Jump to content
Hondo's Bar

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them


Recommended Posts

  • 3 months later...

Pretty sure I saw a different trailer before Dr. Strange, and it really failed to capture my interest. This one though has done so. It looks fun, hopefully CGI is a long way from being finished though 'cos it looks fucking awful here. But otherwise could be a lot fun.

 

I've yet to read or watch anything Harry Potter yet, so I wonder if I could go in blind and not be lost.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

My guess would be no previous Potter knowledge would be necessary for this film, ASC. It's a prequel, so of course there will be Easter eggs and mentions fans will likely get that you won't. However, I believe the bulk of this film takes place in NYC, far away from Hogwarts and the other characters in Harry Potter. Don't quote me on that though as I basically only know what the trailer has told me.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 years later...

So this thread died off quick or maybe it got some posts lost along the way with server transfers/crashes? Anyway, I of course saw the first Fantastic Beasts film and loved it. Wonderful film, and a very promising start to JK Rowling's screenwriting career and expansion of the Potterverse or "Wizarding World" as they're now branding it.

 

The sequel, The Crimes of Grindelwald, was a bit of a convoluted mess though. Saw it tonight with a few hardcore Potter fans and we all agreed it was a damn pretty movie, especially in 3D, but the plot was much too convoluted and uneven. It felt like a truncated version of a Rowling novel where the b-story became the A-story, the main characters were given short shrift, and the ending is a non-ending pseudo cliffhanger. Meh.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...