Disney and Spielberg’s ‘The BFG’ Trailer: Wait this isn’t Quake?
I know it is an easy joke, made by many. But I really don’t know The BFG outside of lighting dickheads up in Quake III Arena. I imagine it is a very lovely book, and this may very well be a very lovely movie.
Not every author translates well to the big screen. Most movies based on Jane Austen’s novels aren’t very good; same with Stephen King and Mark Twain, not to mention that Shakespeare guy. But there’s something special about Roald Dahl. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is obviously a childhood classic, but don’t overlook Danny DeVito’s whimsical Matilda, Henry Selick’s visually spectacular James and the Giant Peach, and Wes Anderson’s cleverFantastic Mr. Fox. As for the bright abomination that is Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, never happened.
The next director to take a stab at the Dahl oeuvre is Steven Spielberg withThe BFG. It’s actually the second film adaptation of the book, about a Big Friendly Giant who befriends a young girl, but the first that’s a mix of live-action and CGI (the other, released in 1989, is animated). Two things are immediately striking in the teaser trailer: The BFG is the rare Spielberg film with a female main character, and it looks like his Hugo. If it’s half as good as that movie, it’ll still be great. Here’s the official plot synopsis.