SilverWook said:

Mrebo said:

Jack the Giant Slayer

It was great fun. A healthy number of scenes obviously made with 3-D in mind (I saw it in 2-D). All the characters were the flattest of archetypes but it didn't matter. The Princess Bride came to mind in terms of story-telling, superficially the framing, and obvious silly tone (though it didn't have the quality of characters and wit). There were definitely laugh-worthy moments. The CGI was decent, it worked for the movie. The end of the movie felt a touch too contrived but could set things up for a contrived sequel ;0 All in all I would highly recommend it. Just old-fashioned fun.

I also got around to seeing Seven Samurai. It was entertaining. Some of you have recommended it as a model for a Star Wars movie, but I'm afraid I'm lacking in imagination. However, Kikuchiyo reminded me of Anakin - with occasional flare-ups of Jar-Jar.

The Star Wars/Kurosawa connection is more obvious in some of his other samurai films like The Hidden Fortress. My favorite storyline in the old Marvel comic is unabashedly a Seven Samurai homage...

Did Ewan have any lines in JTGS that would be of use in fan edits?

If you think more bad jokes might be needed there are a couple ("barking up the wrong beanstalk"). I think there are a couple that could work for more serious intentions, but he didn't have too many lines.