The BFG: See It Before It’s Out Of Theaters
All my life, I’ve been a fan of Disney. For that same stretch of time, I’ve been a fan of Steven Spielberg. Both the Disney studios and Spielberg’s production companies, Amblin Entertainment and Dreamworks, have created some of my favorite movies of all time. The BFG combines the two, and I feel that it’s a movie worth seeing before it leaves theaters. The movie is based on a book by the late Roald Dahl. I never read the book, but I did see an earlier animated adaptation in the early 90s, strangely enough on The Disney Channel. I liked that animated movie, but I love what Spielberg did with the material. To sum up the plot briefly: Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) is a young British orphan with insomnia. Awake one night, she is suddenly and surprisingly taken away by the BFG (Mark Rylance), or put longer, the Big Friendly Giant. Unlike the other giants who reside in his valley, the BFG is a kind one who specializes in catching and taking