I enjoyed it immensely!

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2017)

I freely admit to still be going through "Potter withdrawal", but if you are a fan of the entire Potterverse, there are sly little "Easter Eggs" throughout this film, that are just delightful. Eddie Redmayne was a solid choice, and his "Harry" to Dan Fogler's "Ron" was inspired. Since discovering this world within the books in 2002 (late to the party, I know), I've come to a better appreciation of what recreating this world on the big screen entails. Sure, the purists will gripe about the amount of CGI manipulation, but in point of fact, building sound stages and shooting on location is expensive, drives up the budget and by extension, the ticket prices, so I'm okay with CGI. But this movie gives a view into "wizarding" communities outside Great Britain that didn't get enough attention in the books or the movies. Ms. Waterston and Ms. Sudol were wonderfully right for their rolls as big sister/little sister, and to that, I only have one gripe: Tina should have kissed Newt. And Grindelwald: Well, let's just say, the payoff is good!