Jmac: Jack the Giant Slayer is pretty much the straightforward Jack and the Beanstalk story with a bit more violence, backstabbing, and love interests than previous versions.
Same old same old.... in fact Kmac fell asleep watching what is billed as a children’s movie, which I normally fall asleep for, or at the very least start browsing Reddit.
Jack gets beans, Jack messes up and beans suddenly sprout (wish my garden acted this way), Jack likes girl, Jack, through a series of happenstances not affected by himself at all, wins girls heart and somehow kills some giants, Jack is king..... I call BS. They use the word “Albion” which is one of the oldest ways to refer to Great Britain, and if a commoner were to do anything to get the crown, the royals would stomp them into the ground.... that being said I like how they tied in the old English kingdom and folk lore of Jack and the Beanstalk into the modern age. It makes the lore continue on for kids, but I don't have any idea how that sky island full of giants wasn't picked up on radar... maybe it moves.
It begins quite slowly, and in typical fashion, but later picks up with more action, so maybe this one is more for your male children, than you girls. The princess is pretty helpless and whines a lot, so maybe not the best role model for girls.
Personally I enjoyed the Disney's Mickey and the Beanstalk version much better, at least the peasants were portrayed historically in that one..
I give it 2.8 cute princesses you would never get in any other life out of 5.
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