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      <title>Comments On: &lt;i&gt;Jack the Giant Slayer:&lt;/i&gt; Rock-Headed Charm and CGI Wizardry
    
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      <![CDATA[It seems like you should mention somewhere in your story that "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant-Killer" are not actually the same story but were combined for this movie. I guess I think it would be a better idea if the movie was better.
        
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      <![CDATA[@busstop101: I knew this would come up in comments, but unfortunately space was limited in the paper, so let's get into this now. Jack had the beans in his hand and was trying to talk his way through the deal when the monk rides off with the horse. The filmmakers may have made a bit of an effort to absolve Jack of some of his stupidity, but, if anything, thjs makes it even worse. He still gets conned. By a monk. After the wagon had already been stolen because he left it sitting on the street so he could go watch a play for kids. Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. (And for that matter, why is the monk giving away the Super Important Thing he came to the kingdom to steal to some guy on the street? The filmmakers' attempt to make Jack not look like a total poltroon only added more holes to the plot.) And I never said he was illiterate, even though the only book he's shown owning is the same book his father read to him as a kid and has probably memorized by now.<br />
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@VFXnerd: SFX is generally acceptable as shorthand for special effects. If you're getting into the nitty gritty of it, there's the SFX/VFX distinction, but <em>Stranger</em> style allows for SFX to stand for special effects as a whole.
        
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      <![CDATA[I feel like you didn't watch the movie because the whole first paragraph in your article is a mistake.  Jack does not sell the horse for beans in this film.  As he is explaining to the monk that he'd be a fool to take the offer the monk up and steals the horse.  The filmmakers tried to establish he wasn't an every day farm boy as well by showing that he was a reader and therefore at least literate.   <br />
I personally enjoyed the film.  If you don't like it that's fine, but why give inaccuracies about the main character?
        
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      <![CDATA[Its VFX, not SFX, SFX means Sound Effects, VFX means Visual effects.
        
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