The BFG FILM Discussion

[publicist 4,643]

29 minutes ago, mrbellamy said:

What's your idea of a movie that would need Spielberg as director?

 

One i would like to see. One that doesn't look like 'Hook' (which, to remind our cherished dutch member, is nothing like a typical Spielberg film, more like a parody of one).

[Richard Penna 3,681]

The blending of the giant's 'lair' and Sophie looks a bit dodgy to me - I hope the film won't have an overly CGI look to it.

 

Rylance looks absolutely perfect though, and I do get the impression that at least his face may be real, with the rest of his body (or neck) being CG.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

3 hours ago, TownerFan said:

New trailer:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ0Bey4YUGI

 

Looks like a BP of S.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

A Best Picture of Spielberg? Gosh, I hope so.

[TheUlyssesian 2,477]

Spielberg is like one for them, one for me. This is like one for them, but still made with obvious heart.

 

Spielberg's films in his mature phase have taken a different turn. Both Lincoln and Bridge of Spies are very accomplished films. But they are also about men talking in rooms and making deals and negotiating. They are about words and what they mean and how we chose them.

 

They are of course intelligent and adult, given to a finer appreciation of how differently motivated human beings can work together and come to terms. His mature phase films are also ever so slightly boring and there is this quality about them that Spielberg really doesn't give a fuck with the audience thinks, he is making exactly the films he wants to make.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Exactly! And he has earned that right.

4 hours ago, KK. said:

Meh. Weirdly cut trailer.

 

Visual effects don't look that good either.

 

Many trailers have unfinished effects. Remember TDKR?

[Romão 2,274]

This has left me intrigued. I should read the book

[Brónach 1,302]

52 minutes ago, Romão said:

This has left me intrigued. I should read the book

 

It works as an advert for a book and a score to read the book to.

[publicist 4,643]

8 hours ago, Stefancos said:

Exactly! And he has earned that right.

 

Wtf? 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Problem?

[publicist 4,643]

No. Intermediate airport time.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Ok

[Indianagirl 298]

This is not at all what I was expecting but I am still looking forward to it 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

What were you expecting?

[Indianagirl 298]

I don't know the story but I had no idea it was going to be CG.

[filmmusic 1,826]

i just wish the film industry had gone further perfecting animatronics/puppetry and just use CGI for a few touches here and there!

The creatures at Labyrinth seem to me better.

i don't know but as "perfect" as they gonna make the CGI (generally speaking) they'll never manage to add that "weight" you feel with things you can touch.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Just now, filmmusic said:

i just wish the film industry had gone further perfecting animatronics/puppetry and just use CGI for a few touches here and there!

The creatures at Labyrinth seem to me better.

i don't know but as "perfect" as they gonna make the CGI (generally speaking) they'll never manage to add that "weight" you feel with things you can touch.

 

I agree.  Watching the bonus features on the Force Awakens' blu-ray I was kind of amazed at how versatile physical puppets/animatronics can be, especially when simply augmented with CGI. I think certain types of characters make sense for fully CGI, but it shouldn't be the default.

[Brónach 1,302]

I dislike the blue-avatar-magic-forest-with-flying-lights thing these days.

[pete 907]

20 hours ago, dfenton85 said:

So, can we easily predict the themes?

- Sophie's Theme

- The BFG's Theme

- The 'evil' giant's motif

 

Maybe a London motif.

 

I love the anticipation of a new JW score a few months before its release.

 

There are several travel (giants running) scenes in the book which could make for some montages. Especially excited to hear how Williams tackles the climactic scene. The book is quite short, but from watching the trailers with the book still fresh in my mind, I'd say Williams had plenty to sink his musical teeth in to. I just can't believe there's a new score so soon after The Force Awakens^.

[Brónach 1,302]

I'm wondering if Williams, aside his professionalism and craftmanship, is interested in this material.

[filmmusic 1,826]

9 minutes ago, Brónach said:

I'm wondering if Williams, aside his professionalism and craftmanship, is interested in this material.

if he was interested in revisiting Star Wars for the 7th time, and as it seems indiana jones for the 5th time, i guess this should provide something for a change so i'd say "yes"!

[Damien F 1,742]

6 hours ago, pete said:

 

There are several travel (giants running) scenes in the book which could make for some montages. Especially excited to hear how Williams tackles the climactic scene. The book is quite short, but from watching the trailers with the book still fresh in my mind, I'd say Williams had plenty to sink his musical teeth in to. I just can't believe there's a new score so soon after The Force Awakens^.

 

 

Imagine this scene with a Williams score...

