Plot
"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".
My Thoughts
I will start by saying I had really high hopes for this film the moment i laid eyes o n the trailer, I knew this was a film that I was going to see......Boy was i wrong this film from the start had no passion or excitement to it at all, the plot was boring, the script was bland the acting was rigid and the execution was flat out done wrong in all facets. The premise of this film had so much potential a violent take on the classic story of the most people have hears, what really let me down with this film was the lack of action between the humans and the giants in the fighting sense, even though I am sure anyone reading this or whoever saw the film would guess that the giants would crush the humans in a fight, the fact they they never properly battled ruined it for me, the whole film was building up to the moment when the two faction came face to face and when the moment had a chance to happen...nothing happened huge letdown, it basically built up for about 25 minutes and the nothing (biggest disappointment for me since the kraken scene in clash of the titans). that was a disappointing ending to a film that was riddled with disappointments one after another, the acting was second rate especially by the leads (except for Ewan McGregor who i also must give props for the hair was excellent) other than him who in all honesty is the best actor of the cast, everyone else did what a bunch of no name younger actors thrust into a big budget role would do. this was so far the worst acting job I have seen this year collectively between a cast. The CG was top notch but so much was used that I could not help but become numb to it and soon got tired of it especially with scenes that heavily involved the giants, I will say the giants where rendered well and I like the moments where you got to see some of the huge differences between the races, which I did enjoy. The running time for the film was a good and it did not feel to long or to short but just right considering how the film played out. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 52% saying "It's enthusiastically acted and reasonably fun, but Jack the Giant Slayer is also overwhelmed by digital effects and a bland, impersonal story". I somewhat agree with this except the score I felt this was to high, I agree with story being bland it really was, and I am hugely disappointed a film that could;d have been so good ended up being a huge letdown.
Rating
Huge Letdown not much to like here 6.5/10!!!!!!!.
The second and last movie for the month of March is G.I. Joe:Retaliation Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Channing Tatum and Bruce Willis.
Plot
"The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence".
My Thoughts
Anyone who saw the first G.I. Joe will tell you that the three biggest problems with that film where (Channing Tatum,Channing Tatum and Channing Ttatum) without giving to much away I can safely day that will not be a problem for anyone who sees this film, I will say though that I was disappointed but not surprised that Rachel Nichols (Scarlett) and Marlon Wayans (RipCord) were both not in this film and felt there presence for at least me would have made the film a better one. The cast that is in the film does a good job (other than Adrienne Palicki who played Lady Jaye) I saw her in another film late last year "Red Dawn" and she was terrible in that film and was terrible in this film as well her acting added nothing to the film and I honestly felt after reviewing her scenes she was nothing more than Eye Candy and I felt the film might have actually been better had she not been a main character I felt the same way about the character who played flint both were unimpressive. The rock did a solid job in his role as the character Roadblock and I had no complaints. This film was better than the original but that is not exactly saying much, in this case it is saying enough only if you understand what to expect from this film and that is its mindless fun filled with action. I took this approach when seeing this film but I still felt somewhat let down even with my lowered expectations. The film still felt like it was not done quite right (all the scenes with the RZA being useless in effect and acted badly in my opinion) snake eyes was underused and when he was used I felt could have been used more effectively in this film, I also did not like the way Storm Shadow and his back story where done in this film, the special effects in this film where pretty good which is expected with a bug budget film nowadays..Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 29% saying "Though arguably superior to its predecessor, G.I. Joe: Retaliation is
overwhelmed by its nonstop action and too nonsensical and vapid to leave
a lasting impression". I tend to agree this film was better but in the end that was not saying much and I felt letdown in the end which for me was ultimately disappointing.
Rating
Better than the original but in the end that is not saying much, not a horrible film but nothing special either. 7.1/10!!!!!!!!!
