SUNSHINE

I read decent reviews of this film, so I gave it a shot. Let's just say it's for more of the true sci-fi fan. It starts off as a normal save the earth's sun mission and towards the end it makes a full turn into sci-fi crazy stuff. That's where I lost my interest. I'm not really into the crazy artsy crap. It's not that way the whole time and just at the end, but it was enough for me to not really like this film. Slow and well done, but the pay off was too wierd and un rewarding. I might have to give this one anohter shot, but I don't know if I can. Not very entertaining for me. If you like some different styles of movies, then you might enjoy this one. Not terrible, just not my cup of tea.

3:10 TO YUMA

I don't normally like westerns, but I had to watch this one with such great actors in it. They do not dissappoint. It's a very well acted and action filled western. Russell Crowe's performance was great. He plays the villian, but a good villian. It's that type of movie. It's not the everyday good vs. evil shootout film. Both leads have great depth to their characters.

What starts as a normal transport of a captured outlaw to the city of Contention to catch the 3:10 train to the Yuma prison is much more than that. I highly recommend this film if you like westerns or if you are Christian Bale and Russel Crowe fan. I only watched for those reasons and I'm glad I did.

JUMPER

Could've been worse, but also could've been great. It's a fast paced action/sci-fi movie about a boy who was born with the ability to transport anywhere? That's the problem. Not enough story or information to fully get into the film. You just gotta go with the little info they do give you about his ability. No real story to tell. Just a cliche story about saving the girl once he's popped up on the grid.

There are some cool effects, but the transporting coolness wears off after a while. The action was satisfactory, but they could've made a really spectacular action film with this premise, but they chose to make the quick and easy version. They just barely got into what I think the real story is and then the movie ends. The film is based on a novel and I think the book would be great, because it would have the character development and the backstory that the film lacked. "Jumper" would've benefited from another 30 to 40 minutes of running time. Maybe they'll save that stuff for the sequel if this one makes enough money.

It's worth seeing for an hour and a half. It has some entertainment value, but that's about all. It's cool, just not really good.