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Monday, February 18, 2008

Gary sees Jumper (#1 b/c everyone wants to fly)

High hung lights dim the theater into darkness and silences a light chatter. With the exception of some laughter in the back the place is dead. Alone, Gary immediately becomes suspicious of the laughter. He glares back at it in defense, but relents when the attractions start. 

Gary Larson adjusts his glasses and gets comfortable in his seat. He slurps his soda, and emits a little gas. 

He came to this movie hoping to see a plot with many colors and places, maybe some character development, a tragedy perhaps. It didn't matter. As long as the theme of a young jet-setting bank robber, living a life free of consequence was constant, then this was a winner for Gary. Great location shots glaze over his glasses throughout the movie. He munches on some popcorn, spills his M&Ms and misses four minutes of the movie in the bathroom. Gary notices few cliche one-liners. He admires a lack of corniness, and is also very appreciative for the disregard of explanation. A memorable scene for Gary is when the teleporting protagonist decides on not saving flood victims to galavant with a blonde in London.  

The plot thickens when white hair, razor-sharp Samuel L. Jackson appears as an authoritarian, tracking and killing these Jumpers because: "They're All The Same!" (Oh yea, there's more than one alpha male scrub jumping about the globe, and somehow Samuel L's eyebrows manages to miss the chrome spray paint they use on his head).  And while our intriguing lead character is "Maybe Not Like The Rest" a secret war is waged between what is good and what is just.

With low expectations, Gary likes the film. He is shocked when the movie ends in the favor of the main character; our beloved bank robber, (he gets the girl).

So was it worth 10 bucks? Depends on how broke you are, but Gary has to relinquish from opposition and say yes. Better than throwing it in the gutter.

1 comment:

miles ross said...

i think i saw gary in the thearter that night. he was black and white.