Yesterday wifey and I went to the cinema as I had a mind to watch “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” The trailer and the press for the film left me excited which rarely happens as I normally am quite happy to await its arrival on Sky movies. My claim to fame! I have NEVER watched or wanted to watch a Harry Potter film.
Although I did say, the same about the ‘Twilight’ franchise and ended up watching them.This film is set 70 years before Potter and his friends so it is not or part of the Potter madness.
The film follows Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) who lands in New York to track down a particular magical creature. Newt who has an uncanny resemblance to Doctor Who and even has his own Tardis but not a time machine it is a suitcase with its own magical world within it leads us on a merry chase.
Whether you are a Harry Potter fan or not, most of us can easily enjoy the movie. When the Niffler one of the animals in the suitcase escapes, the excitement begins as Newt chases Niffler around New York. I would like Niffler as he goes around stealing money, jeweller,y which he hordes in is porch.
His path crosses with Jacob Kowalski who happens to be carrying an identical suitcase. The suitcases are accidentally swapped and Jacob gets the surprise of his life when he gets back home and opens the one he has. Several fantastic beasts escape into the city.
As you would expect, Newt has also discovered the mix-up. However, Newt himself has attracted the attention of an Auror, a police officer of the wizard world, and she is tracking him because he is an unregistered wizard in the city. The Auror, Tina, and Newt end up searching for Jacob and the lost animals together. When they find him, they discover that one of the Fabulous Beast has bitten him. Because they need to keep the muggle, Jacob, under observation to know if he will have a reaction, the 3 end up going to Tina's apartment for the night. It is there that the guys meet Tina's sister, Queenie.
After they have retired for the night, Newt takes Jacob into the world of Fabulous Beasts via the suitcase portal. It is here that we, the audience, also meet these magnificent magical creatures.
Even though Newt and his Fabulous Beasts are not responsible for the evil in the city, they are brought into the battle between the dark wizard, Gellert Grindelwald, and the Magical Congress of the United States of America when Newt is falsely accused of being Grindelwald's ally.
Aside from telling you a few of my favourite things about the movie, this is where I am going to stop because I really don't want to spoil anything for anyone. Both the wife and I enjoy the film which was saw in 3D.
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