Friday, June 17, 2011

Old movies: Jack the Gaint Killer.

I enjoy finding old movies. Sometimes they are movies I enjoyed a child, sometimes they have a great story line. So tonight I saw on netflix Jack the Giant Killer. Judging by the title and the image provided for the movie thought it would be another versions of Jack and the Bean stock.  I was wrong.
It was the classic tale of good verses evil, save the princess defeat the evil prince and his monsters. That concept I could deal with. What i couldn't shallow was the Evil Prince was actually an ancient wizard of the dark arts name PENDRAGON..... even though I think you see the problem with this, let me point it out. First, Pendragon is from Celtic legend and father to King Arther (occurring to the versions i have read. second he was worshiping the goddess Isis.... that not so bad.... what was not okay was in this movie she was and evil goddess that make witches.... not witches like me or other pagans. No witches that reflected the evil hags of the christian legends. I did like the fact that Jack was helped by a imp in a bottle (who is greed for gold and wears green.. wonder who that can be) who was imprison in a bottle by the elf king for casting "black magic." He did the whole genie thing and did three "good deeds" to help Jack save the princess. But in return Jack had to free him.

Over all I will not be watching this movie again. Nor will I show my child it, I understand for the time that it was "ok" but in 2011, Its not. i will give this movie a 2/5 only because they didn't villianify the fae folk.

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