"Care of Magical Creatures" is a look at how rough it was to get the animals trained and ready for filming. There is plenty of behind the scenes footage here. "Conjuring the Scene" is a look at some of the various makeup work required for the film. It runs for a little over 15 minutes and has the team discussing how they pulled it off. A short video game trailer is available on this disc too.
The rest of the disc is filled with various little (awful) games and other assorted items for the kids. There are two that can be found somewhat interesting, "A Tour of Lupin's Classroom" and "A Tour of Honey Dukes." These are sort of like the full-motion video game of old, but they let you sort of take part in a scene from the movie. The technology is mildly impressive, but again, it's nothing that will keep you interested for very long unless you are a child. (***)
Here's to a long series, though one can only hope these DVD releases are more carefully planned out. It's fine to have stuff on them for the target audience, but if the movies are fun for adults, then the discs should be too. These are fascinating movies and ones that should have plenty of extras, not just cheaply produced DVD games.
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