Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

When I first heard of the name, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, I was like what a title. Is it all about beasts? Sounds like an adventure movie. I never associate it with the textbook mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone somehow. Next, I saw the thriller on television and what captured my attention was the music at the end sounded like the Harry Potter one. I love Harry Potter, especially the movies, hence I got excited about it. I started to google about it and got to know the movie was adapted from the book written by J.K Rowling.

 

The Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them was also the Harry Potter’s textbook mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. This textbook was written by magizoologist Newt Scamander, a character in the Harry Potter series, documenting 85 magical species found across 5 continents while he was travelling to find these beasts.

 

The movie, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is with setting of 1926 New York. The story is a bout how Newt, Tina, Queenie (Tina’s Sister), Jacob (No-Maj which is American for Muggles) who are on a mission to recover Newt’s missing beasts before they come to harm.

 

Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne as Newt. Katherine Waterston as Tina. Tony Award winner Dan Fogler as Jacob and Alison Sudol as Tina’s Sister, Queenie. The movie is directed by David Yates who also directed the last four “Harry Potter” movies.

 

Finally, the day arrived. It is in cinema from 17 November 2016. I got to watch it on day 1. 

 

 

NAHMJ Verdict

 

Personally, it doesn’t remind me anything of Harry Potter, perhaps only Newt. Nonetheless, I like the story line since it is magical with some adventures. 

 

 

 

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

Written By J.K Rowling; Directed by David Yates
PG13

Websitehttp://www.fantasticbeasts.com/