Review of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) by Norm D — 08 May 2017
+ You've heard of a cast-of-thousands for the old Biblical epics? This is the crew of thousands, Credits running at almost 9-mins and in small print. And that tells you about the film. + Fantastic CGI wizardry, animatronics, puppeteering, rotoscoping, dark & moody e-matte painting, green screen, & TV style switcher efx - and a fine cast.
But at 45-mins, no real story had emerged & the tho't to advance to the end begin to nudge. At 1:15 that's what happened. Enough with the beast inventions as inventive as they were. Seeing "The End" scene(s) suggested that the whole expensive shebang had a very modest & conventional payoff - and a very good soundtrack and workout for your 5.
1 LFE channel. + Had wanted to like it more ... but didn't. Very rare to Scene advance a movie to The End; no regrets for having done so.
This review of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) was written by Norm D on 08 May 2017.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has generally received positive reviews.
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