Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) by Dargonet — 24 Nov 2018

At start a little disclaimer: I've loved the HP books and watched all the movies but so far I'm not the biggest fan of fantastic beasts and ended pretty much bored watching the first film, because I did expect too much.

This movie is at first and foremost exploring Rowlings wizarding world and it's past respectively. This series is a love letter to this magic universe more than everything else and it's not interested in telling a story as quick as possible. It's more like the Hobbit trilogy, with more depth added to it, because Rowling is involved.

I think what made this movie one of the best experiences this year for me have been the seats next to me. Because both male adults in their 20s were so immersed, that they actually tried to support Newt Scamander vocally more than once. The movie is entertaining and promising and I think after this two movie introduction, I'm on the train to explore this world even further. I'm also thankful that I've seen this in 3D because those effects are going to look bad once I watch this again on Netflix someday.