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Jack in the Beanstalk--The Real Story

Aunt Dora Baggins
Half-elven


Feb 12, 2:08pm


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Jack in the Beanstalk--The Real Story [In reply to] Can't Post
My husband picked this up at the rental place on a whim. It was made by Brian Henson, and was visually lovely, but something was a little off and it seemed to drag. The acting and writing were OK. I think part of it was that it was originally a miniseries, and we watched it all at once, so it went on and on. And partly the score was really pedestrian (except for the very lovely harp tune.)

The idea was interesting. A modern billionaire businessman discovers that he is the descendent of the original Jack, and that his family's ill-gotten gains have put a curse on the family; every man in his line has died by age forty. He's approaching that age now. He eventually gets back to the giant's land, and finds out that the classic fairy tale story is distorted, that the giant was a good guy and Jack and his mother were murderers. He has to set things right. Of course there's a love interest too.

This is not a kids' movie, with some scary scenes and hints of sex, but older kids might enjoy it. We liked it, when we could stay awake.

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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

leleni at hotmail dot com
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(This post was edited by Aunt Dora Baggins on Feb 12, 2:14pm)

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