We caught Jumper on Saturday in Mid Valley. It's always nice to catch the first movie of the day, when the queue is virtually non-existent and the shopping mall is just beginning to show signs of life.
Anyway, Jumper is about this guy who can teleport- what a cool ability to have, eh? The role is played by Hayden Christensen; but I don't really think his acting ability has improved much from his Anakin Skywalker days. *chuckle* Still, it was great to see him 'jumping' from one place to another- morning in New York, afternoon in Fiji, evening in Egypt. What a life! No need for long-haul flights at all. Or walking, for that matter.
After the movie, hubby and I were discussing how this power could be used to lead a legitimate life (as opposed to robbing a bank and living off the money :p) and still make the most of this incredible ability to go anywhere in the world in a hearbeat. Sigh- it's every traveller's dream come true... Anyway, one thing we thought he could do was to set up a delivery service; that would certainly give DHL a run for their money! Hahahaha :D
The other movie we watched was Vantage Point. This is the story of eight strangers with eight different points of view, each trying to piece together the truth behind an assassination attempt on the President of the United States.
Don't worry, I won't give too much away here. All I can say is that the movie may progress at a slower pace than you're used to, but then again- it IS called Vantage Point after all. It was still action-packed all the way though, and there were quite a few surprises as the pieces of the puzzle fell into place.
We really enjoyed Vantage Point, and our overall verdict is that we liked it better than Jumper. And oh, it features a star-studded cast as well; Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker and Sigourney Weaver :)
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