I recently watched the movie Jumper. The movie was terrible, but it turned out that the books are great.
Jumper and Reflex are books by Steven Gould. They tell the story of how Davy discovers his ability to teleport, and how that affects him, his loved ones and his society.
Unfortunately the movie was only loosely (very loosely) based on the books. The movie plot is thin and not very coherent, the characters are shallow and never develop, and the story… What story? We’re supposed to be distracted from the bad script by pretty scenery and special effects, but it just doesn’t work. One also gets the feeling that Jumper is a two-hour trailer for the planned sequel, Reflex.
About the only interesting character in the movie is Griffin. Steven Gould has wrote a prequel to the movie called Jumper: Griffin’s Story. Unlike the movie, it’s great as well. It has nothing in common with Jumper and Reflex, other than another kid discovering the ability to teleport, but it’s a great read nonetheless.
It’s clear that Steven Gould doesn’t think much of the movie, but he hopes that it’ll make people read the books. My advice? Read the books, skip the movie.
I’ve read a positive review on another SA blog. He thinks it’s great. I totally disagree, but if you’re on of those people who liked Matrix 2 & 3, maybe you’ll like Jumper too. Feel free to go there for another perspective.
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Hey Gustav, I thought the movie was excellent (but then again I haven’t read the books).
I wanted to ask you, where did you read the books? Or buy them? The distributors we deal with tell me that the Film Tie-In version of the book was published in 1920 (yes, that was not a typo) and that they can’t get hold of it. I was stunned, to say the least.
Hi Dave,
They’re nuts. Jumper was published in 1992, and there are several recent reprints. Here are links to the books on Loot.co.za:
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