Fantastic Beasts is an expansion of JK Rowlings Wizarding World, and follows magizoologist Newt Scamander as he enters 1920s New York.
I could go on for ages about how I found this to be a great continuation of a franchise that should have ended five years ago. But I'm not because it could easily become derivative. If you are a dedicated reader (are there any of you?) you will know I am a big Harry Potter fan. During October I visited the studio tour in Watford and would highly recommend it for any fan. I really enjoyed the film.
The characters of Newt (Eddie Redmayne), Jacob (Dan Fogelman), Tina (Katherine Waterstone), and Queenie (Alison Sudol) are all well written and are portrayed well. Colin Farrell and Ezra Miller also do good in smaller roles, but still manage to bring depth to their characters. Rowling does a good job of writing her first screenplay and director David Yates does well in bringing it to the screen.
The CGI is well done and the beasts are truly wonderful... that doesn't sound quite right, erm... majestical! Yes, the beasts are majestical. The second time I saw the film was in IMAX 3D, and while I found the 3D conversion to be quite good with the breaking of the frame, there were several times where the conversion blurred the picture.
In short: Fantastic Beasts is a worthy expansion of the Harry Potter series and shows great potential for the future.
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