FANTASTIC BEASTS: COG (3D/S) [Blu-ray] [2018]

Although this sequel does not have the great charm of the first Fantastic Beasts. When I saw the film in the theater I was very disappointed. Thanks to UK Amazon I was able to buy the 3D version. Knowing the film was much darker than the first film, my expectations aligned with the film. The 3D was outstanding, far better in my view than the 4K version. I am so grateful to be able to buy 3D from UK Amazon!

Went to the pictures to see this and loved it.I'm a huge fan of Harry Potter and the wizarding world and really can't find anything to moan about. The fantastic beasts installments are just as entertaining as the HPs and I can't wait to see future releases. The blu ray arrived yesterday so will be watching it in 3D at some point this week and I know I will enjoy it yet again.

With Johnny Depp as Grindelwald, one would expect a delicious buffet of cruelty with a sly "I got you," twist. NOPE. Fairly rote with characters seemingly thrown in because we liked them in the initial outing of this new Potter Universe series. Rowling, give us a plot to care about! You have interesting characters, a great set up from the first movie, and then you leave us flat ! Hopefully her creative juices aren't dried up. Seeing familiar characters (Dumbledore) in in younger days was a set-up that just didn't click for this viewer.BUT the transfer to disc is stellar, darks (and there are many) are fully realized. The 3-d is immersive and not "tacked on." Sound is spectacular, though not as involving as this films predecessor. I purchase a lot of movies for the effects, which despite the lack in content, I gave it four stars.

It has enough decent 3D moments to be worth it. I always liked this film anyway so this is a bonus for me. For others it might make the film entertaining enough to like.

If you like Harry Potter movies you will probably like this. Fantastic beasts is for an older audience if you gave watched the first one watch this.

We really liked the first 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to find Them' movie and welcomed it as a refreshment following 7 Harry Potter movies all centred around Hogwarts. The Where to Find Them' film came as a little bit of a surprise as it ventures into a more grown-up, darker part of the Harry Potter wold. At the same time it introduced new angles on several of the main characters we knew from the Harry Potter series. While the Harry Potter films were of high visual quality and fun to watch, they’re all around the the same teenagers / children at a boarding school, which got a bit tedious after a while. All in all we had high expectations of this second Fantastic Beasts instalment.The story is mature, but there are lots of hilarious moments so it remains fun to watch. However the first thing that strikes you is that while the previous, 'Where to Find Them' movie can be regarded as a standalone movie, the Crimes of Grindelwald is clearly part of a much larger plot as we know now that the story consists of 5 movies in total. However it's a bit hard to separate the bigger cross-movie plot threads from the less relevant stuff. Perhaps there are simply too many characters and sub-plots.. I hope I'm wrong but it's almost like a tv-series that has no predetermined story line - those are always the weakest and invariably a waste of the viewers time. Similarly Grinewald simply meanders without any meaningful plot points in a bigger overarching story, as there clearly was in the Harry Potter movies and certainly the books. By now I'm not sure whether I'm looking forward to the remaining 3 movies in this series.Our daughter, the biggest Potter- fan in the family, had less qualms. And Crimes of Grindelwald nevertheless looks very stunning on our high-end Oled screen with proper surround sound, the visuals and effects are simply stunning. with great colour tones at times of blue, yet at other times featuring warmer, sepia tones all adding to a film-noir feel.The Blu ray also includes seven minutes of new footage they didn’t show in theatres. Not only that, but also deleted scenes.

I really enjoyed watching this film tonight. Themes for Grown Ups but with the characters we loved from the first Fantastic Beasts Film. I can't wait for the next one in the series!

Great movie, state-of-the -art picture; follow the story is not that easy for newbie, but the show on your TV is magnificent.