Hansel & Gretel? Jack & the Beanstalk? REALLY??? - Blu-ray Forum

s2mikey · 01-21-2013, 01:49 AM

Did I just see trailers for Hansel and Gretel and Jack and the Beanstalk? Holy lack of ideas, Batman.

They just make everything into a movie. Whats next? Jack and Jill? Itsy Bitsy Spider? Little Boy Blue?

Better yet, they always manage to shoehorn a big battle scene into these films even though there was never one or doesnt need to be one. Hilarious. These are the films that will make up future MST3K or maybe MST4K fodder.

WJWS Channel 13:Amity · 01-21-2013, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by s2mikey

Did I just see trailers for Hansel and Gretel and Jack and the Beanstalk? Holy lack of ideas, Batman.

They just make everything into a movie. Whats next? Jack and Jill? Itsy Bitsy Spider? Little Boy Blue?

Better yet, they always manage to shoehorn a big battle scene into these films even though there was never one or doesnt need to be one. Hilarious. These are the films that will make up future MST3K or maybe MST4K fodder.

What is the point of this thread?

And as for lack of ideas, well aside from the Abbot and Costello Jack and the Beanstalk and Mickey and Beanstalk there really hasnt been a Jack and the Beanstalk movie before.

And as for Hansel and Gretel the biggest version of that story(the 1989 musical with David Warner and Cloris Leachman) didnt even play theatrically in the states.

Visco. · 01-21-2013, 02:10 AM

I don't care that they're making a hansel and Gretel movie, I just really wish Jeremy Renner didn't get sucked into it. It's going to be terrible.

Bryan Singer might do good for the beanstalk one. It seems to have a better story.

Dubstar · 01-21-2013, 02:49 AM

Hollywood writers are really scrapping the bottom of the barrel - when they have to resort to this crap.

Captain Kirk · 01-21-2013, 02:50 AM

I guess I'm easily amused as I will happily pay to see both of them. I even enjoyed The Brothers Grimm film...for shame!

Beast · 01-21-2013, 03:53 AM

The Jack and the Beanstalk movie is actually a big budget remake of Jack The Giant Killer. Which is based on a novel. So I wouldn't really consider it an outright Jack and the Beanstalk movie. The 1962 movie is pretty damn entertaining. And MST3K recently did a Live Rifftrax Release of the film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack,_the_Giant_Killer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_th...281962_film%29

EricJ · 01-21-2013, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Beast

The Jack and the Beanstalk movie is actually a big budget remake of Jack The Giant Killer.

Although with Bryan Singer, that's more of a "Yes and no." As in, "Mostly NO.

"

(slight pause for conspicuous absence of Munsters-remake joke.)

The Singer movie may have been a neat-stuff remake before it was, um...mutated, but yeah, Hansel & Gretel was trying to cash in on March Scary-Tale Madness.
(So was Disney's Oz movie, and the studios deliberately put Singer's Jack movie in close-proximity harm's way)

It's all one big blur to producers: They're still trying to figure out why Tim Burton's Alice made all that danged much money in March '10, so their nearest guess was to count how many fangirls went to see Johnny Depp, assumed it must've been "some kinda Twilight thing" about wanting to see "dark fairytales", and then went out to do the Twilight Version of Red Riding Hood, and two empowered versions of Snow White.
Either the March tales will run out before the box office or vice versa, but I'm guessing is the last big year we get 'em. The box-office disappointments are racking up, and Alice's free-ride ticket is one hole short of a full punch.

Scottie · 01-21-2013, 02:24 PM

I wouldn't mind if there was a Hansel and Gretel movie but the whole idea of them being witch hunters is just...wow...

They should just make a film with an array of short stories / fables.

fassbenderfan · 01-21-2013, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by s2mikey

Did I just see trailers for Hansel and Gretel and Jack and the Beanstalk? Holy lack of ideas, Batman.

They just make everything into a movie. Whats next? Jack and Jill? Itsy Bitsy Spider? Little Boy Blue?

Better yet, they always manage to shoehorn a big battle scene into these films even though there was never one or doesnt need to be one. Hilarious. These are the films that will make up future MST3K or maybe MST4K fodder.

Ummm...

[Show spoiler]

Hansel & Gretel and Jack The Giant Killer are looking pretty good now, huh?

DetroitSportsFan · 01-21-2013, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by fassbenderfan

Ummm...

[Show spoiler]

Hansel & Gretel and Jack The Giant Killer are looking pretty good now, huh?

You beat me to it.

GORT · 01-23-2013, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by s2mikey

Did I just see trailers for Hansel and Gretel and Jack and the Beanstalk? Holy lack of ideas, Batman.

They just make everything into a movie. Whats next? Jack and Jill? Itsy Bitsy Spider? Little Boy Blue?

Better yet, they always manage to shoehorn a big battle scene into these films even though there was never one or doesnt need to be one. Hilarious. These are the films that will make up future MST3K or maybe MST4K fodder.

So why is this in your collection

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alvarez468 · 01-23-2013, 01:58 AM

i can't wait for humpty dumpty its gonna be awesome

jk
but probably will check out jack the giant slayer

RocShemp · 01-23-2013, 12:20 PM

Hansel and Gretel: Which Hunters looks like tons of zany fun. My only gripe is that it seems that Gretel will be diminished to a damsel-in-distress role halfway through the flick.

I only saw one teaser for Jack the Giant Killer and it left me cold. Hopefully it'll be good but I'm currently unconvinced.

budious · 01-23-2013, 01:44 PM

Well... at least they're not remakes... YET. It's a bit of an improvement.

On the note of fairy tale movies, it's a shame Terry Gilliam got dicked over by studio heads when he tried to make The Brothers Grimm, it could have been a fantastic movie.

