9/10/2023 0 Comments Fantastical beast movie![]() ![]() Just silly one-liners and the occasional humorous remark. There was no real dialogue between the characters. The only thing that is has in common are the special effects (for the apparitions). And this movie is sadly nothing like the original HP movies. The Harry Potter movies are easily one of the best and most rewatchable movie franchises so far. I have to say that I am really disappointed of the movie as a whole. This is fresh and new and while it isn't flawless by any means it's certainly entertaining! Rowling huge credit for not just rehashing the Harry Potter story again. I enjoyed the characters, the humour and the creatures a whole lot. It's filled with wonder and creativity and being back in the world of witchcraft and wizardry is worth the price of admission alone. Still these problems are not enough to ruin the movie by any means. I just wasn't that engaged in that part of the story to be honest. There's also a magical threat that becomes more central towards the end but it honestly kind of left me scratching my head. A lot of them feel completely underdeveloped and add basically nothing to the overall story (*cough* Jon Voight *cough*). For one it has way too many side characters. However there are some problems with this movie. The sequences when they're catching these creatures are all really fun to watch. Almost all of them have some clever twerk that keep them from feeling generic and they're all filled with personality. They CGI on them looks kind of fake, but it's more than made up for by the concepts alone. The creatures are the best part of the entire movie by far. I also thought Katherine Waterstone and Alison Sodul did great playing two sisters who wind up roped in to the whole adventure. How he reacts to the whole wizarding world and the events that happen around him is actually really funny. I also really liked the muggle (or no-maj as the Americans call him) played by Dan Fogler. A very awkward and introverted person who prefers the company of animals rather than humans. Eddie Redmayne feels perfectly cast in main role as Newt Scamander. ![]() What I can say though is that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a thoroughly entertaining affair that is well worth a watch, especially if you're a fan of J.K. Well I can't do that, since that isn't my honest opinion. I'm sure many die-hard potterheads would want every review on this site to score this movie 10/10 and say it is a masterpiece. I really want to draw attention to the title of the review above. Altogether, the film needed more work to tighten the story lines and make Fantastic Beasts a story focused on Newt and his menagerie, instead of what we ended up with. Throw in a few acronyms and oddball words like MACUSA, and that makes for more confusion. Eddie Redmayne's dialog also tended to come out mumbled, which made him hard to understand at times. ![]() The sidekick baker is fairly likable, though, along with his brewing romance with Queenie. The characters don't add up to much of anything, either. ![]() The plot sounds sort of okay, but it's not well integrated. Some of Newt's other creatures escape in New York, and he has to round them up, all while becoming entangled with the auror and his teenage target. Enter Newt Scamander, who is trying to transport a thunderbird(?) to Arizona for release back into the wild. His plan: turn the destructive energy the teenager carries into a weapon, I assume. The real story is that an auror in New York is searching for a powerful and dangerous magical force that manifests within a teenager. Newt and his luggage full of magical creatures are a side plot to the important things going on. Rowling's work immensely, so that's hard to say. The fun and charming bits of Harry Potter were left out of this film. ![]()
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