Capone doesn't see what the BFD is about Spielberg's THE BFG Read the full article on AICN Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. Try as I might, I could not wrap my heart around director Steven Spielberg’s latest, THE BFG, based on the Roald Dahl book and the final screenplay from Spielberg’s E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL writer Melissa Mathison, who died in November.