If there is one filmmaker who has helped to define the term movie magic it would have to be Stephen Spielberg. For years Spielberg has brought some of the biggest films to life from
Raiders of the Lost Ark to
Jurassic Park. It has come to the point where the director's reputation has helped to define the term blockbuster. So what happens when this acclaimed filmmaker collaborates with Walt Disney Pictures for the very first time in his career? Evidently you get the film known as
The BFG. This new fantasy adventure is not your typical blockbuster as it comes from the 1982 novel by Roald Dahl; the author behind stories like Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. So when you have the creativity of Roald Dahl being adapted by the likes of Stephen Spielberg, there is no doubt that there could be enormous possibilities for the blockbuster. Yet is
The BFG a worthy adaption to the Dahl's novel, or does this big time adventure get cut down to size?
The story of
The BFG follows a young girl named Sophie (Ruby Barnhill). One night when roaming the halls of the orphanage, Sophie sees a massive creature roaming the streets. It turns out this creature is a giant that goes by the name the Big Friendly Giant; which Sophie renames BFG (Mark Rylance). Once being seen BFG takes Sophie to his home where the two unlikely misfits form a friendship. However trouble finds the duo when a band of giants led by the Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement) wreck havoc in both giant country and England. So to stop these massive bullies, Sophie and BFG come up with a plan to get rid of the gang and it involves getting help from the Queen of England (Penelope Wilton).
