Jack the Giant Slayer is a film adaptation of the infamous Jack and the Beanstalk and also Jack the Giant Killer. With some unnecessary romance and a really cool supporting character. Unfortunately the story is not as badass as the title sounds, not even the main character himself.
Story starts with a little boy listening to the story about Giants. I assume this is Jack as a child so I thought it was a neat intro. Then the scene switched to the little girl listening to the same story and I was like "oh crap this story is going to have a fukken heroine". At this point I could sense that the predictability is very high. Fast foward, Jack has to run an errand for his uncle and went to the city and got fascinated seeing the first girl he met. As if there aren't any fine maidens in the village area. Turns out the girl is a princess (why does this sound so damn familiar?). And then this girl is a rebel princess; she wants adventure and seek for her true love. I'm pretty sure this kind of princess is overused, and as I predict the princess ran away from home. And then she meets the main character, all the cheesy lines start from here.
So I'm gonna be straight-forward; the script made me cringe in many parts especially when it comes to Jack and the Princess. So I was like can I skip this part? no? Hurry up and finish talking you two! Wow, I don't mind boy-meets-girl kind of cliche but we need a little more revamp ith the interaction between them (I guess I watch to much anime).
But what I enjoy most is the action part; the fights, the battles, the giant slaying - to the point I think they could've made the story work even WITHOUT the presence of a heroine. The princess role is just as a damsel in distress, and a reason to get the plot moving. Don't be fooled by the armour she's wearing ok, it doesn't mean anything. But I'm sure we've expected more from her considering the fact that she wants one hell of an adventure. Jack on the other hand is some kind of Gary Stu, like the writers have no idea how to create an epic protagonist other than a hormone raging one. Yes I understand that he's a teenager but he's just meh. The best character here is Elmont, cos he's cool in everything, and he's the most significant. Plus he's the loyal vassal type (ultimate weakness!).
The villain isn't even worth mentioning, but the Giants are brilliant in their own way. To be honest I was almost disappointed 30 minutes before the movie ends cos I thought there wouldn't be any Giant vs Humans battle. As I mentioned earlier, I expected Jack to be more badass - before watching I had a picture of a BAMF hero slaying giants like they're frail bamboo trees with blood splattering around but NO! No no no you only got Jack trying to impress a girl he just met before all this crisis happened. Therefore, I can conclude that the character development is bad.
The story doesn't have that much plot twist... as I said it was mostly predictable (except for Elmont). But if I consider it as a kid's show then I say it's pretty decent and enjoyable. But since it's PG-13, which implies that it's for older people then... they could've written a less shitter princess, script.... and plot.
Ah now I'm relieved.
