GOOD / BAD: Watch the trailer and write down why you think the film might be good or bad. VOCABULARY: Make a note of words in the trailer that you see or hear. Watch a second time to find the answers to the questions.Ĥ. QUIZ: Watch the trailer and write down some quiz questions for your partner(s). CHUNKS: Watch 10-to-15 second chunks of the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s).ģ. RETELL: Watch the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s).Ģ.
Talk about your role with your movie star partner(s).ġ. STARRING YOU: Imagine you are one of the stars of the movie. MUST-SEE: Talk with your partner(s) about whether the poster and movie title are good and make you want to see the movie.ĥ. CREDITS: Look at the credits on the poster (the actors, director, producer…) and talk about them with your partner(s).Ĥ. STORY: Talk about what you think the story of the movie is – the start, beginning, end, etc. SIX WORDS: Look at the poster and write down six words (more if you like) that you think of as you look at it. JACK THE GIANT SLAYER POSTER (Find a nice one from the Internet Movie Database ( ).ġ. The 'Hollywood Reporter' estimated that the film was on track to lose between $125 million and $140 million. The film received a 53% approval rating on the review website, Rotten Tomatoes, which wrote: "It's enthusiastically acted and reasonably fun, but Jack the Giant Slayer is also overwhelmed by its digital effects and a story so middle-of-the-road as to be a bit bland and impersonal." Conversely, Richard Roeper of the 'Chicago Sun-Times' said, " Jack the Giant Slayer is a rousing, original and thoroughly entertaining adventure." The flick didn't bring in as much cash as expected at the box office. Jack the Giant Slayer has received a mixed response from film critics. site says: "Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack (Nicholas Hoult), into the battle of his life to stop them.…He comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend… and gets the chance to become a legend himself." The film tells the story of Jack, a young farmhand who must rescue a princess from a race of giants after accidentally opening a gateway to their world. The film stars Nicholas Hoult and Ewan McGregor. Roderick also tells Jack to give him the beans.Jack the Giant Slayer is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film based on the fairy tales, "Jack the Giant Killer" and "Jack and the Beanstalk". When they make it to the top they discover that the tale about the giants might not be a myth. Along the way, Roderick cuts the rope getting rid of some of the soldiers. Roderick offers to go too but he has other plans. Jack offers to go which the soldier doesn't think is a good idea. Jack shows the beanstalk, so the king sends soldiers to climb the stalk and search for his daughter. When he wakes up he sees the king standing over him and asking where hi s daughter is. Jack tries to save her but falls and is knocked out. Suddenly a giant stalk sprouts taking Jack's house with the Princess to the heavens.
They talk about how they're intrigued by the story of the Giants and the beanstalk.
That evening the Princess runs away again and seeks shelter at Jack's.
Jacks picks most of them up but one falls through a crack in the floor. When he goes home, his uncle is infuriated that he allowed the monk to con him. Later the monk is caught and Jack leaves. When the monk sees he's surrounded, he runs into Jack and asks for his horse and offers a pouch of beans in exchange.
He discovers something is missing so he tries to find the monk. He goes to his chamber and sees a monk leave. But what the king doesn't know is that Roderick is up to something. Later the king's soldiers show up and take the girl away, it seems she's the Princess Isabelle who ran away because her father is telling she has to marry Roderick, one of the his trusted advisers. He tells the ones harassing to leave her alone. When he goes to the cloister, he runs into a girl who is being harassed. When Jack turns 18 he is sent to sell their horse and cart. Upon his death, he was buried with the crown along with the beans that grew the giant stalks. And the giants devoured everyone so Erik the king had a crown made that makes whoever wears it control the giants and he used it to make them leave and he had the giant stalks chopped. It begins with a young Jack who is captivated by the tale of a race of Giants who come from a land in the sky and came through giant stalks which were sprouted from magic beans.