Roald Dahl's The BFG: Big Friendly Giant (DVD)

Having been a roald dahl fan since the first time I read George's Marvellous Medicine at age 7, of course I think this cartoon adaptation is brilliant. The story follows the adventures of a little girl from an orphanage who accidentally befriends a giant when she spies him out of her bedroom window stealing dreams from people in the middle of the night. Thankfully for her he is the big FRIENDLY giant and takes her back to the land of the giants where he is in danger of being eaten by the not so friendly ...  Read the complete review

The Big Friendly Giant A magical tale originally penned by Roald Dahl, and brought to life by the wonderful animators at Cosgrove Hall, also famous for their Thomas the Tank Engine films and videos.Under the direction of Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall. 88 minutes long and rated in the U category, this film is suitable for all, young and old alike. A real must for Dahl fans all over the world. Having read the book, it was with some trepidation that I bought the video; costing £10 this film is excellent value for money. Available in most good video retailers and WHSmiths. If you don’t know the plot, and haven’t read the book, ...  Read the complete review

Last night I decided to watch The BFG. After all, I had nothing better to do with my Monday evening before Cold Feet and in my economics lesson that day, someone had said they'd watched it on Channel Five the night before. I adore animations. I have every Disney video ever made (pretty much, I'm a couple short though) not to mention 62 cuddly toys and beanies and a whole load of Disney soundtracks. Anyway, that's not the point - because I enjoy animations so much, a friend bought me a copy of The BFG a couple of years back. OK, it's not Disney but it's still great fun. And if you care to read on, I'll tell you why... **~~WHO IS THE ...  Read the complete review

THe BFG is an excellent animated film made in 1990 and based on the wonderful story by Roald Dahl.. It tells the story of a little orphan girl called Sophie, who looking out of her bedroom window one night, spots a giant. He realises that he has been spotted and before she knows it she is scooped up in his hand and taken away to Giant Land. She is, unsurprisingly, very frightened, until he explains that: 'I is not like all the others. I is a nice giant. I is a freaky giant. I is the Big Friendly Giant!' There are, however, nine other giants in Giant Land who are nowhere as nice as the BFG though. They go by the names of Bloodbottler, Fleshlumper and ...  Read the complete review

The other day when baby sitting for a friend we watched a film called "The BFG". I was not familiar with this film and thought it was going to be a boring kiddys film but in fact it was a good film. The story line goes that some big giants are stealing lots of children for their food. These giants must be stopped. The saving of the children gets down to one little girl, called Sophie and the Big Friendly Giant. The Big friendly giant goes around mixing dreams and giving them to sleeping people. With the help of a bit of magic, the queen, the armies and a lot of hard work the giants are stopped from committing their terrible ...  Read the complete review