9. Jumper Theft
It's a weird one, this. You see, the problem with Jumper isn't that we're supposed to like Hayden Christensen (although lord knows, that's hard enough by itself), it's just that as our protagonist, we're supposed to root for him, and by extension, is actions. Usually, this isn't a problem unless the narrative is concerned with a character's descent, a protagonist tends to be a hero who commits virtuous deeds. Yet Jumper's hero isn't really a nice man at all in fact, he's a bit of dick. But that's fine, right? I mean, plenty of people in this world are dicks. Well yes, that may be true, but not all people are super-powered dicks, or at least not to the level Christensen is here. Simply put, the man discovered he could teleport, and abused the absolute sh*t out of it with trespassing and thievery galore. Obviously, this has repercussions, and this particular comeuppance comes in the form of a white-haired Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson's complaints are perfectly valid, even if he does go beyond what can be called a reasonable response. But the movie makes a big show of the fact we're supposed to like Christensen, and by making all his thievery and jumping look so damn cool, we can't help but put his massive displays of stealing to one side, and actually admire them from afar. Because lets face it, if you had the ability to teleport, I'm willing to bet that at one point, the thought of stealing stuff crossed your mind. We absolve him because even though this was a terrible movie, you can at least sympathise with the bloke.