another
big thing happened, yeast came along and ovens and together, they conspired to
transform fruit puddings
into fruited breads which got sweeter and fatter and made their way
into - datah!
Lovingly and respectfully
transformed into a screenplay by the late Melissa Mathison (who wrote ET), the result is a huge tale that focuses on small
things — there are guns, choppers, chases and more, but the
biggest set piece, really, is the setting of a table for The BFG to eat a gargantuan breakfast at Buckingham Palace (staffed by Rafe Spall's amusing footman, Penelope Wilton's magnificent Queen and Rebecca Hall's curious onlooker).