Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

It was an action, full of adventure, romantic, but above all that, it was a fantasy. J.K Rowling knew exactly what she was doing when she wrote this story line. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an extrodinary array of magical creatures documented by a man by the name of Newt Scamander. During this movie Newt travels away from his home in England to the Big Apple known as New York. While in New York he might have made it there and back without conflict if it weren’t for Jacob Kowalski, a muggle, misplacing the magic filled brief case with his own. At this point in the film the suspence has built up and had the audience wanted to know what was going to happen next. Following up the misplacement we are introduced to the Goldstein sisters,…

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them features an interesting tidbit at the end. This is a mandatory spoiler alert for those who have not seen the movie yet! Because Johnny Depp’s casting as Gellert Grindelwald is not just dark but possibly gay, too. The ending of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the jump off point to the sequel. And the most interesting reveal is when Colin Farrell’s character, Percival Graves, reveals his true form. After Eddie Redmayne aka Newt Scamander captures…

‘Harry Potter’ is the second highest grossing franchise of all-time, only having been beaten by the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With money like that rolling in, it was only a matter of time before a prequel, sequel, or spin-off was put into the works. Enter ‘Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them’. In the ‘Harry Potter’ universe, there exists a textbook entitled ‘Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them,’ but who wrote it? And what’s his story? This new spin-off film hopes to answer those…

The 2016 film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has just hit the box office, in fact, it was released three days ago. This film is loosely based off of J.K. Rowling's book of the same title, and was written by Rowling herself. While the film's story line is not directly related to the story line of its predecessors, the popular Harry Potter films, it is a part of the Harry Potter franchise—and many Harry Potter fans have been gleefully awaiting the day that the magic would return to the…

Director David Yates' "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," an upcoming British-American fantasy drama film which is inspired by the book of the same name by J. K. Rowling, has been making a buzz around the internet because of a few terms that fans of the movie do like to conform. The film would make sense that the magic folk in the United States is hiding in New York - after all, it is a city with full of life. But it seems he is not the only hero of the Fantastic Beasts film and that…

Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards) Dear Miss Dracula, We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find an enclosed list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September First. Since it is August, we are going to hear from a friend of yours if you are going to come. Your Sincerely, Minerva McGonagall (Deputy Headmistress) I…

philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.” - Newt. Earlier this year, my friends introduced me to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, so that night we got the TV set up and there I was, sitting my on my couch watching this magical movie. I have watched it twice and would watch over and over again if I had enough time (It was awesome!). I had watched Fantastic Beasts because my friends had recommended it and because it was based on Harry Potter (I am a big fan of Harry Potter).…

The Beasts Inside the Universe of Harry Potter Ahn Pruitt Keiser University Beasts Inside the Universe of Harry Potter Fifteen years ago, J.K. Rowling introduced the world to the wondrous and magical world of Harry Potter with the release of the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in 2001. The release of each of the movies there after were highly anticipated, all the way up until the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – part 2 which was released in July of 2011. The movies…

Most moviegoers would expect the magical wizarding world of Harry Potter to come back to life in this new Rowling movie, yet this film takes a new twist. Fantastic Beasts takes place in New York City the 1920s. Newt Scamander, played by Eddie Redmayne, arrives with a suitcase full of magical creatures, in pre-Depression New York City with the goal releasing a rare thunderbird back to its home in Arizona. The city he enters is filled with two worlds. One being the wizards and the other being the…

Many people have opinions on gender roles, especially for females. When reading or watching the Harry Potter series, you can pick up on hints of both traditional and modern roles. Many people argue that Rowling created a world where female readers may learn that they are inferior to males (Whitton). While they may have a point in some situations, such as the troll incident in the lavatory in the first book, the female characters also stand their own ground. A great example of this is Molly…