Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
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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Strong and Moving!
Save your money for something good and enjoyable
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.
Bad screenplay, very slow and very boring. The only way to save this movie is to come back to the edit room and let on the floor not less of 20 minutes.
An example of a movie which is baited to make a ton of money but the studio didn't take any risks with the movie so it ended up boring.
My wife was adamant that I should see this in the theatre. Thankfully I didn't. Same old Rubbish, Huge bunch of CGI, no script, some really bad acting (Eddie Redmanye is plain awful which is shocking). Random beasts jumping from here to there, hocus focus and blah blah. In keeping with the poor quality of the harry potter movies this one is a wastage of 2.5 hours. PS My wife slept off half way :(
I wouldn't go that far as saying that this movie is bad. It's a bit of entertainment, for the whole family, with some good CGI moments. If you don't like fantasy movies with weird creatures then you shouldn't watch this one because that's basically the whole movie. The story isn't bad either, not complicated at all, and that's good if you want to watch it with the whole family, kids included. There are some big names in the cast and there are some good actors and actresses, but the major issue I have with this movie is the main character Newt Scamander played by Eddie Redmayne. He is the major letdown of this movie, not only because of his stupid face (that he can't help of course) but because of his acting. He's just not a good actor, and I really don't get what the fuss is about this actor. I can simply not stand his face, and so why women would be attracted to him is just a mystery to me. The movie could have been much better if they had somebody else playing Newt Scamander. For the rest the movie is okay if you like special effects, that are well done, and a bit of fantasy as entertainment.