The BFG (Spielberg Attached to Direct) July 1, 2016

[Ethan Hunt]

25 minutes ago, Water Bottle said:

 

Adventures of Tintin which was the most heartless animated feature I've ever seen.

I'm not alone in this world!

[CoolioD1]

i loved tintin but i can see y someone would call it "heartless". there's a zemeckis-esque element of just watching a director play with new toys with little else (but i do think the 'berg does it better).

[Jonwo]

11 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

All you young twerps... the book is an all-time children's classic. Roald Dahl, man! It's being adapted by Melissa Fuckin' Mathison! Directed by Spielberg!

 

Now, I understand maybe it gets too commercialized during the translation into a summer blockbuster, but comparing it to stuff like PAN (a would-be revisionist spin on a new origin story)? You gotta be kidding.

 

I agree, same writer as ET gives me hope.

[Plain Old Tele]

9 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

 

I agree, same writer as ET gives me hope.

 

And BLACK STALLION! And KUNDUN! And (to a lesser degree) INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD!

[Jack Nevada]

It's giving me a major Hobbit vibe. That's bad obviously. 

[Blankments]

No intention on watching the trailer because there's no way it isn't at Jungle Book, but I'll say that BFG is one of my childhood faves and I wish Stallone was playing him

[The Futurist]

Spielberg abandoned ILM.

 

This movie is Done In New Zealand's Weta Digital and Workshop.

 

[TalismanRing]

5 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

And BLACK STALLION! And KUNDUN! And (to a lesser degree) INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD!

 

Yet, when Melissa Mathison died last year the headlines in the papers said Ex Wife of Harrison Ford Dies, even in the trade papers though they tossed in & Scribe of ET.

 

 

 

 

[DAJK]

Looks... fine I guess?

 

I don't know, trailer didn't exactly blow me away. Then again neither did the Bridge of Spies trailer or even some ET teasers speaking of classic Speilberg family films. But what Speilberg is good at is the storytelling, and of course that wouldn't always be evident in the trailers. I'd just say that if he wasn't directing, I'd be slightly nervous.

 

But those Giants man... they look like something straight out of Jack the Giant Slayer.

[Ethan Hunt]

I still can't get over the whole head being 25 times the size of the neck thing

[Fancyarcher]

3 hours ago, Jonwo said:

 

I'm guessing Warner Bros wants it to become a franchise similar to DC and Potter. The fact they gave it a holiday release originally and now a Easter 2018 release makes me think it'll be $150m minimum.

 

I doubt Spielberg has any interest in making it a franchise though. 

[EmpireCity]

You guys are crazy.  This movie is going to do very, very well and looks like classic Spielberg magic and Williams score. 

[Plain Old Tele]

1 hour ago, Blankie Cochran said:

No intention on watching the trailer because there's no way it isn't at Jungle Book, but I'll say that BFG is one of my childhood faves and I wish Stallone was playing him

 

WHAT IN THE FUCK

[Jonwo]

5 minutes ago, Daniel Dylan Davis said:

 

I doubt Spielberg has any interest in making it a franchise though. 

 

The author Ernest Cline is writing a sequel so I think there is every intention to make this a franchise should this first film be successful. 

[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, Telemachos said:

 

WHAT IN THE FUCK

 

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, Telemachos said:

 

WHAT IN THE FUCK

Blame the Oscars.

[4815162342]

2 hours ago, Water Bottle said:

 

After Adventures of Tintin which was the most heartless animated feature I've ever seen? Bridge of Spies was a good movie but I feel like BFG has that Spielberg magic.

 

Bah, Tintin was pure adventure fun. Spielberg hasn't had a misfire since 2001, and a turd since 1991.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, 4815162342 said:

 

Bah, Tintin was pure adventure fun. Spielberg hasn't had a misfire since 2001, and a turd since 1991.

[Ethan Hunt]

Lincoln is like pretty good but its like way too fucking long

[Fancyarcher]

4 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

 

The author Ernest Cline is writing a sequel so I think there is every intention to make this a franchise should this first film be successful. 

 

Yes, but if there is a sequel, I doubt Spielberg will return to direct it. That's all I'm saying.