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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
5.0
We're back in Hogwarts!
I know that many people didn't like CoG as a film and while I do understand some of the points I got to say that I absolutely loved it, espacially after reading the screenplay and watching it a second time.
I really enjoy Screenplays as a medium and love to see how they are made into a movie.
What I find so fascinating about this one is, how you can still see Rowlings writing stile through the very minimalistic dialouges. I think her charm and the magic from the Harry Potter books really show in this one as well and it makes me extremely happy reading it, it truely feels like coming home.
The plot is very interesting and has a lot of tension, most of the old characters have really interesting developments and I also liked most of the new ones. I also love Grindelwald as an Antagonist and actually enjoy him a little bit more than Voldemort in the end, just because the fact that he is able to love and still does such terrible things makes him even more interesting, but he's also very persuasive and doesn't just try to reign with fear like Voldemort did, but convinces people who aren't radical at all to join him for their own matters which also is a very current problem.
I really recommend reading the screenplay or at least watch the movie a second time, even if you didn't like it that much, because there is so much going on that you can't possibly get everything at the first time.
The last thing isn't important to the quality of the book itself, but I just got to say that I absolutely loved the desing and the paintings in it, it's beautifully done and makes it even more precious to me.
I know that many people didn't like CoG as a film and while I do understand some of the points I got to say that I absolutely loved it, espacially after reading the screenplay and watching it a second time.
I really enjoy Screenplays as a medium and love to see how they are made into a movie.
What I find so fascinating about this one is, how you can still see Rowlings writing stile through the very minimalistic dialouges. I think her charm and the magic from the Harry Potter books really show in this one as well and it makes me extremely happy reading it, it truely feels like coming home.
The plot is very interesting and has a lot of tension, most of the old characters have really interesting developments and I also liked most of the new ones. I also love Grindelwald as an Antagonist and actually enjoy him a little bit more than Voldemort in the end, just because the fact that he is able to love and still does such terrible things makes him even more interesting, but he's also very persuasive and doesn't just try to reign with fear like Voldemort did, but convinces people who aren't radical at all to join him for their own matters which also is a very current problem.
I really recommend reading the screenplay or at least watch the movie a second time, even if you didn't like it that much, because there is so much going on that you can't possibly get everything at the first time.
The last thing isn't important to the quality of the book itself, but I just got to say that I absolutely loved the desing and the paintings in it, it's beautifully done and makes it even more precious to me.