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Bad Hat Harry Productions
Legendary Pictures
New Line Cinema
Original Film
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Prepare for a giant adventure
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.
r96sk
Sep 11, 2024 · via TMDB
<em>'Jack the Giant Slayer'</em> is a perfectly watchable movie. Nothing special, but it does enough. That's in my opinion, of course. A quick glance at Letterboxd shows a big split in its reception, but the majority - at least in terms of rating - are in agreement with me. The movie does start off a bit slowly, though once it got going I was enjoying it to be honest. It's nowt award-worthy, though it works as a passable fantasy adventure flick. I dug everyone on the cast, which features many people I like or have at least seen in other productions. Nicholas Hoult and Eleanor Tomlinson (the only one I didn't previously know of) give competent performances and suit each other well enough. while Ewan McGregor and Ian McShane are good value, among others. Ewen Bremner's Wicke is the only iffy character, though Bremner himself narrowly makes it work. I caught a glimpse of the special effects prior to watching, think it was on one of the movie websites when I was checking if it has sequels etc., and wasn't all that excited about what I saw. However, in the actual film the effects are all satisfactory to be honest. The look of the giants is decent.
Wuchak
Nov 29, 2018 · via TMDB
***Medieval fairy tale with a noble hero, a beautiful princess and hordes of barbaric giants*** Released in 2013 and directed by Bryan Singer, “Jack the Giant Slayer” has plot similarities to 1962’s “Jack the Giant Killer” with Nicholas Hoult playing the wholesome farm boy, Eleanor Tomlinson the winsome princess and Ian McShane the king. The rural protagonist slays a couple giants and rescues the royal maiden, but that’s where the similarities between the two movies end. This one lacks an evil wizard and his dark castle, which are substituted by the brutal giants and the colossal beanstalk that leads up to their awesome realm above the clouds. Despite the almost $200 million spent mostly on the CGI giants & their world, “Jack the Giant Slayer” just isn’t as compelling as “Jack the Giant Killer,” which had super-cheesy effects, albeit charming. Yes, the giants & their realm look superb, as far as cartoonish CGI goes, but more time & money needed spent on the characters and their story to hook the viewer. In other words, despite all the action/adventure and millions blown on CGI, the story’s generally meh. Nonetheless, the flick’s good enough if you favor CGI-laden films like “King Kong” (2005) and “Avatar” (2009). Hoult and Tomlinson are more-than-worthy as the protagonists with Hoult being reminiscent of Richard Thomas. I just wish the script fleshed them out more and made us care about them and their considerable challenges. The film runs 1 hour, 54 minutes and was shot in England (Surrey, Norfolk & Somerset). ADDITIONAL CAST: Ewan McGregor plays a knight, Stanley Tucci a royal bastage and Eddie Marsan his inane crony. GRADE: C+/B-
Dark Jedi
Jan 12, 2018 · via TMDB
Me and the kids watched this movie yesterday evening. We all liked it quite a lot. This is a very enjoyable family movie. It is, not surprisingly, a new twist on the old Jack and the Beanstalk story. The basic elements are there, Jack, beans, beanstalks and, of course, giants. A few new elements are thrown in like a Crown to control the giants, a treacherous bastard responsible for the entire mess and a few other things. The giants are very well done. The CGI is good to very good most of the time. As can be expected, it is the giants that make up this movie. I would say that they are slightly scary (for kids) and rather funny at the same time. Unfortunately the same cannot be said about the human actors. The acting is generally not so good and sometimes downright abysmal. It is rather surprising for such a relatively big production to have such poor TV-show quality acting. The bottom line is that it is a very enjoyable family movie. If you watch it as an adult I guess you must have a liking for special effects and CGI, which I do, in order to enjoy it.
Andres Gomez
Feb 13, 2014 · via TMDB
Boring and with low quality animations.
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Nicholas Hoult
Jack
Eleanor Tomlinson
Princess Isabelle
Ewan McGregor
Elmont
Stanley Tucci
Roderick
Ian McShane
King Brahmwell
Bill Nighy
General Fallon
Eddie Marsan
Crawe
Ewen Bremner
Wicke
Warwick Davis
Old Hamm
Ralph Brown
General Entin
Andrew Brooke
Fye
Ben Daniels
Fumm
Daniel Lapaine
Jack's Dad
Angus Barnett
Foe
Alex Macqueen
Tour Guide
Tandi Wright
The Queen
Lee Boardman
Badger
Christopher Fairbank
Uncle
Cornell John
Fee
Simon Lowe
Monk
Mingus Johnston
Bald
Joy McBrinn
Old Maid
Chris Brailsford
Blacksmith
Richard Dixon
King's Artiste
John Kassir
General Fallon's Small Head
Lee Whitlock
Small Drunk
Philip Philmar
Cook Giant
Don McCorkindale
Tongue Giant
Tayler Marshall
1st Child
Amber Vertannes
2nd Child
Hattie Gotobed
Little Girl
Joe E Salazar
Roddy
Steven Williams
Master of Secrets
Phill Martin
Panto Giant 2
Steve Haze
Panto Musician
Tim Foley
Jack's Father
Michael Self
Young Jack
Byron Coll
Soldier
Aaron Jackson
Soldier
Caroline Hayes
Jack's Mum (uncredited)
Santi Scinelli
Soothsayer (uncredited)
Joseph Dewey
The King's Paige (uncredited)
John Scott
Foot Soldier (Uncredited)
Harrison Davis
Pantomime Performer (uncredited)
Newton Thomas Sigel
Director of Photography
Joanna Johnston
Costume Design
David Crossman
Costume Supervisor
Holly Waddington
Key Costumer
Flora Moody
Makeup & Hair
Hanzhi Tang
CG Supervisor
Paul Lambert
Digital Effects Supervisor
Rowley Irlam
Stunt Coordinator
Annabel Wood
Stunt Double
Ben Wright
Stunt Double
David R. Grant
Stunt Double
Sarah Lochlan
Stunt Double
Chris Jai Alex
Stunts
Leonard Woodcock
Stunts
Levan Doran
Stunts
Mark Archer
Stunts
Pete Ford
Stunts
Ryan Stuart
Stunts
Sian Milne
Stunts
Tolga Kenan
Stunts
Tom Aitken
Stunts
Bryan Singer
Director
Jamie Christopher
First Assistant Director
Matthew Sharp
Second Assistant Director
Joel Dougherty
Dialogue Editor
Bob Ducsay
Editor
John Ottman
Editor
Nina Gold
Casting
Roger Mussenden
Casting
John Rickard
Executive Producer
Jon Jashni
Executive Producer
Richard Brener
Executive Producer
Thomas Tull
Executive Producer
Toby Emmerich
Executive Producer
Bryan Singer
Producer
David Dobkin
Producer
Neal H. Moritz
Producer
Gary A. Hecker
Foley
John Ottman
Original Music Composer
Richard L. Anderson
Sound Effects Editor
Ric Schnupp
Sound Recordist
Mark Mangini
Supervising Sound Editor
Jan Philip Cramer
Animation Director
Ferran Domenech
Animation Supervisor
Vincent Papaix
Digital Compositor
Dominic Tuohy
Special Effects Supervisor
Adam C. Sager
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Christopher McQuarrie
Screenplay
Darren Lemke
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Darren Lemke
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David Dobkin
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