I'm really surprised nobody has relaunched Sinbad since the rise of Pirates of the Caribbean, seems like it would be gold.

Ironhorse75 · 01-23-2013, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Visco.

I don't care that they're making a hansel and Gretel movie, I just really wish Jeremy Renner didn't get sucked into it. It's going to be terrible.

Yeah, plus we're in the dump months. I have zero expectations for Hansel and Gretel.

RocShemp · 01-23-2013, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by budious

I'm really surprised nobody has relaunched Sinbad since the rise of Pirates of the Caribbean, seems like it would be gold.

Wasn't there one in the works a while back. Or did that end up in production hell?

s2mikey · 01-23-2013, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GORT

So why is this in your collection

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My kids wanted it. I should have known the Collection Police force would be out. Cool.

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Originally Posted by fassbenderfan

Ummm...

[Show spoiler]

Hansel & Gretel and Jack The Giant Killer are looking pretty good now, huh?

Sweet! I love it!

Ernest Rister · 01-23-2013, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by budious

On the note of fairy tale movies, it's a shame Terry Gilliam got dicked over by studio heads when he tried to make The Brothers Grimm, it could have been a fantastic movie.

Yes, but that's starting to be an old refrain from him. Maybe if he had tighter reign on his productions and not allow them to go over-budget, studio heads would stop "dicking him over".

Monterey Jack · 01-23-2013, 02:31 PM

The only reason they're making these is that fairy tales are in the public doman thus studios don't have to pay a dime in licencing fees.

Jbug · 01-23-2013, 02:34 PM

As a big fan of the Grimm collection of assorted stories and a sucker for the scary or atmospheric movies from this time period, I'm all in. I'm hoping H&G and Jack turn out to be very good movies.

01-21-2013, 01:49 AM	#1
s2mikey Banned Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Upstate, NY 4K collection:130 Blu-ray collection:303 Trading Score:40	Hansel & Gretel? Jack & the Beanstalk? REALLY??? Did I just see trailers for Hansel and Gretel and Jack and the Beanstalk? Holy lack of ideas, Batman. They just make everything into a movie. Whats next? Jack and Jill? Itsy Bitsy Spider? Little Boy Blue? Better yet, they always manage to shoehorn a big battle scene into these films even though there was never one or doesnt need to be one. Hilarious. These are the films that will make up future MST3K or maybe MST4K fodder.

01-23-2013, 01:44 PM	#14
budious Banned Member since:Mar 2012 Location:Currently suspended from the ceiling of the moderators rape dungeon. Blu-ray reviews: 8 Trading Score:1	Well... at least they're not remakes... YET. It's a bit of an improvement. On the note of fairy tale movies, it's a shame Terry Gilliam got dicked over by studio heads when he tried to make The Brothers Grimm, it could have been a fantastic movie. I'm really surprised nobody has relaunched Sinbad since the rise of Pirates of the Caribbean, seems like it would be gold. Last edited by budious; 01-23-2013 at 01:50 PM.

01-21-2013, 02:10 AM	#3
Visco. Blu-ray Knight Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Columbus, Ohio Blu-ray collection:662 DVD collection:24 Prime collection:1 Trading Score:36	I don't care that they're making a hansel and Gretel movie, I just really wish Jeremy Renner didn't get sucked into it. It's going to be terrible. Bryan Singer might do good for the beanstalk one. It seems to have a better story.

01-21-2013, 02:49 AM	#4
Dubstar Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:down at Fraggle Rock Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:1953 DVD collection:304 MA collection:4 Digital collection:33 Trading Score:29	Hollywood writers are really scrapping the bottom of the barrel - when they have to resort to this crap.

01-21-2013, 02:50 AM	#5
Captain Kirk Banned Member since:Feb 2012 Trading Score:2	I guess I'm easily amused as I will happily pay to see both of them. I even enjoyed The Brothers Grimm film...for shame!

01-21-2013, 03:53 AM	#6
Beast Blu-ray Champion Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:376 Blu-ray reviews:3	The Jack and the Beanstalk movie is actually a big budget remake of Jack The Giant Killer. Which is based on a novel. So I wouldn't really consider it an outright Jack and the Beanstalk movie. The 1962 movie is pretty damn entertaining. And MST3K recently did a Live Rifftrax Release of the film. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack,_the_Giant_Killer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_th...281962_film%29

01-21-2013, 02:24 PM	#8
Scottie Moderator Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Rhode Island Trading Score:647	I wouldn't mind if there was a Hansel and Gretel movie but the whole idea of them being witch hunters is just...wow... They should just make a film with an array of short stories / fables.

01-23-2013, 01:58 AM	#12
alvarez468 Power Member Member since:Dec 2011 Location:The Room of Space and Time Blu-ray collection:1202 DVD collection:75 Trading Score:59	i can't wait for humpty dumpty its gonna be awesome jk but probably will check out jack the giant slayer

01-23-2013, 12:20 PM	#13
RocShemp Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2009 Blu-ray reviews:2	Hansel and Gretel: Which Hunters looks like tons of zany fun. My only gripe is that it seems that Gretel will be diminished to a damsel-in-distress role halfway through the flick. I only saw one teaser for Jack the Giant Killer and it left me cold. Hopefully it'll be good but I'm currently unconvinced.

01-23-2013, 02:31 PM	#19
Monterey Jack Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Oct 2011 Trading Score:709	The only reason they're making these is that fairy tales are in the public doman thus studios don't have to pay a dime in licencing fees.

01-23-2013, 02:34 PM	#20
Jbug Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Chicago, IL Trading Score:29	As a big fan of the Grimm collection of assorted stories and a sucker for the scary or atmospheric movies from this time period, I'm all in. I'm hoping H&G and Jack turn out to be very good movies.

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