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Sep 07, 2014ManMachine rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
For starters - I found it a really, really "queer" thing (indeed) that in Gantua, the land of giants, there were no females, at all. I guess that maybe, just like the magical beanstalk, these giants also grew out of beans, too, so there was no need for any women to be present as breeding vessels. From my point of view, I found that this over-long and tiresome re-telling of the famous children's fable inevitably verged on the very brink of brain-dead stupidity far too often. Yes. I do realize that this story was pure fantasy, but, it definitely took way too many liberties as it recklessly bent the original tale to the absolute breaking point. To me, a good part of the cast were just a bunch of snotty, self-loving actors who continually delivered weak and insincere performances from start to finish. Not only was the dialogue terrible, throughout, but the dumb romance that transpired between doofus farm-boy, Jack, and headstrong princess, Isabelle, was just as predictable and sickening as you could get. And, the sad truth was that Jack certainly didn't turn out to be much of a giant slayer as this film's title so boastfully suggested. As usual, about the only thing that this picture (with its PG-13 rating) had going for it was its extravagant CG effects. And, before long, these gave me a splitting headache, since they were so ridiculously over-done.