I haven't been a fan of the actor that played Newt, but I really liked him in this. Well written. The acting quite good. Characters and their development very well done. An immersive experience. Good special effects, and imaginative creatures. My favorite character has to be Queeny. I just fell in love with this vivacious and fun part of the film. Some interactions between Newt and his creatures were a little over the top. Sometimes less is more. I really like how the personalities of the creatures come through. The darker aspects of the film are actually very well done, and are historically accurate for the United States at the time this story is presented. Much of the dark wilsonian progressive aspects of the inter war years leading to the second world war was well done.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
Action / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
Action / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
Plot summary
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
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I enjoyed this film more than I expected
Just average. Not fantastic
J.K Rowling, not content with having milked 'Harry Potter' for all it was worth (quite a lot as it turned out) has now decided to expand her 'wizarding world' with this sort of spin-off series.
Sadly this first instalment isn't that fantastic, in fact it's lots of special effects holding together a paper thin plot that seems largely to involve poor Eddie Redmayne running here, there and everywhere trying to catch whichever creature has escaped from his suitcase next.
There are moments, yes, when this film actually lives up to its billing, and I'll be interested to see where the franchise goes, but this was a load of old nothing really.