Movie #1243 "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is a very entertaining, whimsical, and creative film I got to see on the big screen (and I encourage you to do the same and not wait to see it on a small screen). Every where you turn fantastic beasts are appearing and disappearing in a flash --- and they are mostly unusual (sometimes cute) beings with characteristics of their own that would make them stand out in a crowd, even without their strange looks! This is a precursor of the Harry Potter books, and the doctor whose beasts escape from his huge knapsack is played by Eddie Redmayne , a friend of Dumbledore when he was younger. The film spends a lot of time running after these beasts, which are mistaken as more evil when the dark wizards release their obscural (I think is what they call it). There is a love story or two , but mostly it's chasing and reacting to the wizardry. It isn't as good as a Harry Potter story, but the director did many of those films so this new franchise is in good hands, in my opinion. And there's no doubt this will be a continuing franchise like Harry Potter, and I'm looking forward already to the next installment! 4.5 stars out of 5!
"FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM" 2016 PG-13
This wizardly spin-off from the cinematic world of Harry Potter relates the wondrous and exotic life of "magizoologist" Newt Scamander, who wrote the Hogwarts School's textbook on magical creatures decades before Harry Potter would lay eyes on it.
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol
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