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 Jack the Giant Killer :: 0071437630
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Author: Guest
I saw this at the movies as a kid and was hooked on stop motion animation for life! I never saw it again until some time in the 80's. It was playing on the Disney channel,so I had a friend record it for me. When I watched it, I was so disappointed.....someone had taken a really good fantasy movie and turned it in to an ersatz musical! I have since found two different releases on DVD both are the original non musical version. The one listed states it is the musical version, but is in fact the correct original version! The effects are a very obvious tribute to Ray Harryhausen, not in the same league(the budget could of had something to do with this?), but very cool. Who can resist a two headed giant! The DVD's I have are both the non Musical version and are good prints. I kinda wish one of them was the musical version just to see it again......really weird!
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Author: Guest
My son(13yrs) is an avid Ray Harryhousen fan and this movie was a must for his collection. While not one of the best RH movies, he still has enjoyed it.
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Author: Guest
This product arrived in good time and condition. This product draws attention to hte fact that you don't need to be a giant to be a winner.
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Author: Guest
How utterly disapointing... I had no idea that there was a non-musical version of Jack The Giant Killer.
Terrible acting, awful costumes, lame plot, without the songs this movie is a drabby bore. The goofy songs are the key to this otherwise DULL movie.
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Author: Guest
I must admit that I was not as impressed with this as I was when I saw it at a birthday party in 1962. It is not so much that the special efects were crude, but that it was so monochromatic in terms of characters. Of course, in the eye of childhood memory, there were images that lived in my mind: the giant getting its hand crushed in the grain press, the leprican whose bottle prison burned "liers" who touched it, and the torch-holding arms on the castle walls that turned into sword-swinging defenses (with no diminution of light).
But then, this is a film totally for little kids. Bad guys and monsters are ugly, the hero and princess who falls in love with him are beautiful. So my son (6) was extremely happy and excited to see it, laughing and running around the room grabbing himself. However, his older sister (10) found the effects "fake" and the story "rather silly". She suffered through it, occasionally smiling.
This tells me that this film is for those who can still suspend their disbelief and get swept away in their imagination. For them, I would recommend this warmly. For others, well, bring a book along.
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