The story is based on the 1982 book by Roald Dahl, who among others wrote the screenplay for 'You Only Live Twice' and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', and writer of source stories for a number of movies and TV shows. My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. The feeling is different and this will not be one of his celebrated best. The major difficulty is any comparison to Spielberg's earlier classics. The movie is still fine but it's missing a truly heartfelt drama. There is a way for the movie to fully satisfy its dark fable core but it seems to lose that thread. There is one fun joke but mostly, the story loses its magic. There is turn before the third act which takes the magic of the story and plants it squarely into the modern world at a specific time. The adventure could be a lot more adventurous. Little Sophie has the required cuteness mixed with a pluckiness. There may be some holes but it still works. The Giant world is intriguing both visually and in substance. The BFG collects dreams and Sophie comes up with an idea to warn The Queen by manufacturing a nightmare about the human-eating giants. The other giants are bigger, bullies the BFG, and eat human beings. The BFG is actually a vegetarian and the runt of the group. At the witching hour, Sophie spots the Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance) who takes her to the Giant world to avoid her alerting the public of their presence. Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) is a 10 year old English orphan.

You might end up being surprised at how much you like it, just like I was. If you don't think you're going to be a stick in the mud about it, go ahead and give it a watch. It was more about the interaction of a child and magical friend, akin to ET - and while it may not be quite as good, I still got a lot of enjoyment out of it. Where they expecting Schindler's List? This wasn't that kind of Spielberg Movie. I don't get why so many people hated on this movie. Sure there were some childish jokes, but there were plenty of other moments that made me laugh out loud without involving body functions. It's more for the interaction between the girl and the giant, and in that department the movie delivers. This isn't the kind of movie you watch for the story. The little girl does a pretty good job as well. The funny way he talks and the emotions on his face really made the movie for me. First off, I'm not a huge children's movie fan, but this one was just so charming and cute I couldn't help but like it.

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