The BFG

Release Date: July 1, 2016

Starring: Mark Rylance as BFG
Ruby Barnhill as Sophie

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Written by: Melissa Mathison based off the book by Roald Dahl

Sophie, an orphan girl from London, suffers from insomnia. She races along the orphanage late at night keeping herself busy. Till one night during "the witching hour" she catches a glimpse of a giant. Fearing for his own safety the giant takes Sophie to shield the fact that he exists. She learns that the giant is actually very kind and gentle even though she is safe from him she is not safe from the other giants in the land. A plot erupts for the giants to feast on the children of the world. Sophie and BFG must return to London and convenience the Queen of England to get rid of the evil giants once and for all.

One of the most eye pleasing movies of the year. Visually it's everything you want it to be whenn you are thinking about a fantasy. You can really see how much effort the effects department put in to make this world of wonder come alive.

The character are inspiring and fun. You never think that Giant would be the reason why people have dreams at night. That something that we think is big and scary is one of the kindest beings that anyone has ever met. It's really neat to have a giant look at something as small as people are and see how much potential that we have. That even though we are tiny and meek in comparison that he respects people enough to help them on their journey to what they want to be. It's also great to see someone as small, and young as Sophie and have her look at something that is scary, and too big to even comprehend and facing the fear that she has and taking charge to change her situation when she can.

The movie was beautiful, and the plot was good yet I can see why it didn't do so great at the box office. There was a lot of money put into the film and there was a lot of hype for it too. Yet, the film fell just shy of the hype we were told about. It's a great film just not as great as Hollywood was hoping it was going to be.