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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Extended Cut) - Movie Review

Bonus Features

I want to applaud Warner Brothers for including the extended cut as a bonus feature with their Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald movie. This is a first in my collection anyways where the extended, unrated, or directors cut is included with the movie. Historically, these types of movies would be released later or as a separate movie. I hope more movie studios take this approach of including these movies with additional scenes being included in their entirety as a bonus feature.

Movie Review

As I had not seen the theatrical version of the movie, I thought it would be nice to review the extended version. Fortunately for me in the extended version, each new scene was labeled discretely in the bottom left of the screen as "Deleted Scene". The extended version added about seven minutes to the movie mostly in the first half of the film.

I had heard some reviews of the movie when it came out in theaters. After watching the extended, I would tend to agree that it was not as good as the first. It did feel like it was just there to introduce the next film in the series rather than being a movie onto itself. I didn't feel like there was a core story in the movie that would take you on an adventure. You had a movie telling Grindelwald's,  Newt's, and Credence's stories at once.

The movie was good overall. There were definitely some plot twists that made the final reveal at the end of the movie worth the wait. I did enjoy some back story to go with the Harry Potter films. I won't say more as I am trying to make my reviews spoiler free. I found the young versions of Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall portrayed very well by the new cast. I personally feel that Jacob Kowalski character is the most likable in the movie as the only non magic user is taken on a fantastic adventure. I am looking forward to the next chapter in the franchise to see where our main characters end up and if further backstory for the Harry Potter films are revealed.

What did you think of the film? Add your comments below.

Rating

I would give this movie an HD digital purchase rating.  I would go up to $10 for purchasing the movie.  I picked up my HD copy from Family Video for $8.

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