The BFG

The BFG

Rating 2.5 out of 10

I thought the trailers for this movie looked very interesting.  They have come so far with CG it's amazing the life like way they can make giants appear.  I thought this movie looked worth seeing and when the new Tarzan movie scared me off with bad reviews this movie moved to the top of the list on a blazing 4th of July with the Hottie.  I should have done something else.

The effects are amazing without a doubt.  The giants walking in downtown London are pretty incredible.  The problem is in the story.  It's as dull as they come.  Lisa fell asleep at one point and we left the theater before the movie was over.  I can imagine a twelve year old boy would like this movie. Don't see an adult liking it much.

Ruby is a ten year old girl in a London orphanage back in the 1940s.  She has problems sleeping and is awake at 3 am when BFG (the Big Friendly Giant) is going thru town doing his thing.  Because she sees him he is forced to snatch her up and take her back to giant land.  Turns out of the ten or so giants there he is the only friendly one of the bunch.  The rest are very mean to him and while they like the little kids it's more to eat them.  Half the movie is BFG hiding the little girl from the other giants so they can't eat her.  Ruby decides the only option they have is to enlist the help of the Queen and her army to kill all the bad giants.

After several minutes of BFG learning to drink tea and eat bacon and eggs while talking mostly gibberish I decided I was RFB (Really Flipping Bored) and we decided to depart.  Is this movie bad enough to walk out on?  Probably not.  I had just had enough.  A good mid day nap seemed like a much better option.  Your milage may vary.