other books by the author of the big friendly giant

Before climbing the hill towards Dream Country, the pair accidentally wakes up the giants. BFG gives Sophie clothes before their journey. Sophie convinces the giant, who she gives the name BFG for big friendly giant, to bring her to Dream Country. The Fleshlumpeater then leaves after a close call for Sophie. Sophie is forced to hide in a vegetable and the Fleshlumpeater nearly eats her until he can be convinced not to eat the vegetable because he doesn’t like to eat such things. When Sophie awakens from her dream, a meaner giant, the Fleshlumpeater ( Jemaine Clement) enters the giant’s home. Eventually, Sophie falls asleep and the giant gives Sophie a dream to scare her from trying to escape the house. The giant says he can give her and other people dreams, but Sophie doesn’t believe him and tells him he can’t give her dreams because she suffers from insomnia. The giant then places Sophie in the top his boat that he uses as his bed. Sophie is not supposed to know of his existence and the giant cannot allow her out because the other giants are larger and eat human “beans”. The giant stops her from escaping and explains to Sophie she has to stay in the house with him for the rest of her life. She quietly makes her way to the huge window but bumps into giant objects which give away her attempt to escape. The BFG takes Sophie from the orphanage.Īfter the giant sets Sophie down in his home, she watches him and decides to try to escape through the window. The giant then picks Sophie up wrapped in her quilt and brings her to Giant Country. One night as Sophie is awake she spies a large giant ( Mark Rylance) in the dark. Sophie ( Ruby Barnhill) is a ten-year-old girl who lives in an orphanage and stays up reading most nights because she suffers from insomnia. *Spoiler Alert! If you are avoiding spoilers, do not read further. It is still a fun watch if you want to see the odd land of giants.

The film may be more entertaining for younger viewers and less for adults.The film focuses on the world at the expense of storyline.An interesting and captivating world made for giants.Mark Rylance does a superb job being the oddly lovable BFG.Unfortunately, the lacking storyline fails to immerse the audience further into the wonderfully odd world of giants. The BFG himself is silly but lovable and his world is filled with fun giant oddities. The BFG, inspired by Roald Dahl’s book, just might be entertaining enough to captivate a child’s imagination with its large world and giant sized character.

The BFG (big friendly giant for those who are unaware) takes place in a much more imaginative world than Pete’s Dragon (2016). I think in my mind I was expecting it to be very similar to Disney’s Pete’s Dragon and that may have been why I passed up on the movie last year. Last year I did not get around to watching Disney’s The BFG in theaters, but finally, Netflix is streaming this whimsical movie.

Other books by the author of the big friendly giant