A brand new, different story

Rating: 7/10 (28 February 2017)

I've just watched the movie, and I began to notice how it was really different from Harry Potter arch-story. Harry Potter arch-story, as I realize, focused more or less 90% on Harry himself. From the books and the movies, it's Harry's teen life, his social adaptation to the magical world, and his personal thoughts and principles (and romance), along with his struggles with his problems and against his enemies, lurking behind his back. It may be comparable to some movies about teens' lives. This one is American magical world, in adults' point of view. We get to see the American government of the magical world, and how they work. I can say it's a bit fascist (correct me if I'm wrong), since you can give people a death penalty for exposing the magical world, without further investigation. There's no hearing like in Harry's case, nor a prison (I'm not sure, is Azkaban only within Britain's jurisdiction?). It's just a plain decision. Graves speaks, and the witches do. And it's pretty scary. The plot and the characters may not be strong aspects in this movie, but of years of Hogwarts, I'm genuinely delighted seeing the world of wizards and witches, further, broader, and deeper.