The Worst Film Ever

Captivating movie !

The acting in this movie is really good.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

A young boy named Jack climbs a giant beanstalk and stumbles upon a city in the clouds ruled by an evil queen.I have never really enjoyed anime. Some is alright, but even the hugely successful and popular films just do not really resonate with me. This one is different. The animation is certainly interesting, with only the princes really looking like what I expect from Japanese artists. So that helps, that multiple styles were used.But this is also just so clever. Taking a classic tale, adding in music and lyrics, and a bit of a mystical twist. This is less about stealing fro ma giant than about saving a kingdom. Can "a simple farm boy" handle the task?

The western cartoons of the 70s are trippy enough as it is, what with psychedelic images, rock star like musical numbers and the occasional horror shot. But what happens when Japan takes a crack at this style, a visually messed up yet strangely entertaining story. The story is very much the same as the fairy tale it's based on. Jack lives in a poor home, sells the cow for magic beans, his mother gets mad, abuses him with a broom and throws them out. Typical fairy tale BS, but here's where things are different. Instead of just a giant you have an Evil Witch, with a giant for a son, who plots to marry him off to the magically lobotomized Princess of the Clouds, Margaret. Jack at first is reluctant to stop the two, opting instead to steal their treasure and RLH back home, but an attack of conscience (In the form of his dog having a Michigan J. Frog moment) causes him to climb back up and help save her. There are only two gripes I have, one that it ends on a down note that Thor ends up emulating. (Seriously no hint of Jack having a chance to return save for assuring the princess.) And The Giant not saying the iconic phrase "Fee Fi Fo Fum" Other than that, you're in for a roller-coaster of a movie.

I am glad that I am not the only one who was looking for this, yes everyone felt this way about this movie. It wasn't just me. I requested this at the library, wrote the local paper requesting it, I just had to see it again. I still haven't seen it since I was a kid,but.....I don't need to. Seeing it once as a child, if you are lucky enough to do so,creates the true magic. These characters still live in my head as does the music. We were poor children, and this one of the true free things that was beautiful to me. I'd love to buy it and pass it out to all my brothers and sisters at Christmas. Stevie even said "Jenny, if you find that one, you're the bomb" I want to be the bomb. How much does this masterpiece go for? Can I find it anywhere? I was born in 1974, just like this movie and it would be the best birthday present ever. My only child is 3 months old and I want him to watch this lots and be rich in mind and heart forever with the mice.

I am fortunate in that I have had this movie on tape ever since I was a little girl. I still watch it with my kids when they watch it. I hadn't seen it in at least ten years when they found it and watched it. It is interesting to see it as an adult. Some movies and books that were parts of our childhood are a lot darker than we thought they were when we were little (another example of this is "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"). I would definitely recommend watching it by yourself and then deciding if your kids are old enough to watch it.