Audio Reviews - Jack the Giant Slayer - Audio Review

The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds.

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  March 04, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Dr. Detfink said ...

  The trick to classic stories that have been done in one form or another, you need to change the POV. That's what made such ventures like Wicked or the Princess Bride successful. Something Fassbender said about actual sets vs CGI: with a screen, you're rolling the dice that you get the right intensity of the reaction right. A set you can respond to with good timing.

• March 04, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Jon said ...

  this got 52% on RottenTomatoes 'It's enthusiastically acted and reasonably fun, but Jack the Giant Slayer is also overwhelmed by digital effects and a bland, impersonal story'.

  pretty straightforward and really no surprises
  it's one big giant action fantasy taken from the old fairy tale of Jack and The Beanstalk
  the acting is quite phenomenal to be candid, these actors know what they're doing with this material
  I really like Ian McShane, Ewan McGregor and Nicholas Hoult even the princess by Tomlinson
  the action and the special effects kick so much ass even if it is violent for little children
  it never takes a breath which is refreshing since the boredom never sinks in
  I just didn't feel for anyone and the movie itself is almost hollow and devoid of any humanity
  but for an afternoon 'Jack The Giant Slayer' is a passable feat

  again the princess is cute but not insanely hot

  

  
  
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  March 03, 2013 at 11:30 AM, said ...

  FUCK!!! I better stop eating watermelon seeds.

• March 03, 2013 at 9:47 AM, said ...

  *Retry of Snowwhite and Red

  

  
  
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  March 03, 2013 at 2:30 AM, said ...

  I will probly go see this

• March 03, 2013 at 12:25 AM, said ...

  The next Oz movie has terrible CGI.

  
  
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  March 02, 2013 at 3:07 PM, said ...

  This is some of the worst CGI EFFECTS since the Lizard in Amazing Spiderman i think the next OZ film will beat this with SHIT FLAT CGI EFFECTS !!!

• March 02, 2013 at 3:11 AM, said ...

  I say if you want fairy tale stories, I just say whatever Hollywood makes, Once Upon a Time does better:

  

  Giants: Check

  

  Little Red Ridinghood AND Snowwhite: Check Check

  

  Fucking Hansal and Gretal WITH the Evil Queen of Snowwhite: Check mate!

  
  
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  March 02, 2013 at 2:38 AM, said ...

  Since it has Bill Nye, I gotta see it.

• March 02, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Co-Host 3000 said ...

  @Dustin I will so I can be more respectable like. I'd like to thank everyone for trying to make me sound more scholarly and shit. It's much appreciated yo. I best be gettin' back to my learn on. 

  
  
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  March 01, 2013 at 9:30 PM, said ...

  Part of the movie is based on "Jack and the Bean Stalk." There is a fair tale called "Jack the Giant Killer," which the movie is also based on. Both fairy tales are similar (I think Jack the Giant killer came first).

• March 01, 2013 at 9:26 PM, said ...

  Hey CO Host try "Having Said That..." - makes you sound like a sir...lol 

  
  
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  March 01, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Andrew Willson said ...

  i'm sick of faIRY TALE BASED MOVIE!! what next Rumplestilskin???

• March 01, 2013 at 8:12 PM, said ...

  I think I did pretty well this review. There were a few slip ups but I wasn't as annoying as usual.

  
  
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  March 01, 2013 at 7:41 PM, said ...

  JACK OFF THE GIANT MASTURBATOR

• March 01, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Alex Thompson said ...

  This must be another case of terrible trailers.  You guys almost made this movie interesting to me.  Until I think back to the trailers and it just seems like the blandest thing ever.  Fun review, but not enough to make me seek out this film in any way.  ;-p

  
  
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  March 01, 2013 at 4:38 PM, The Spill Crew said ...

  Sorry for the autoplay trailer - Hollywood changed a setting on their end. We've got it fixed and it should be working correctly from here on out.

• March 01, 2013 at 2:17 PM, said ...

  fucking autoplaying trailers!
  kill that shit!

  
  
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  March 01, 2013 at 7:32 AM, said ...

  i dont really agree with Cyrus.

  I dont think that all action adventures need a hero whos a funny smart ass. Personly i dont think me need all those funny comments who takes  the drama out of the movie.

  I mean it seems that with these types of movies Cyrus always says he wants something funny out of it, and i dont really see why.

• March 01, 2013 at 6:33 AM, said ...

  Great review, i guess theres nothing for me to watch this weekend. Oh and whats up with the auto play on the trailers, it was on both this and 21 and over. 

  
  
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  March 01, 2013 at 6:29 AM, simplemusician said ...

  @Omegaman20 I'm with you on that one.

• March 01, 2013 at 4:31 AM, said ...

  There's not much to say about this movie. It's just shit. That's all.

  
  
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  March 01, 2013 at 4:10 AM, said ...

  They really needed to re-title this?

• March 01, 2013 at 3:54 AM, said ...

  Saw this for free at a pre-screen back when it was originally supposed to come out....pretty run of the mill movie with some nice art direction for a handful of the giants. I'm very curious (maybe someone can answer this) as to if whether or not they left in the animated/cg intro explaining the giants land above and how it came to be. Other than that the movie is pretty forgettable but wouldn't doubt its one of the more enjoyable out of the fairy tale re-tellings since they've all been letdowns.

  
  
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  March 01, 2013 at 3:09 AM, said ...

  Co-Host, buddy, here's some helpful and polite criticism. I know you've said that you've been expanding your vocabulary (which is cool!) so here's a place you can improve it: At the beginning of your wrap-ups you say, "well I agree with all your points/everything you've said." It just gets kind of repetitive. Hope this helps!

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