Fantastic Beasts  2

This is, I am pleased to say, a very British movie.  Written of course by J. K.  Rowling as the start of a new spin-off franchise from Harry Potter, but set 70 years previously.    Alongside  Eddy Redmayne there are (at least)  British actresses in this movie; Katherine Waterston, who I previously enjoyed in Inherent Vice  (a very American - and West Coast) movie,  Samantha Morton,  Carmen Ejogo and Gemma Chan (Humans), along with the stage actor Christian Dixon.    Colin Farrell is also from this side of the pond, an Irisnman.   It was made in the British Leavesden Studios with location work in Liverpool, produced and directed by the English Derek Heyman and David Yates, as were the last four Harry Potter movies.    Derek Heyman is now making Paddingon 2 and I can see no reason why it should not be a delightful as the original.

As I said in my original post 'the children who see this very  enjoyable movie will be engaged by the cast, delighted by the high class SFX, laugh at the wonderful creatures, maybe cry a little at the dilemma facing the humans,  be engaged by a very unlikely hero and absorb a story promoting diversity and inclusiveness,  the idea that those living creatures who are different to us are not necessarily dangerous and that we need to provide and protect ecological  space enough for them to be what they are.     I think these inclusive attitudes include people who are white or black, female or male, gay or straight, able or less able, healthy or ill, young or old.     Not to mention the species that we are destroying at an unprecedented rate.  On top of all that is sheer good fun for both children and adults, without pandering to either.' 

What more do we want on a wet December day?