Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Pretty Good

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The film has two halves. The first half builds character as it effectively draws parallels between Jack (Nicholas Hoult) and the Princess (Eleanor Tomlinson). It becomes a classic rescue tale. The second half is more akin to a fight scene from LOTR.The giants are based on the legend of the Titans. Our characters are very stock and the dialogue was dry. The princess who is supposed to be some independent fighter speaks poetically and is lifeless...Kristen Stewart could have done better. The giants reminded me of Orcs and at times they were rather disgusting.I wonder who this film was for? For adults the plot is rather simple. I can't imagine the background of Giants who eat people and drop the F-bomb (two headed giant near the end) as being suitable for children. PG-13 indicates that is the appeal factor: Tweens and young teens who would indeed rate it 5 stars.This production is riding the coattails of the successful fairy tale productions that preceded it. It doesn't have a good script. It lacks crisp dialogue. It doesn't have the star appeal. It is for the younger generation who only care about the CG effects for which I will give it 3 stars.Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

PREPARE FOR A GIANT ADVENTURE Bryan Singer a director who I quite like for his work on the first two X-Men movies and even Superman returns direct an action based on an old fable film (which was kind of like a trend with Snow White & The Huntsmen). With one of the co-writers being Christopher McQuarrie who has written a lot of Tom Cruise films I like. They together give us Jack the Giant Joy-ride. The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself. I wasn't expecting much with this I just watched Snow White & The Hunstman recently and that was just not very memorable aside from the action. This film didn't have a lot of action in it so it had to rely on everything else to ignite my excitement. I was pleasantly surprised I didn't hate this, there are two big problems I had with the movie. My negatives with this film are obvious, the most obvious one being the CG it looks good in some moments but then when it looks bad it looks really bad. The film had some terrible effects at moments. The opening where Jack's father and Isabelle's mother tell them the legend of the beanstalk the story is shown in the form of some terrible animation effects I mean I see better animation on Nickelodeon it's that bad. The ending got me angry it set up a perfect ending but then they ruin it by cutting to modern day. Everything else I quite enjoyed especially the actors. Nicholas Hoult as Jack was an awesome casting choice, he was the best part of the movie. Ewan McGregor was good as Elemont and Eleanor Tomlinson I thought was great as Isabelle. The direction by Bryan Singer is very good he seems to have crafted the goal for a movie like this a fun adventure and that's what this movie needed to be and he succeeded. Jack the Giant Slayer is by no means a perfect movie but I do believe it's a great one, it's the best of these recent fable-action movies that I've seen and I'm a big fan of myths& legends, it has great acting, some great action and is a fun romp from beginning to end I'm giving Jack The Giant Slayer an eight out of ten.

CGI is an admirable for the elder generations. old fairy tales, animation, fantastic films are face in to the chance of the new life. colorful, dynamic, realistic, fascinating and , maybe, amazing. Jack the Giant Slayer is a good example and the art to recreate, in charming manner, the well known story is the great virtue of this, maybe, too generous film in the use of technology. sure, a beautiful film and the presence and work of Nicholas Hould is one of its best parts. the atmosphere, the memories about giants and about the special bean seed , the new details who are perfect tools for recreate a good show, seductive, mysterious and essential for so many generations are virtues of a film for entire family and perfect for keep the imagination of new children at a real high level.

A modern reinvention of the famous fairytale, the 2013 version of Jack and the Beanstalk is what you'd expect: a young peasant boy gets wrapped into an adventure with knights who must rescue a princess snatched by the suddenly growing stalk, and then abducted by giants.Ultimately just sort of'there', Bryan Singer's fantasy adventure just feels like an exercise in studio 'box ticking' without much gusto or spark. This is thanks to a lot of unfinished CGI effects (a cinematic detailing the origin of the human/giant conflict trying to go for a 'woodcut' aesthetic but instead looking more like those glossy PS1 cutscenes with stretched textures and 'shine') and extreme'been there, done that' writing that won't do much for older viewers (and it doesn't have its tongue in cheek often enough to compensate). It gives us the most basic 'underdog saves princess and stops ancient evil from destroying land' plot in a while and again, not in a charming 'throwback' or self aware way like say Indiana Jones or Pirates of the Caribbean pulled off. However, its charismatic and talented cast do try, with Stanley Tucci being enjoyably hammy and slimy as a Jafar-esque adviser while veteran Ian McShane is imposing as the old King. Singer regular and Composer John Ottman provides a suitably bold and bombastic orchestral score ala classic John Williams that adds a greater sense of wonder and awe than the film itself allows at times. Plus the action, in spite of the passable effects, still has some neat moments of invention, like the giants using windmills as throwing blades, sending entire battalions of knights flying, and the giants themselves are suitably grotesque. However though, this does lead to the obvious jokes (seriously, take a guess as to what kind of broad, pandering comedy a bunch of filthy monsters are going to have in a family-aimed film).In the end, 'Slayer' is just safe, a film that ticks boxes and gets from A to B. It's perfectly passable family entertainment, and the kids will probably get into the giants and action, but unless you need a quick fantasy fix, go elsewhere.