By Fred Topel | Image property of 20th Century Fox
Jumper
I commented in my review of Jumper that it was purely visual. There's not much story or character going on, so perhaps Blu Ray hi-def is its perfect exhibition vehicle.
HD Jumper
Opening the film with narration is pointless and disrespectful, especially since all he says is exactly what's happening on screen. It's okay, we can get that he's teleporting. We just saw him go from the lake to the library. Are kids today so far gone that they don't even get visual storytelling? But since we never hear a narration ever again, that's no longer an issueThe jump effect is a perfectly smooth transition. The action flows through the frame.
The film is a travelogue of crisp visuals. Bright Big Ben at night, the tropical waves, sandy Egypt with the Sphynx and Pyramids, the green tropics and the golden lit Colisseum…
You see the full depths of the cities, the crystals of snow and ice, all the debris that gets thrown around and every white follicle on Samuel L. Jackson's head.
So with visuals all it has going for it, Jumper delivers on that front. There is some grain, but only in unimportant interior scenes.
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