History Film / JackTheGiantSlayer

** The burning moat is done by the humans to deny the giants clear access, forcing them to try and open the drawbridge. The whole final battle revolves around the drawbridge.
** The giants decide to throw heavy things at the wall in an attempt to sabotage the drawbridge levers and to deny the humans cover when firing at them. The humans respond by trying to ensure that the levers remain still with timber braces.
** When machinery fails, they resort to pulling the drawbridge closed themselves, resulting in a tug of war between the two sides. In response, the giants set trees on fire and throw those over the walls to undermine their efforts.

** Finally, the giants wear the human side down on the tug of war and use a combined effort to force the drawbridge open. The humans respond by closing the portcullis and falling back to a more defensible location to bottleneck the giants. The portcullis doesn't work long, but A for effort and quick thinking. They resolve to do a LastStand, but there's no need.

* TheDragon: Wicke for Roderick and Fumm for Fallon

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Averted. Brahmwell decides to [[spoiler:cut down the beanstalk to save the kingdom, even if it means his daughter will be left trapped with the Giants]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding

* MythologyGag: The golden harp from the fairy tale can be seen a handful of times throughout the film.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Jack's uncle is never seen again after Jack joins the king's men to climb up the beanstalk. Its implied by his harshness with him prior to this scene that he hated Jack for putting a burden on him and left him to his fate.
** Deleted scenes shows him turn up just before the climax of the film, Jack gives him all of the gold he earlier received and tells him where to find the horse.

''Jack the Giant Slayer'' (originally titled ''Jack the Giant Killer'') is a 2013 fantasy action adventure film, starring Creator/NicholasHoult, Creator/EwanMcGregor, [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Stanley Tucci]], Creator/IanMcShane, and Creator/BillNighy. It is directed by Creator/BryanSinger and written by Creator/ChristopherMcQuarrie.

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Averted. Brahmwell decides to [[spoiler: cut down the beanstalk to save the kingdom, even if it means his daughter will be left trapped with the Giants]]

* TheCameo: Creator/WarwickDavis appears during the beginning of the film. Creator/IanMcKellen also makes a vocal cameo in one of the first theatrical trailers reading a quote, which is also placed in the film's climax in which [[spoiler: generations of people tell the story of Jack]].
* ChekhovsGun: Jack saved that one last bean... [[spoiler: and then uses it to kill Fallon at the climax.]]

-->''' Roderick''': Wicke! Wicke! I think it's time to lighten the load!

* EyeScream: [[spoiler: One of the eyeballs in Fallon's miniature head shoots out during his death]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler: Fallon has a beanstalk grow from within him, causing his body to burst and send giant chunks of him flying.]] Also, several humans are either crushed under foot or have their heads bitten off.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Averted -- "Albion" appears to be quite clearly based on medieval England, [[spoiler: but the FlashForward ending reveals that "Albion" is ''in fact'' present-day England. As a clue, Albion is the ancient name for Britain.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: The film always cuts away whenever the giants devour the humans, only allowing the viewer to hear the sounds. Also when [[spoiler: Fallon explodes,]] there's no blood or gore, just a few pieces.

* HypocriticalHumor: Wicke asks Roderick, [[spoiler: after just pushing a soldier to his death]], "Why do people always bother screaming before they die?". Ironically, [[spoiler: a giant grabs him moments later, and he screams until said giant bites his head off.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Roderick is killed by Elmont after the former attempted to push the latter to his death out of the cave.]]
* LegendFadesToMyth

* MeaningfulName: Squicky example: one of the Guardians, Crawe, is eaten alive by Fallon. A "craw" is a stomach or gullet, and Crawe ends up in one. [[spoiler: In fact, it's probably his skeleton that is briefly glimpsed ''inside'' Fallon's stomach when the tracking shot follows the last bean into the General's belly.]]

** An egg (though jeweled instead of gold like the tale) can also be seen on the table as [[spoiler: Jack is speaking to his children in the final moments of the film]]. Jack picked it up earlier in the film.
* AMythologyIsTrue: [[spoiler: The ending flashes forward to present day London, with King Eric's crown now incorporated into the Crown Jewels at The Tower, showing that the original fairy tale is based on actual historical fact! A clue to this is revealed early on -- the land is called "Albion", the ancient name for the British Isles.]]

