This process is central to the structure of Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer ... guard (led by Ewan McGregor's Elmont), along with Lord Roderick (Stanley Tucci), fiance to the princess ...

but we know this is about giants because it's called Jack the Giant Slayer. We don't have the villain revealed from the get-go, either, and we see Roderick in a much more sympathetic light at first.

Thus begins a long climb-and-rescue expedition, during which Jack and Elmont must battle not only Roderick ... which feels too derivative of “The Lord of the Rings” and other medieval epics ...

But for long stretches, “Jack the Giant Slayer” is an awful lot of fee ... escape after having stolen from the king’s adviser, Roderick (Stanley Tucci). The monk needs Jack’s horse ...

Simply in terms of storytelling, logistics and consistent viewer engagement, "Jack" is markedly superior to the recent "Hobbit." By Todd McCarthy Jack The Giant Slayer Giant - H 2013 When will all ...

Wow… It hardly seems possible that it’s nearly been a year since the last Jack The Giant Slayer trailer. Back then, it was called **Jack The Giant **Killer and ...

Instead, Jack the Giant Slayer, while well-crafted ... Poor Isabelle has been promised in marriage to an older man, Roderick (Stanley Tucci, camping it up with a Terry Thomas gap-toothed grin ...

LOS ANGELES - There's more to this Jack and the Beanstalk adaptation than Fee-fi-fo-fum. At the very least there's a mesmerizing gnarled stalk in Jack the Giant Slayer (* * ½ out of four ...

having run off to keep herself from marrying Roderick, who is clearly only interested in becoming king. Soon, the beans take root with a giant stalk carrying away the princess and Jack's house.

Thus begins a long climb-and-rescue expedition, during which Jack and Elmont must battle not only Roderick ... which feels too derivative of “The Lord of the Rings” and other medieval epics ...

Splicing Jack the Giant-Killer (subject of a 1962 kids’ monster movie ... unfeasibly youthful and dashing) and turncoat aristo Roderick (Stanley Tucci, unrecognisable). But it’s a leaden-paced slog up ...