Review of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) by Michael S — 16 Mar 2017

I thought that this movie was great. It really expands the magical world of J.K. Rowling to another part of the world and another time. As an American, I always wondered how the wizarding world would be different in my own country. Aside from expanding the wizarding world beyond Great Britain, I felt that it took a significantly different view of muggles or no-maj's. As opposed to the Harry Potter series where muggles were either seen as ignorant by standards or simply an annoying inconvenience. Fantastic Beast confronts the threat if ever the secret Wizard World were exposed.

The main characters were engaging but I felt that there was still something to be desired from them. But overall they really made me feel it was real, CG animals and all. Anyway it was a great film and I hope to see more like it in the future.