Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald quickly transports you, akin to a Portkey, back to J.K. Rowling's world of magic. And it does so in much the same marvelous way as the previous movie with magic and fantastic beasts, tinged with some evil (a bit more than the last one) and some romance, and, of course, Newt Scamander and his friends - beast and human alike.

David Yates (director of four Harry Potter movies and the first Fantastic Beasts) has succeeded in making yet another amazing magical experience with the film. The cinematography is spectacular. Yates has also done something notable in allowing the picture to spillover outside of the letterbox (the black lines on the top and bottom of the screen) in a few scenes, particularly ones with large beasts, creating a really unique effect. Otherwise also, the scenes have been depicted beautifully and there is nothing to complain about the special effects and animation. The sinister atmosphere is built with the help of perpetual black clouds and rain.

Eddie Redmayne does a fantastic job back as Scamander, Johnny Depp is perfect as Grindelwald, Jude Law delivers a fine performance as Dumbledore, and all the others are great too.

While watching the movie, keep in mind that the screenplay is written by J.K. Rowling herself. I'm pretty sure that we can count on her to clear up all of the confusion that the film creates in the sequel. Till then, we are back to being stuck in our oh-so-boring world.

By the way, Harry Potter fans shouldn't even have far-fetched in their vocabulary.

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