Jack, the Giant Slayer

This is the story of Jack and the Beanstalk reimagined to make it a motion picture, with a lot more details than the original tale of course.
Jack (Nicholas Hoult) is a young farmer who is down on his luck. One day a handful of magical beans come into his possesssion, but he doesn't know how to use them. At the same time the princess of the kingdom (Eleanor Tomlinson) takes pleasure in wandering away from the formalities of her position . During a rainy night she has no other choice but to seek refuge in Jack´s house. Both like each other and both know the old story of a legendary land of giants that can be accessed only thanks to the awesome appearance of a gigantic plant sprouted from  magical beans. Little does Jack realize that his beans are those beans mentioned in the legend and accidentally he has dropped one that soon,|thanks to the rain, begins growing in a way that cannot be stopped. Due to that extraordinary event Jack loses his house and the girl he feels in love with. Soon the king will send a team to rescue his daughter and of course to defeat the giants before they decide to come down.
It is a very entertaining movie with great special effects, terrifying sometimes when you see the giants killing humans to eat them later (do they qualify as cannibals?). The actors'  performances are acceptable only but it's ok for this type of films. Tucci as the antagonist does an execellent job but Ewan Mc Gregor as (Elmont) the most loyal  soldier to the crown does not really satisfy in a role better suited for another. The special effects, the siege scene and the design of the giants is what makes this film interesting.
As a fantasy movie this one deserves three stars out of five.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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