Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them introduces a new world of J. K. Rowling Wizardry and makes for a compelling watch for all Harry Potter fans.
This movie presents the world of wizardry in America much before the time of Harry Potter. Thus this movie has a lot of new things to explain which did not exist in the Harry Potter world or were not shown. This makes the first half of the movie a bit slow and tedious to watch. Even though you can see the story moving forward it does so at snail pace, and the audience seem to be getting disengaged with the movie in the first half hour. All this after the spectacular beginning and a good first 20 minutes or so. The second half is a bit more engaging, but due to the loss of audience's interest it does not matter. The movie may have been made a bit crispier. Thus even thought the movie is well written, the script suffers and this has affected the movie.
The cast of the movie has done an average job with no one standing out. Eddie Redmayne as the hero is fresh, but does not shine on screen. Colin Farrell is the most recognised name in this movie and he comes off as a dull character, without having too many emotions. Thus he too falls flat on the audience. The best actor in the movie is Johnny Depp, who no one was expecting and even in the shortest role possible he has shone the brightest.
David Yates has directed the movie. The parts where he has introduced the audience to the many magical creatures have been directed well, but the other parts lack in imagination. Thus even though the movie is about magic, nothing magical seems to be happening in the movie. Had the movie taken the visual route of Doctor Strange, it would have been a very interesting watch.
The best thing about the movie are its CGI effects. However just that without proper direction cannot make a movie very good.
Overall the movie is an average fair and a Harry Potter world fan can go and watch the movie.
Rating - 3 / 5
This movie presents the world of wizardry in America much before the time of Harry Potter. Thus this movie has a lot of new things to explain which did not exist in the Harry Potter world or were not shown. This makes the first half of the movie a bit slow and tedious to watch. Even though you can see the story moving forward it does so at snail pace, and the audience seem to be getting disengaged with the movie in the first half hour. All this after the spectacular beginning and a good first 20 minutes or so. The second half is a bit more engaging, but due to the loss of audience's interest it does not matter. The movie may have been made a bit crispier. Thus even thought the movie is well written, the script suffers and this has affected the movie.
The cast of the movie has done an average job with no one standing out. Eddie Redmayne as the hero is fresh, but does not shine on screen. Colin Farrell is the most recognised name in this movie and he comes off as a dull character, without having too many emotions. Thus he too falls flat on the audience. The best actor in the movie is Johnny Depp, who no one was expecting and even in the shortest role possible he has shone the brightest.
David Yates has directed the movie. The parts where he has introduced the audience to the many magical creatures have been directed well, but the other parts lack in imagination. Thus even though the movie is about magic, nothing magical seems to be happening in the movie. Had the movie taken the visual route of Doctor Strange, it would have been a very interesting watch.
The best thing about the movie are its CGI effects. However just that without proper direction cannot make a movie very good.
Overall the movie is an average fair and a Harry Potter world fan can go and watch the movie.
Rating - 3 / 5
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