-->'''Elmont''': ''[[OhCrap I had this...]]''

* NeverTrustATitle: Apart from the title and the presence of a two-headed giant, this story mostly takes after the ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' fairy tale as opposed to ''Jack the Giant Killer''. Furthermore, despite the title, [[spoiler: Jack only directly kills two giants: the giant cook and Fallon (since the helmet-wearing giant [[TooDumbToLive died mostly due to his own clumsiness]], he doesn't really count).]]

* OurGiantsAreBigger

* PrecisionFStrike / CurseCutShort: Fallon's right head, which is mostly unintelligible, very nearly says a curse word before [[spoiler: he explodes after Jack drops a bean down Fallon's throat, causing it to grow from inside him and kill him]].

-->'''Elmont''': Get the king to safety!\\
'''King Brahmwell''': (pulls out his sword) Like hell!

-->'''Jack''': (''Sees everyone bowing down in fear'') There's something behind me, isn't there?
* SequelHook: More of an in-world sequel, unlikely to be filmed. [[spoiler: Near the end of the film, set in modern day London, a boy named Rodey grins maniacally at the royal crown (actually the crown of King Erik), carries with him a backpack similar to Roderick's and looks a lot like him (the teeth!). This heavily implies that he is a descendant of Roderick (or at least a descendant of any siblings or cousins Roderick may have had, as he never had any children himself) and plans to do what his ancestor did centuries ago.]]
* ShoutOut:

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Other than her mother's brief appearance early on [[spoiler: and her and Jack's daughter at the end]], Isabelle is pretty much the only female character.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler: Roderick is dead, the princess is saved, the beanstalk has been chopped down, stranding the giants in their land... Shame on you if you expected the movie to end at this point.]]

* ActionSurvivor: Jack.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Giants.

* AdultFear: King Brahmwell fears for his daughter's life, but is forced to have the beanstalk cut down before she can make it down safely, to prevent the giants from climbing down to Earth. When Jack saves her life and reunites her with her father, Brahmwell is visibly relieved. What he says to Jack as he gives him a bag of gold for his efforts shows how much his daughter means to him:
-->''"As a king, I can offer much in reward. As a father, I can never reward you enough."''

''Jack the Giant Slayer'' (originally titled ''Jack the Giant Killer'') is a fantasy action adventure film, starring Creator/NicholasHoult, Creator/EwanMcGregor, [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Stanley Tucci]], Creator/IanMcShane, and Creator/BillNighy. It is directed by Creator/BryanSinger and written by Creator/ChristopherMcQuarrie.

* TheStarscream: Fumm clearly doesn't care for Fallon and goes out of his way not to help him when Fallon falls into the fire moat.

* IdiotHero: Jack is a wide-eyed and gullible farmboy who nevertheless grows to be a true hero.

* OneGenderRace: In the entirety of the film, there is not one single female giant seen. Even in the giant's fortress, its inhabited only by males. Though their fortress being occupied only by males could be justified, since it is most likely a military garrison.

** At one point, one of the giants are using a [[Literature/DonQuixote windmill]] as a weapon.

** The golden harp, shown at least three times in the film, heavily resembles the one in the ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' short in ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree.''

* ConspicuousCG: The sequences at the beginning of the movie explaining the giants' backstory. While most of the film's special effects and CG look at least decent, these look as if they were ripped from a PS One game.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Other than her mother's brief appearance early on, Isabelle is pretty much the only female character.

''Jack the Giant Slayer'' (originally titled ''Jack the Giant Killer'') is a fantasy action adventure film, starring Creator/NicholasHoult, Creator/EwanMcGregor, [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Stanley Tucci]], Creator/IanMcShane, and Creator/BillNighy. It is directed by Creator/BryanSinger.

* LegendFadesToMyth

** Interestingly, the fairy tale is one of the few where the hero does not marry and live happily ever after; he goes back to his mother where they live happily ever after with the riches he stole.

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