My Ratings: Moral rating: Good / Moviemaking quality: 4½ For a film I initially had no interest in, thanks in part to dismal marketing, it was a frolicking good time. One of the better offerings in a recent slew of “fairy tales revised,” it’s cleaner than “Red Riding Hood,” and far less violent than “Hansel and Gretel…,” but still a bit grisly in places. The script drags a little in places, but also has wonderful moments of humor (even if it can be a little juvenile at times), and the main characters are all likable. This film is living proof that there’s “no part too small” for a great actor, and, although not everyone lasts for long, they entertain, divert, and amuse us along the way. It’s nice to see some relatively unknown actors have a chance at the big screen, along the likes of better known and successful thespians.
JACK THE GIANT KILLER YEAH I FIGHT SHARKS FOR CHARITY MOVIE
Positive-What is wrong with this movie that audiences seem to be ignoring it? I don’t know, and, frankly, it’s kind of sad, considering the budget and talent involved. See list of Relevant Issues-questions-and-answers. Violence: Moderate / Profanity: Minor / Sex/Nudity: None One could do much better, and yet, when seeing the other films currently playing at the multiplexes, one could also do much worse. The film is too liberal in its use of violence for young kids, yet the script is much too dull and predictable for even the average teenager to appreciate. In conclusion, I can fail to recommend this movie either for moviemaking quality or content, simply because I have no idea who this is supposed to appease. Even the most memorable part of the movie, John Ottman’s lively musical cues, still felt like just another score attempting to recapture the magic of Howard Shore’s work on Lord of the Rings.
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And perhaps the actor who adds the most to his role, Ian McShane, is shamefully underused. Stanley Tucci twirls that mustache well as the typecast villain. Ewan McGregor, though way out of place with his spiky hair and modern sensibilities, nevertheless adds charm and fun to the lifeless adventure. The cast does the best with the little to nothing they are given. The confident sense of scope in the production design and visual effects were admirable enough to keep me interested in the action long after the story had allowed for caring. The film is sufficiently directed by the always-reliable Bryan Singer. Fortunately for the viewer, everyone else working on the project is giving it their all. Every beat is exactly as one would imagine it, the visual cues are overtly on-the-nose, and any sense of adventure is, for the most part, sucked away by the lack of originality at play. This is a very minor dig on what is a rather subtle part of the movie, but for some reason, besides how derived the mythology comes off as, the thin line established between Christianity and dark magic was a little frightening.Īs for moviemaking quality, the story is abysmally generic.
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Overall, monks, the only representative of spirituality/religion in the movie, are depicted as suspicious and perhaps, a little shallow. In the opening montage, retelling an ancient “myth,” monks are depicted as dabbling into dark magic in order to conquer the giants. Outside of strict content, there is some potentially troubling mythology at play here, which could prove frustrating. Besides the gratuitous cartoon violence and the use of “p- off” and “b-tard,” sexual and drug content is nearly nonexistent. This desensitized portrayal of “clean” violence, as if there was such a thing, could prove just as dangerous to the young viewer. Admittedly, most of these actions are only implied, sometimes seeing only a bloodless aftermath. People are eaten, mutilated, thrown around, stabbed, and beaten up consistently throughout. I simply find this movie too grotesque to be seen by children. Yet, in an attempt to attain that wide Lord of the Rings-ish fan base, the film also markets itself as a movie for young and old.
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Overall, this movie is an extremely mild (at least by today’s standards) PG-13. The duration of the film plays out as a fast-paced race to save the princess, stop the giants, save the city, etc., etc. Along the way, Jack makes friends with the princess of the city, Isabelle, and some of the King’s top men. The story follows the young commoner Jack, who happens upon those magical beans that have the ability to create a giant beanstalk connecting Earth to the realm of the giants.
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“Fee-fi-fo-fum.” This iconic line from the classic tale of Jack and the Giant Beanstalk opens this strange piece of derivative fantasy. David Frost … Kings Minister and Upper Class Gentleman