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bwood
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8614 posts 		Tue Apr-05-16 01:31 PM

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"The BFG (Spielberg, 2016)"


          

https://youtu.be/GZ0Bey4YUGI

RIP Melissa Mathison.

Really hope this is dope.

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i loved this movie as a kid
Apr 05th 2016
1
So happy to see Mark Rylance play the BFG.
Apr 05th 2016
2
^^^ Yup
Apr 05th 2016
3
Awesome sauce.
Apr 06th 2016
4
Big F*cking Giant?
Apr 06th 2016
5
Big Friendly Giant. It's based off a kids book man.
Apr 06th 2016
6
Literally the only thing I could think of.
May 14th 2016
9
Roald Dahl was my fave author as a kid & I read this book multiple times
Apr 07th 2016
7
My Dad read it to me.
Jun 22nd 2016
11
Reviews from Cannes are eh, but the Telegraph has a full-blown rave.
May 14th 2016
8
It's classic Spielberg in a lesser package
Jun 21st 2016
10
Clearly, they want adults to think "big fucking giant"
Jun 22nd 2016
12
pretty sure it's just the title of the book
Jun 22nd 2016
13
Yeah. In Doom, I wondered, "Why is this the Big Friendly Giant?"
Jun 22nd 2016
14
Yeah.... no.
Jul 05th 2016
16
Was that Roald Dahl's intention when he wrote the book?
Jul 05th 2016
17
The movie is fucking delightful.
Jul 01st 2016
15
So glad to hear this.
Jul 07th 2016
18

gumz
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20118 posts 		Tue Apr-05-16 01:38 PM

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1. "i loved this movie as a kid"
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stravinskian
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12698 posts 		Tue Apr-05-16 07:51 PM

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2. "So happy to see Mark Rylance play the BFG."
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I understand he's been around for a long time, but I didn't know about him until Wolf Hall. After that and Bridge of Spies, I'm an all out fanboy.

  
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Sofian_Hadi
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5628 posts 		Tue Apr-05-16 08:08 PM

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3. "^^^ Yup"
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Dude was subtly amazing in Bridge of Spies.

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denny
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11281 posts 		Wed Apr-06-16 12:11 PM

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4. "Awesome sauce."
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Can't wait to take the kids to this.

  
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Buddy_Gilapagos
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5. "Big F*cking Giant?"
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bwood
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8614 posts 		Wed Apr-06-16 03:54 PM

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6. "Big Friendly Giant. It's based off a kids book man."
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JFrost1117
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23882 posts 		Sat May-14-16 11:39 AM

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9. "Literally the only thing I could think of."
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Laz aka Black Native
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5462 posts 		Thu Apr-07-16 10:01 AM

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7. "Roald Dahl was my fave author as a kid & I read this book multiple times"
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TheAlbionist
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3306 posts 		Wed Jun-22-16 10:07 AM

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11. "My Dad read it to me."
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 Wed Jun-22-16 10:07 AM by TheAlbionist

  

          

Guess I was 4 or 5 years old... he made up all the voices and everything. All Dahl's books, but this and The Twits especially are ETCHED on my brain.

The 1989 version with David Jason was pretty good, but never really touched the book.

Looking forward to Spielberg doing justice to it - Dahl is the finest children's writer ever IMvHO.

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Frank Longo
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86672 posts 		Sat May-14-16 10:15 AM

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8. "Reviews from Cannes are eh, but the Telegraph has a full-blown rave."
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bwood
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8614 posts 		Tue Jun-21-16 09:43 PM

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10. "It's classic Spielberg in a lesser package "
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The movie's main problem is that it's not quite sure what it wants to do with the premise. I heard that this is utterly faithful to the book and I left thinking with that in mind that, maybe this book didn't need an adaptation.

With that said this is worth it just for the absolutely bonkers third act. It's really ballsy that everyone from the studio to Spielberg and the cast commit and fully lean into.

Overall it's hard to be mad at this. It's clearly for children and the children at my screening loved it. Spielberg tried to recreate the E.T. magic here and it doesn't even come close, but it's hard to flat out dislike this movie.

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blackfoot_female
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12. "Clearly, they want adults to think "big fucking giant""
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and they figure kids are too young to get it.

  
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sndesai1
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1229 posts 		Wed Jun-22-16 03:28 PM

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13. "pretty sure it's just the title of the book"
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SoulHonky
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25919 posts 		Wed Jun-22-16 04:34 PM

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14. "Yeah. In Doom, I wondered, "Why is this the Big Friendly Giant?""
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Now all I can think of is Big Fucking Gun.

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TheAlbionist
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3306 posts 		Tue Jul-05-16 08:47 AM

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16. "Yeah.... no."
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>and they figure kids are too young to get it.

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Cold Truth
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17. "Was that Roald Dahl's intention when he wrote the book?"
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Clearly, you're reading way, way, way to much into it.

  
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Frank Longo
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86672 posts 		Fri Jul-01-16 01:19 AM

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15. "The movie is fucking delightful."
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It's a really slow build, but it absolutely earns every scrap of magic in the last two thirds. God bless Spielberg and Mathison, man. They just get it.

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18. "So glad to hear this."
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too bad it's not in Smell-o-vision so we can get the snozzcumber effect (if not the whiz poppers).

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