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I haven’t been impressed by the
television spots for Jack the Giant Slayer. There’s no chance this movie
is good, right? Jack the Giant Slayer
is much better than the promotional effort would you lead you to
believe. At least, most of the movie is, I should say.
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What’s the worst part of Jack the Giant
Slayer? The first 25 minutes.
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What’s wrong with the first
25 minutes? Jack the Giant
Slayer attempts to tell a more mature version of the Jack and the
Beanstalk story. To achieve this,
it front-loads the film with a lot of
25 QUESTIONS
HUFFINGTON
03.10.13
ACK THE GIANT SLAYER is an
updated telling of the Jack and the
Beanstalk story starring Nicholas
Hoult (X-Men: First Class) and
Ewan McGregor (Attack of the
Clones). As a service, we answer
every question you could possibly
have about Jack the Giant Slayer.
— Mike Ryan
exposition to explain a giant stem
will eventually sprout from a bean
plant and extend all the way into
Earth’s stratosphere.
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Is at least part of this exposition
done using animation that would
look suspect on a Sega Genesis? Yes.
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Do we meet some interesting
characters during the first 25
minutes? Boy, is the beginning of
this movie muddled with characters; it’s kind of hard to tell who
is interesting and who isn’t — at
least at first.
At what point will I know that I’ve
made it past the muddle? Once the
beanstalk goes up, the story tightens and becomes something that
could be described as enjoyable.