 

 

(In case you don't know, the clip is from a late 80s animated adaptation of the book for British TV. I loved it as a child)

 

Some of the comments of that video are quite interesting:

 

"The music in this film still gives me chills (in a good way)"

"I wish I could find a soundtrack of some of the background music"

 

 

[mrbellamy 6,277]

On 4/4/2016 at 7:34 AM, TownerFan said:

Yes, it's been confirmed that The BFG will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (out of competition section) in May.

 

Official official now  http://deadline.com/2016/04/cannes-film-festival-2016-official-selection-lineup-full-list-1201736807/

 

So about a month from now we'll know what the French think....

[Thor 7,490]

26 minutes ago, mrbellamy said:

 

Official official now  http://deadline.com/2016/04/cannes-film-festival-2016-official-selection-lineup-full-list-1201736807/

 

So about a month from now we'll know what the French think....

 

I will actually be in Cannes this year, and I hope to get tickets to the film.

[mrbellamy 6,277]

Oh cool! I hope you won't mind us bombarding you with questions again if you do

[Thor 7,490]

Not at all. Although it's not THAT long untill its official premiere, and I'm sure we'll get plenty of insightful reviews after the Cannes premiere.

 

I'm even more excited about Paul Verhoeven's ELLE, however, as well as the new films by Christian Mungiu and Andrea Arnold.

[mrbellamy 6,277]

Looks like a good slate for sure! I'm excited to hear about the new Almodovar, Dardenne, Assayas, and Jarmusch films too.

 

Had my fingers crossed for Malick's Voyage of Time too, there were a few rumors about that. Ah well.

[Thor 7,490]

Yeah, I don't think Malick managed to finish it on time.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

11 minutes ago, mrbellamy said:

Looks like a good slate for sure! I'm excited to hear about the new Almodovar, Dardenne, Assayas, and Jarmusch films too.

 

Had my fingers crossed for Malick's Voyage of Time too, there were a few rumors about that. Ah well.

 

I'm very excited to see a Jarmusch movie starring Adam Driver.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

[Richard Penna 3,681]

Wonder what part of the story that's from?

 

The BFG himself looks spot on IMO, and good casting for Sophie too.

 

There's some slightly dodgy editing in the trailer which I hope isn't representative of the film (the two shots where he grabs Sophie look weird - hopefully something has been cut for brevity there).

 

I hope this isn't over scored too, because the sparse nature of the animated version works so well. I think overall, if Spielberg has gotten the tone right, and Mathison has kept key elements in the screenplay, this could be really good.

[mrbellamy 6,277]

There are some nice shots in the trailer that just seem primed for some JW magic, like the glowing tree at night and the BFG making those shadow paintings. And there's no way he doesn't get that whole kidnapping and traveling to the Giant country sequence pretty much all to himself, right? Could be a great cue.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

Steven Spielberg on The BFG: 'It's the most ambitious motion capture of a character ever'

[nightscape94 965]

It's one of the only CGI motion capture characters I can think of where the end result is still essentially human looking.  Just the actor resized.

[Quintus 5,399]

I don't mean to sound cynical I really don't, but in that image above the uncanny valley is very apparent to me. He doesn't look "human" to me. However that's just one shot. 

[JoeinAR 1,949]

It's Neil Patrick Harris. 

[mrbellamy 6,277]

 

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

IMDB lists it being rated PG for "action/peril, some scary moments and brief rude humor"

[Will 2,215]

Uh oh, I don't think I can watch this. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

3 hours ago, Not Mr. Big said:

and brief rude humor"

 

It was nothing like that, penis breath!

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

New image

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

It's an Ent!

[mrbellamy 6,277]

Wonder how the effect will come across overall. These stills are giving me an uncanny valley vibe, but I'm still pretty impressed with the mocap on that "whisperings of the world" line in the trailer.

 

Also cute video of the BFG girl quizzing Spielberg on his movies:

 

 

So funny that he didn't know Temple of Doom was a prequel!

[Matt C 452]

Variety calls The BFG an "instant family classic".

 

http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/the-bfg-review-steven-spielberg-1201774476/

[King Mark 3,631]

the giant looks super fake

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

king mark has risen

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

He's back!

[Romão 2,274]

New trailer

 

 

[Will 2,215]

1 hour ago, Romão said:

New trailer

 

Looks pretty good. But no Williams music. 

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

The movie doesn't look like anything I would want to see. A catastrophe of CGI and awkward ugly motion capture that looks like that Zemeckis Beowulf movie. Yuck. I am, of course, judging it from a 2 minute trailer. Still, I think I got all there was to get.