Reviews and Reworks

It's all Jake today starting off with an OMG exclusive.



Destiny had the opportunity to attend a special screen of Source Code followed by a Q&A with director Duncan Jones at the Lincoln Film Center last night. Here's her review and highlights of the evening. (Thanks Destiny for sharing it with OMG)

"I really liked Source Code. What really surprised me is how much fun it is, and how funny it was. Duncan Jones said that they deliberately injected humor into the movie, which aside from the ending, is apparently the only things they really changed about the script. However me, my girlfriend, and another friend who went with us were the only ones laughing in the audience. I don't know if that is because people didn't find it laugh out loud funny, or because they thought it wasn't the kind of thing you should laugh at. I laugh at a lot of things people find too dark to laugh at.

I thought Jake was really good, and right for the role. My girlfriend thinks he was not quite right for the role, she thinks he has a goofy quality that makes him not quite credible as a member of the Air Force. I also really liked Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmigna. Jeffrey Wright really didn't have all that much to do.

I feel like it is impossible to talk about the plot without giving things away, so I'm not going to say anything about that, other than to say I didn't find any of the twists and turns surprising.

We all thought the plot was internally incoherent in places, but it was so much fun we didn't mind--not even my girlfriend, who usually hates movies of this sort. Our friend didn't like the last third of the movie because he found it got too bogged down in HW movie conventions. I do think the ending lacked the punch it could have had, so while I think it was a fun movie, I wouldn't say it is a great movie or one that is particularly memorable. It's a good popcorn movie.

Duncan Jones didn't answer questions for that long--maybe 15 or 20 minutes. While it was fun to see him talk about it, I don't think there is anything that probably hasn't been already said in interviews, although again I was struck by how much I think he genuinely liked Jake and liked working with him.

The screening was sold out (theater holds about 300) and when I got there 30 minutes before it started there was already quite a line. Most people stayed for the Q&A. I didn't hear anybody else talking about the movie so I can't gauge how the rest of the audience felt about it, although from the applause for the mention of Jone's last film Moon, I got the sense that a lot of the people were there because of the director."


While Duncan is on the East Coast Jake is doing his part on the West Coast. Jake will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight and for those of you who don't want to wait for the highlights or for it to come on in your area, it will be streaming live starting at 12:35 EST.

Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Jake should bring an Source Code action figure (every 8 minutes kids will want a new one) with him to go with the Kimmel Lego from his last visit.

Project Update:

No Mooning for Jake

Jake has moved on from Doug Liman's Moon Project which he has been attached to since Oct 2007. THR is reporting that production is back on track and Linman is now looking for two or three leads including a replacement for Jake with a short list that includes Andrew Garfield, Emile Hirsch and Chris Pine. (Two of which are also on the shortlist for Akira the movie Austin tweeted about, sorry Austin, too tall again).

With Moon off the table there are only two lingering projects on Jake's plate, Damn Yankees and the Namath biopic.