Jack the Giant Slayer is a combination of two fairy tales, Jack and the Beanstalk and
Jack the Giant Killer. In Jack the Giant Killer, Jack kills a variety of giants
in ingenious ways, not by just cutting down the beanstalk. In fact, beanstalks do
not enter into the story at all. In this version of the tale, we have the magic
beans and the beanstalk, but there is where the story veers into Jack the Giant
Killer for we have no goose that lays golden eggs, no magical harp, all we have
is Jack attempting to defeat the giants and win the hand of the fair princess.
The movie is a fun romp through these more traditional fairy tales.
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