Directed by:
Bryan SingerCinematography:
Newton Thomas SigelComposer:
John OttmanCast:
Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Eddie Marsan, Ewen Bremner, Bill Nighy, John Kassir, Ralph Brown, Mingus Johnston (more)VOD (2)
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An ancient war 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 (Nicholas Hoult), into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom and 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. (official distributor synopsis)
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Average. Everything is so incredibly average, including the special effects, sometimes making you feel like you've ended up in a Pixar movie from ten years ago when their tricks didn't work. However, I have to give it less than average because the audience deserves something better, especially when the film is being advertised as expensive. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/07/jack-obri-2013-50.html
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It’s not good when in the afternoon you go to the cinema for a similar digital fairytale Maleficent and in the evening, you watch a year older but digitally not any worse movie Jack the Giant Slayer. However, it is apparent that Jack is a little sloppy. Not digitally, it probably isn’t even possible, but rather in the story itself. The most distinct one is Ewan McGregor, who is a supporting character and that is suspicious. While the two hours watching it were nicely spent, unlike Maleficent, I probably won’t watch this fairytale again.
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Wannabe Stardust. A wacky fantasy fairytale with no lightness or humor, not to speak of the chemistry between the central duo. And although it’s pretty hard for the above reasons, in the end it’s more or less watchable. The crowning stupidity of this is, however, that although the movie ends after running for an hour and a half, instead of the final credits a forcibly grafted on half-hour of fight mayhem takes off and it’s... massively unbearable (and I found Jack similarly unbearable too).
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Jack The Giant Slayer is an absolutely (but absolutely) archetypal fantasy film that replicates overseas productions of recent years in almost every way. A cast of mostly well-known and lesser-known actors, a slightly predictable script (although that little trip to the present day made me happy), and a ton of visual effects that, unfortunately for all of us, look really sloppy and totally inauthentic in places, which is quite striking with a budget of just under 200 million dollars. Of the acting ensemble, I was most impressed by Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner. It wasn't that bad a film, except maybe I was expecting something more, something new, but so be it. In short, a film that stands out for how immediately mediocre it is
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A fantastic fairy tale - fantastic in terms of genre and in processing. Bryan Singer clearly played with the giants and filmed them in such a way as to make the younger part of the audience tense and the older ones entertained. It succeeded in both thanks to likable actors (Stanley Tucci is wonderfully devious, Nicholas Hoult can be suffered), a balanced screenplay that thankfully knows what perspective is (it's not as blatantly dark as, say, Snow White and the Huntsman), a reasonable runtime and, last but not least, amazing special effects. The epilogue must convince everyone that Jack the Giant Slayer was created mainly to entertain us and its creators.
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