instal the new Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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.

Instal the new Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them