ever got a job. He was quite boring in the Star Wars prequels and expands upon his ability to be boring in Jumper. Along with Christensen’s bland performance, you have Rachel Bilson who has done some interesting work before, but ends up standing around and being utterly useless in this film. The intriguing part is that the movie starts out with two younger actors playing the roles Christensen and Bilson take over for the rest of the movie. The younger actors do an AMAZING job and much of the likability of the characters when they are older come from the initial impressions of them as children.”

NYUnews.com
“Christensen never really could act, and Bilson seems stuck failing to portray a more mature version of her character on “The O.C.”
Devoid of any reason or plot development, “Jumper” attempts to thrive on its moderately impressive special effects and the good looks of its central characters. Unfortunately, this poor excuse for a film has nowhere to jump.”

Cinematical.com
“Lead “jumper” Hayden Christensen, apparently in no real hurry to convince his detractors that he’s actually a good actor, delivers an action-flick leading man who’s about as engaging and appealing as a car wash attendant. Love interest Rachel Bilson certainly knows how to scrunch her face into very cute expressions, but she delivers lines like they’re printed just off-camera on giant neon cue cards. Watching Raych and Hayden throw puppy-eyes at each other is kinda sweet and all … for about 1.3 seconds.”

Moviepresslive.com
” I am glad to report that the chemistry between the two of them was non-existent, what with one being a wooden actor and the other having the character depth as deep as a wooden stool.
So the director has set-up a premise for a sequel, here are a few suggestions for the next one : FORGET ABOUT IT. Unless if you could make it not BORING, a better ending, better cast (get rid of Anakin and Rachel Bilson PLEASE - like what they did with Batman’s sequel and Katie Holmes) and an interesting storyline - then go for it. Otherwise, skip it.”

Newschannel4.com
“While the concept looks cool initially, it wears thin when you realize “Jumper” has no real plot.Christensen isn’t a ball of fire, either, and Rachel Bilson, as his girlfriend, hasn’t left “The O.C.”
If it had somewhere to go, this film might make a good television series. Unfortunately, it’s just a one-way ticket to boredom.”

I have not changed my mind!! I’m just a bit confused is all. Hayden clearly said he does not plan on working with Rachel Bilson no longer in films but once again spotted traveling together! I will support Hayden no matter what.

I’m thinking out loud. I don’t think that hardly makes me a fake but it stands to reason with the Jay Leno show and stuff this week. To me Hayden looks tired but more mad as hell. I actually hope he loses his cool and tells Rach to “GO F*CK HERSELF!!” :D

@ raven

i agree i hope he tells her off!
i wonder who she was buying liq. for?? havnt they drank enough over the past few weeks? everytime we have seen pictures of the Jumper cast they have wine in their hands

@ T.F.
yeah he used to NEVER be in tabloids but maybe once every 3 or 4 months about a movie or something but never like this

@ Raven

ummm????

I feel bad for trashing her. I meen shes a very sweet girl ya know!

No i don’t know, cause I think she’s a two faced *****. :)

@ PH

wait what? I think they are in LA. where does this person think they’re going exacly?

@ 37 purplehearts

I read the same thing on gossipgirls and they didnt call him her boyfriend. whenever i read sh** like that it gets on my nerves they always call them a couple when JARED STOPPED calling them a couple cause he know the truth because obviously they arent a coule!

heraldnet.com
“This mess was directed by Doug Liman, who distinguished himself with the first “Bourne” movie and the small-scaled “Go.” Absolutely nothing works here, from the clunky dialogue to the weirdly timed love scenes (Liman lavishes heavy-breathing close-ups on former “O.C.” star Bilson, to the point where you might get embarrassed for her).”

thisisderbyshire.co.uk
“Christensen demonstrates again why his post Star Wars career as a leading man is likely to be brief; Bilson probably should have jumped into a cosmetics commercial and Jackson just should have known better.”

fresnobee.com
“Rachel Bilson plays Millie, David’s childhood sweetheart. David returns home after eight years of grand theft. This rekindles the “spark” the pair once had. Don’t look for the spark. You never will see it. It is just one of 100 things in this movie that has to be accepted without question.”

ign.com
“Rachel Bilson looks good but fails to engage as the love interest whose only job seems to be to slow proceedings down.
But greatest scorn must be heaped on Hayden Christensen. Unable to emote on seemingly any level, the artist formerly known as Anakin is so wooden he plays David like a twentysomething Pinocchio. A black hole at the heart of the film, his lack of charisma makes it hard to root for our hero in the early scenes and hard to care about him in the latter. A lazy, dull, flat performance, it’s symptomatic of a film that looks good on the surface, but lacks any kind of substance beneath. The result is very much a missed opportunity — a deeply average, instantly forgettable action flick from a director who really should know better.”

Exclaim.ca
“The script is so perfunctory that the cast practically have to read the scene headings just to have something to do, not that the dull-as-particle-board Christensen and the confused/frightened/bewildered Rachel Bilson are up to the challenge of interpretation. (Those steps you hear are the sound of Jackson taking the money and running.)
It’s a slap in the face to the audience that they thought we’d buy this: there’s nothing good to say other than Jamie Bell barely leaves with his dignity intact, and that’s quite the achievement for a film whose concept had all of my friends salivating from the get-go. ”

inthenews.co.uk
“Hayden Christensen (ie Anakin Skywalker) demonstrates well why he is best suited to the type of high-paced action movies where the dependency on actual acting can be kept to the bare minimum.
By staying in the character of Summer from the OC, Rachel Bilson goes mostly unnoticed, while Samuel L Jackson proves once move how little thought he puts into his roles anymore and acts up the cliched performance that we’re accustomed to.”

@ 45

tuesday heading back out? hayden is on Leno tuesday and rachel on the late late show the 22nd

NO! PH

she is not a snob! sounds like someone is jealous and need to shet the f**k up!

@ raven

OMG! THANK GOODNESS! I thought we lost you :(
its probably her PR or her fans

if they ARE together i will gladly admit im wrong but i will still hate her and this whole time if they are together hayden has just acted VERY VERY WEIRD about it…its not like him at all