Finding the fantastic beasts.

Rating: 7/10 (29 November 2016)

Over the last three years,one of the main things that me and a friend have boned over is being fans of Harry Potter. With not having met her when the Harry Potter movies were on the big screen,I accepted the fact that we would not see any type of Harry Potter film at the cinema. Getting set for a weekend in Birmingham,we started making plans over what activities to do,and were thrilled to discover that a Harry Potter-related title was about to come out!,which led to me getting ready to catch the beasts.
The plot-
New York:1926:
Traveling to New York from Britain,wizard Newt Scamander runs into "Muggle" Mary Lou Barebone,who believes that Wizards and Witches are dangerous. As he tries to keep his identity undercover,a magical beast escapes from his suitcase.Trying to find a way to get hold of the beast, Scamander is told by the Magical Congress of the United States of America,that he must cast a spell to make the Muggles forget the fantastic beasts.
View on the film:
Adapting her own novel for the first time,the screenplay by J. K. Rowling moves at a magical,Steam Punk-run pace.Smartly keeping references to Harry Potter to casual asides,Rowling wonderfully soaks the film in 1920's New York glamour,where quirky Fantasy crosses paths with the fiddly,metallic espionage of Steam Punk. Whilst impressively making the two hour running time feel lean,Rowling's focus on the stopwatch inner workings of the plot leads to the characters being unable to fully pull their friendships out of the hat,as Jacob Kowalski and Scamander share a fish out of bond which sadly is unable to flow beyond a rough outline of a friendship.
Reuniting with Rowling after doing the last Harry Potter flicks,director David Yates & cinematographer Philippe Rousselot soak the movie in a glittering Steam Punk atmosphere.Getting out of the boat with Scamander,Yates turns the skyscrapers of New York into beaming blocks of gold towering above rows of pristine silver. Dressing everyone up into dapper perfection,Yates weaves an atmosphere of mythical anxiety over the title,rolled out across the screen in incredible special effects which blend modern "beasts" with pure chic. Stealing every scene he is in, Dan Fogler gives a fantastic performance as Kowalski,thanks to Fogler balancing Kowalski's comedic unease over the situation he is stuck in with a warm sincerity,as Kowalski and Scamander discover where the Fantastic Beasts can be found.