Thursday, June 27, 2013

Jack the Giant Slayer

Actors:  Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Ewen Bremner, Ian McShane
Rating:  8 out of 10, a lot better than I expected. Stanley Tucci and Ewan McGregor in supporting roles tells you how good the cast was. CGI has reached the point that even thirty foot tall giants are completely believable. Nicholas Hoult who we last saw as a zombie in Warm Bodies continues to impress as the lead – Jack. My daughter, always a fountain of pop culture awareness, informed me that Hoult had recently broken up with Jennifer Lawrence – so things aren’t going completely his way. He was very good and heroic in this movie though. The action does not let up and the climactic battle was awesome.  Against all odds I really liked this movie.
MVP:  Hoult in the title role is humbly heroic and believable

 

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