I didn't go because my opinion on the Harry Potter movies ranges from fucking awful all the way to meh, and considering I never mustered the courage to power through either of the Deathly Hallows to complete the set, I wasn't going to take a chance on a spin off.
I really loved the books. Even if I haven't read them ever since Deathly Hallows came out, the only one I never re-read, I guess the conclusion has kind of made me feel like I was done with it too, that doesn't change the love I did have for them. The movies on the other hand are rushed, lack characterization and world-building, focus too much on the action for my taste and, this was somewhat a problem in the book but it's exacerbated in a visual medium, the battles they love so much lack a sense of wonder and of magic really, and are essentially just pewpewpew lasers back and forth.
For what it's worth, I watched Fantastic Beasts after it came out on DVD and streaming and it was easily the best Harry Potter film I saw. It was the only one that felt like a complete story, as opposed to a rushed abridged version of a story that was told properly elsewhere, which makes sense since it was the only one that was written to be a movie from the start. Even Newt's animals helped make the action scenes more lively than usual.
When the sequel comes out I might actually check it out on theaters, something I haven't bothered to do ever since Prisoner of Azkaban.
I really loved the books. Even if I haven't read them ever since Deathly Hallows came out, the only one I never re-read, I guess the conclusion has kind of made me feel like I was done with it too, that doesn't change the love I did have for them. The movies on the other hand are rushed, lack characterization and world-building, focus too much on the action for my taste and, this was somewhat a problem in the book but it's exacerbated in a visual medium, the battles they love so much lack a sense of wonder and of magic really, and are essentially just pewpewpew lasers back and forth.
For what it's worth, I watched Fantastic Beasts after it came out on DVD and streaming and it was easily the best Harry Potter film I saw. It was the only one that felt like a complete story, as opposed to a rushed abridged version of a story that was told properly elsewhere, which makes sense since it was the only one that was written to be a movie from the start. Even Newt's animals helped make the action scenes more lively than usual.
When the sequel comes out I might actually check it out on theaters, something I haven't bothered to do ever since Prisoner of Azkaban.