Jack the Giant Killer

Rating:
Summary: Not bad for (the price)
Review: The good news about this DVD release of Jack the Giant Killer is that it isn't the musical version!
The movie was shoot with a release to television in mind.Producer Small intended to light the scenes way to bright and was composing for a little frame.Therefore someone can forgive its full frame presentation and the transfer from a good videomaster.
This movie is a rare find and still fun to watch if you love classy stop motion. (...)

Rating:
Summary: Sadly this is not the horrifically wonderful Musical version
Review: The obviously over-dubbed musical numbers which elevate this film into a comedy classic are sadly missing from this DVD version. The insipid acting, asinine dialogue, goofy clay monsters, even the appearence of a chipanzee. All this hilarious comic potential seems wasted without the "positive" and "inspirational" musical numbers. I mean come on people, "We have failed master, we have failed" it's a freaking classic! Wake up!
Looks like it's back to that worn VHS copy of the musical version I taped off T.V. (musical version = five stars)

Rating:
Summary: Sadly this is not the horrifically wonderful Musical version
Review: The obviously over-dubbed musical numbers which elevate this film into a comedy classic are sadly missing from this DVD version. The insipid acting, asinine dialogue, goofy clay monsters, even the appearence of a chipanzee. All this hilarious comic potential seems wasted without the "positive" and "inspirational" musical numbers. I mean come on people, "We have failed master, we have failed" it's a freaking classic! Wake up!
Looks like it's back to that worn VHS copy of the musical version I taped off T.V. (musical version = five stars)

Rating:
Summary: GREAT SPECIAL EFFECTS FOR THE TIME PERIOD
Review: This is a great little film with stop motion animation (pre-CGI) that deals with magic, sorcerers, fearless heros with viking and a leprechaun. A favorite of mine as a kid with great performances by the "7th Voyage of Sinbad" cast, this movie is a family film that can be enjoyed by all ages.

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Summary: I think i've seen the non-musical version. . .
Review: This was my favorite movie when i was little, even though some of the dialogue seems weird now. =) Some of the costumes are wonderful and the plot is great! There is the typical princess being kidnapped but with several interesting twists, having her become one of the enemy's henchmen. It is similar to other movies at the time, but that can only be expected, so one has to enjoy it for what it is.

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Summary: When giants roamed the movie theaters
Review: Well ... Ray Harryhausen it ain't. Still, "Jack" brings back cool memories of Saturday afternoons at the movie theater back in the early '60s. Anyone expecting another "7th Voyage of Sinbad" was ultimately disappointed by the low-budget special effects. But "Jack" does have its moments. The scene where the giant, diguised as a small doll, magically grows to enormous size and kidnaps the sleeping princess ... now that was intense. As was the finale where Jack fights the winged gargoyle (or whatever it was) to the death over the ocean. Unfortunately, other aspects of the film don't cut it. The sea monster looked like some rubber toy you'd see floating around in a kid's swimming pool. And the leperchaun definitely gets on your nerves with his rhyming dialogue. I guess you could say "Jack" has a kind of goofy charm that still makes it endearing 40 years after it was relased. Recommended for anyone who's into the "monster" movies of that golden era.

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Summary: Jill praises Jack
Review: When I first read Jack the Giant-Killer, I was just beginning to appreciate fantasy. I had never heard of Charles de Lint or the sub-genre of "urban fantasy." Jack the Giant-Killer changed all that. I read it in a day and a half. As soon as I finished it, I turned back to the first page and read it again. I was completely enthralled by the blending of magic, Faerie, and fairy tales with the ordinariness of everyday life. Jacky Rowan is the archetypical fairy tale hero with a twist: unlike her predecessors in children's lore, she is is NOT a man. Since I first picked it up, I've read this book innumerable times, and I still find myself drawn into and fascinated by de Lint's modern Faerie. PS Anyone familiar with Mother Goose may understand my fascination with this tale...I may not be a Jack, but I am the next best thing. :)