Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer

Never liked the Jack and the Beanstalk tale that much, it is okay, but not my favorite. Children’s Abbott and Costello was good, but it wasn’t one of those stories that I kept dreaming of seeing as a massive screen production. I wasn’t too keen to watch it in 2013, even a film directed by Bryan singer who knows how to make a blockbuster entertainment kind of film. Well, if I have to put it in words now that I really don’t expect him to make a film for ages.

Even my dad went ahead and watched it and in return told me how I need to watch it as well; I still didn’t budge, which made him buy me a real disc. So well since we are in a pandemic still (though the politicians will tell you otherwise), and I managed to get in some time over the long weekend to catch up on some of the movies in my collection that I had not watched, and which included Jack the Giant Slayer.

For starters, the good first: Jack the Giant Slayer is an amusing film. There’s a lot happening all at once, including two giant battles and the views of sail less civilizations with the siege of a diamond encrusted castle. Jack played by Nicholas Hoult is quite sympathetic whereas Eleanor Tomlinson manages to keep even the most unflattering brutal princesses calm and shy. Ewan MacGregor emerges from the shadows and gives a solid performance as the head of the guards who is a likely arrogant fellow but turns out to be a pleasant bloke. Stanley Tucci is amazing and in his prime playing the villain.

The movie also has some wonky cinematography; I don’t quite know where they shot the movie, but it surely does look good. The earthly world where Jack and his friends are quite dense with a lot of green, the castle set is quite cool, and the giants’ world is simply stunning it is as though this is a complete different world where mythological people are supposed to be created but does not appear to be very much out of the world.

That said, the plot in this film is as simple as they come. There are no twists and turns and the story unfolds just as you expect it to this is a children’s movie after all, and it shows, though quite a bit of adult orientation is present. For instance, giants consume people, but whenever they do so, there is a pathetic cut and you see the other characters’ reaction to the horrible outcome lets keep it PG! It’s frustrating because if you are not going to encounter it, then there is no point to begin with this lazy rubbish has always pissed me off.

To me, the CGI which was used to depict the giants was not that amazing either. I was in between views, and it’s because of the fact that they are fantasy creatures who would never walk the earth, so it is understandable if they don’t appear realistic, however sometimes they did look a bit overly animated. I think in the end, it was fine, and it is a trap inherent in narrating such a story. There was no originality in the score and it was rather dull if I’m to listen to it now, I probably wouldn’t even know its the score for jack the giant slayer’s movie.

So in conclusion this was an amusing family oriented film that does decent work of adapting the fairytale for modern audiences. Those searching for a darker interpretation of the story retelling should seek it elsewhere; nevertheless, no matter what you are expecting it is quite entertaining, and is worth the watch.

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