Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)Gosh, how am I to review this...
Truth to be told, the Harry Potter books got me back into reading books...
Then the movies came about, and they were actually decent adaptation of the books!
So, in short, I read all 7 books, and have to admit, I have not read the
Fantastic Beast and Where to find Them... It is a thin book...
And I understand they are making a couple of this???!!!
Let me do it this way
The GoodI am NOT a fan of
Eddie Redmayne. I understand he had won awards for his works, and I cannot remember being drawn by his acting skills... Until now...
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Observe his masterful work while handing over Stickie...
Warner, hoping for another cash cow, spared no expense, and the production is GORGEOUS!
The BadBecause it is a Warner Production, this HAS TO take place in America... Sigh...
They even introduced an American School of magic... Groan x 2....
The Ugly
Apart from Newt Scamander (and vaguely at that) there is HARDLY any character development!!?!
This also suffers from what I call "
The Hobbit Syndrome". meaning, reference material, a story does not make!!!
So, certain parts were spectacular, others...
My Two Sen