Rubbish nonsense movie
No story utter crap, creatures looks totally fake..
shareThe creatures looked so *beep* fake it wasn't funny anymore... the movie lacks everything. What a snooze fest.
shareForget funny it wasn't even a good drama.
shareHow the hell does J.K.Rowling get away with it, it's all special effects and no story.
shareAnd "deus ex machina" all day every day! Magic is the answer to every plot problem!
shareJk Rowling is the most famous author on the planet because of her complex stories.
If you're seriously acusing this film of having no story, you're a troll
With you 100% I did not even remotely enjoy Fantastic Beasts but claiming it had no story is laughable.
"Be the change you wish to see in the world"
What was the story mate? Please enlighten us all.
shareYou've seen the film, you know the story. I'm not spelling it all out for you. Just because you didn't like it (And neither did I) doesn't take away from its existence. And being a dick on forums doesn't detract from it's existence either.
"Be the change you wish to see in the world"
Dude I just shared what i felt about the movie..and why are you offended anyway? Are you J K Rowling?
shareBlast they're onto me Rubeus Hagrid, hide the Horcrux's, feed the owls, get the brooms. Make haste!!!
*Flies off into distance chased by a golden snitch*
"Be the change you wish to see in the world"I rated THIS: 4
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It's a fan boy... They get even more offended.
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Fanboy?
Surely you can't be referring to me, the guy who has already claimed not to have enjoyed it and rated the movie a 4/10
"Be the change you wish to see in the world"
I rated Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: 4share
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With you 100% I did not even remotely enjoy Fantastic Beasts but claiming it had no story is laughable.
If anything Fantastic Beasts suffered, because it had too much story. Was the film meant to be a fun and simple adventure about cute monsters? Or a dark (slightly pretentious) social commentary on the era between the two World Wars?
If it is the later, J.K. Rowling is not best suited to tell such a story. She has proven more than once, that she is not very good at history, and keeping track of the dates historical occurred. How difficult was it for her to do a Google search, to learn when Washington D.C. was founded? Or when the Woolworth Building was actually constructed? share
The film never ever lead you to believe "it was a fun and cute story about animals". Never. The entire film was about Grindelwald manipulating credence and the animals were a briefly held cover, and it wasn't hard to tell.
Let's get real. Rowling doesn't write fluff. Talk to Rick Riordan or George Lucas for that bs
Let's get real. Rowling doesn't write fluff. Talk to Rick Riordan or George Lucas for that bs
Pretty sure, all three have the same demographic.... stop kidding yourself. share
Really you want historical accuracy in a story about wizards in NY. GTFOH. Stop reaching.
shareHarry Potter was good but Fantastic beast is really horrible. I am not blaming J K rowling, she is just cashing in on the success of her previous novels, I would also do the same.
sharewow.. the first comment that i haven't thought was written by a moron.
These fan boys and girls expected way to much.
I Grew up with HP i sore the first one in the cinemas, im 28 and a male and i thought this was decent enough, it wasent the best, but it is no where near as bad as these wankers are making it out to be.
Seems like we just have a bunch of whinny little bitches because they didnt get another HP.
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You didn't pay attention then. It's a story about acceptance and curiosity versus intolerance concerning otherness.
shareWhile that may be true.
This is supposed to be a story about adventure and magic.
Acceptance and curiosity are sub-plots. If I wanted to watch a bore-fest about acceptance and curiosity, I'd switch on CNN.
Personally, I feel the movie delivered in the adventure and magic department. There is an entire sequence in the case primarily devoted to showing off all the wonderful creatures. I always felt the magic was more downplayed in Potter (no complaint really!)
Anyway, I'm pretty sure it was not meant to be a story about adventure and magic. Harry Potter isn't. As an example, Deathly Hallows part 2 is not about magical fights and dragons and creature-like fire, even if these elements feature a lot. It's merely the backdrop to tell a story at heart about devotion, sacrifice and fighting for the greater good.
The film is not about "adventure and magic" those are genres and traits. Stories are never "about" these things.
Acceptance and tolerance are themes, and the film was dark accordingly
It is about adventure and magic, and life in the wizard world. What in the hell does CNN have to do with anything. Another Maroon reaching for something to post on the boards. It's a wonder they are shutting it down.
shareThe americans ruined it.
shareThe truth is that she's female and the PC media give her crappy prose a pass because anything done by a woman "must" be applauded. Regardless of how good, or in this case, how craptastic the product or art. Look at the PC and feminist reaction to the Ghostbusters remake. One of the worst films of the past few years, and anyone who dares say so is somehow being anti-female.
P.S. Want to read a great female writer, pick up a Charlotte Bronte or Flannery O' Connor novel. They were/are great female writers.
Funny, im the most Anti PC person you will ever meet, yet i thought this was fine. If you take it as a fun adventure for 2 hours instead of life and death then most people will have the same viewpoint.
These people just expected way to much.
I agree about everything being fked up due to wanker libtards who turn everything into a politically correct version, but this movie was fine, it had nothing to do with her being a woman or PC... It was simply a lash out by angry fan boys and girls because it didnt fit EXACTLY like they wanted it.
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PC has become that buzzard that every lemming and his uncle love to post. Why not actually review a movie instead of going for the cheapest common denominator. I can see why IMDB is axing the threads. What a bunch of followers. If you want to find "PC" you can dig it up from anything. Get a life mate.
shareHaven't read her books, but at least HP movies were essentially the same: there were decent characters, unusual world, but the stories were weak. E.g., try googling "Harry Potter in a nutshell" (http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/reading/harry-potter-summary) and trying to analyze what was going on in those stories (a.k.a. "notes about life of John Doe"). I don't know, maybe that's because they were written for children, who knows...
shareThe Harry Potter books were better, and more mature than the films. The Wizarding World looks wonderful on screen, but the story featured did not translate well. I am pretty sure, the same thing happened with Fantastic Beasts. The script the actors read, was probably much more detailed, than the final cut of the film. That said.... the story in Fantastic Beasts seems inferior to the one in Harry Potter.
shareThey weren't written for children, per her own words, and they're specifically successful because of her complex coming of age narrative and character development. Directing me to an online meme that attempts to summarize the entire 10 installment series in a nutshell does not hold any sway over how complex they are. Stop being patronizing
shareThe Harry Potter series was written for children and teenagers. There is nothing condescending or patronizing about children's literature. Some of the most iconic stories in history, were written specifically for children. The story in the Harry Potter books, is not as complex as you may think. As it just follows Joseph Campbell's rules of the classic hero's journey.
http://www.thewritersjourney.com/hero's_journey.htm
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