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BFG=Big Fucking Giant? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger May 2016 OP
'Big Friendly Giant' pinboy3niner May 2016 #1
Anyone can make that mistake. Baitball Blogger May 2016 #2
A brief description of the movie Kaleva May 2016 #3
I saw the trailer. It looks fun. Baitball Blogger May 2016 #5
Finally the true story comes out pinboy3niner May 2016 #4
My first thought was "Big Fucking Gun." cagefreesoylentgreen May 2016 #6
Likewise. Orrex May 2016 #7
It's a great book. mainstreetonce May 2016 #8
This whistler162 May 2016 #9
When I first saw the trailer I swear the giant looked like GWB!!! of course I was wrong per someone a kennedy May 2016 #10

Kaleva

(36,301 posts)
3. A brief description of the movie
Mon May 23, 2016, 09:55 PM
May 2016

"A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Fucking Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because unlike his peers refuses to eat boys and girls."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3691740/

Orrex

(63,210 posts)
7. Likewise.
Tue May 24, 2016, 11:00 AM
May 2016

Like 99% of the kids in this world, I'd never read nor even heard of the Dahl book until about two weeks ago. "BFG" meant "Big Fucking Gun" and nothing else.

Of course, we'll now see a flood of people swearing that they've known and loved the book since 1982, because that's always how it goes.


a kennedy

(29,661 posts)
10. When I first saw the trailer I swear the giant looked like GWB!!! of course I was wrong per someone
Wed May 25, 2016, 08:18 AM
May 2016

here on DU:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027851804

Then found this picture and thought he STILL looks like GWB. and it IS JMHO.

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