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Title: Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Nicholas Hoult | ... | Jack | |
| Eleanor Tomlinson | ... | Isabelle | |
| Ewan McGregor | ... | Elmont | |
| Stanley Tucci | ... | Roderick | |
| Eddie Marsan | ... | Crawe | |
| Ewen Bremner | ... | Wicke | |
| Ian McShane | ... | King Brahmwell | |
| Christopher Fairbank | ... | Uncle | |
| Simon Lowe | ... | Monk | |
| Mingus Johnston | ... | Bald | |
| Ralph Brown | ... | General Entin | |
| Joy McBrinn | ... | Old Maid | |
| Chris Brailsford | ... | Blacksmith | |
| Warwick Davis | ... | Old Hamm | |
| Craig Salisbury | ... | Panto Erik the Great | |
Sent to the market by his uncle to sell their horse and buy thatch for their roof, Jack meets the beautiful Princess Isabelle, whom he rescues from ruffians. He returns home with only a handful of beans given to him by a monk who claimed they were sacred, but that does little to impress his uncle, who tosses them away. In the night, the Princess arrives, having run off to keep herself from marrying Roderick, who is clearly only interested in becoming king. Soon, the beans take root with a giant stalk carrying away the princess and Jack's house. He soon sets off on an adventure with the king's guards to rescue the princess, only to find that a mythical land filled with giants really exists. Written by garykmcd
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Unlike many of Hollywood's reimaginings of fairy tales, this film is actually decent. One can let children watch this in the same manner our grandparents were reading the original stories. It has morals, it is pretty, actors play well and, most of all, it is not condescendingly stupid. Instead, one can actually enjoy this on almost all levels.
It was funny to see actors Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner play in a film together again (Rents and Spud), but they had no real interaction. Nicholas Hoult was OK as the hero of the story and Stanley Tucci, as usual, a great villain. The one that was rather disappointing was the princess, clearly a role that was not really thought out much more than "cute damsel in distress, ready for the rescue". Her father wasn't much either, but at least he had lines. Also, for a movie "made in USA" a great many English actors. Even the story was set in England, as we see in the end.
Bottom line: while not the best movie ever, it was certainly an entertaining blockbuster that retained a lot of the feel and plot of the original fairy tale. It also manages to have an insane body count without actually showing any blood. The US rating system is idiotic for sure. Anyway, the movie was fun. I can recommend it for an easy watch.