The BFG

Steven Speilberg does it again, this time adapting a children's book by Roald Dahl.  Screenplay by Melissa Mathison who also did E.T., it is similar story of a child in need of a friend, who happens to be from another world.

Sophie is an orphan (of course) who is up late at night when she sees a giant walking through the darkened streets.  When the giant sees that he is discovered, he snatches the girl so she can't tell others about him and takes her back to his Bat Cave, Giant Land.  Mark Rylance plays the giant well.  There, they become friends and he is renamed BFG.  BFG's job is to catch and release dreams and so he has to go back to the real world to do that.

I won't say more because the plot is very interesting and unusual.  Great cinematography as usual from Janusz Kaminski.

* * * * *  (highest)