To make matters worse, the opening storytelling animatic looks more like previsualization test animation and not completed animation. It's almost as if the movie we're watching is some kind of unfinished product. Where movies like the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Transformers, or even as far back as Jurassic Park, offer photorealistic animation, the poorly rendered giants in Jack The Giant Slayer look cheesy and fake in every scene. There isn't a moment in the movie when the giants don't look fake. Still, the very biggest problem Jack The Giant Slayer possesses is in the look of the titular giants. It looks cool in the movie, but the chances of a farm boy in this era wearing something similar is rather unlikely (In some ways, this movie's approach can be compared to A Knight's Tale). Also, Jack's costume, as a farm boy, is made up of a leather jacket with a hood on it. When one of the giants dies while speaking the "F" word during the climax, it feels completely out of place and just included to either elicit a laugh or merely surprise the audience. Furthermore, because Singer tries to give the story a unique look, some of the costumes, and even some of the language they use border on being anachronisms. For example, because giants are mythical creatures-particularly in this context-they're created entirely using CGI here, and their appearance is made to look humanoid with earthy elements added to make them appear more fantastical. It's certainly a modernized version of the "Jack and the Bean Stalk" story, and it maintains the period feel of the story while being given a unique spin.
I suppose opting for a title like Jack The Giant Slayer over Jack and the Bean Stalk, and giving it a PG-13 rating, indeed clarifies for audiences what kind of movie it is. However, Singer gives the story an edge that will make parents want to think twice before showing it to their children. For 2013, Singer offered something completely different for audiences than what he normally does by bringing to the big screen a familiar tale with a new spin on it - something that you might think would be fun for the whole family. What you probably wouldn't think of him being a part of, though, is a fantastical adventure film like Jack The Giant Slayer. When you hear the name Bryan Singer, most film fans will immediately think of the first two X-Men film entries (and the new, upcoming one) or even the war drama Valkyrie (or, if you're a diehard film fan, you'll know he helmed The Usual Suspects and Apt Pupil in the 90s).
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