The guy with the case full of monsters

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2016)

I'm not particularly a Harry Potter fan, but I've seen the Harry Potter films and generally have some familiarity with J.K. Rowling's magic world. This movie is set in the same universe as the Potter movies (albeit a different time and place), so movie goers will be familiar with many of its attributes.
This time the story revolves around a curious young British immigrant Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), who is in 1920s NYC with a bag of fantastic creatures. The story involves a temperance-style anti-witch group, a dark wizard, a no-maj sidekick, two young ladies, and more.
Although the visuals were very impressive, and it was all very well done, this busy movie didn't impress me that much. The writing, the plot...not sure what it was. I think perhaps I'm in the wrong demographic to really feel the magic.