Very disappointing...

the audience applauded

Nice effects though.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

CGI is an admirable for the elder generations. old fairy tales, animation, fantastic films are face in to the chance of the new life. colorful, dynamic, realistic, fascinating and , maybe, amazing. Jack the Giant Slayer is a good example and the art to recreate, in charming manner, the well known story is the great virtue of this, maybe, too generous film in the use of technology. sure, a beautiful film and the presence and work of Nicholas Hould is one of its best parts. the atmosphere, the memories about giants and about the special bean seed , the new details who are perfect tools for recreate a good show, seductive, mysterious and essential for so many generations are virtues of a film for entire family and perfect for keep the imagination of new children at a real high level.

So i gave it a try today and here i am presenting with my very first review. :D After watching the movie, I felt like perhaps i expected a bit more b'Cox of the trailer and the fact that the film could have depicted more of an adventurous theme rather than flowing along the cliché.The special effects were too obvious to pick at, the slow moving and dead story-line fails to engage the audience throughout the movie, no surprise element is there to indulge the par imaginations with the "giant world" {I wonder why they did not showed the world above and its inhabitants the different way, something that will flabbergast the viewers when they meet the giant world}.. Though i must admit that the movie had had some good parts, reason why I'm marking it 5 out of 10.My advice = Go and watch if you're full of boredom and have no choice but this movie, otherwise save your time.

This movie is somewhat expected. They didn't quite NAIL it but they were close.Nicholas Hoult played the character of Jack reasonably well whilst still letting the "Nicholas Hoult-ness" show through. The subdued yet surprised looks and scarce bursts of energy.The CG in this movie is fairly decent. Definitely pulls you into the world of not only the Human part of the world but also the world of the Giants.There is one key feature from the original story that is left out, I'll leave that to you to find out what it is.All in all, strong characters, decent story, great actors and a very fun and enjoyable movie to watch. Pop it on; tune out to the world and get sucked in.They falter with a few missed opportunities but still stay somewhat true to the story. FE FI FO FUM!

Hollywood has made some strange decisions over the years, and one of them has to be spending almost 200 million dollars on a movie based on the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk". Actually, I guess it could have worked - fairy tales have been made into good movies before. But this cinematic telling doesn't really work. It does have some good things about it - the production design and special effects are well done, there are no slow spots, and occasionally some excitement is generated. But throughout the movie, it feels weighed down considerably by a feeling of gloom. The movie is pretty joyless - it feels dirty, cynical, and without a sense of fun. Also, the level of violence in the movie seems a bit much for what should have been a more family friendly film. It doesn't help that Nicholas Hoult, playing the central figure of Jack, it pretty underwhelming in the lead. (Though in fairness, the script doesn't give him much to make him a charismatic and multidimensional character - or any of the other actors for that matter.) As I mentioned earlier, the movie is not without merit, but you would be better off watching the 1962 movie "Jack the Giant Killer" instead.