I have a copy of the Fantastic Beasts book for years (first time in over a decade I've picked it up again) and I remember it being a really thin book; perhaps thinner than Tolkien's The Hobbit. So to make a movie out of this is just baffling enough a concept to get people to watch?
- I can see why Eddie Redmayne was a shoo-in as Newt (he didn't even have to audition): he is just the right amount of awkward.
- I can't help but feel that the line about the Americans being stricter about mixing with No-Majs is JK Rowling's dig at America.
- Dan Fogler as No-Maj Kowalski is the designated comic relief/audience proxy was hilarious 😂
- Did anyone notice the A Streetcar Named Desire reference?
- If you thought the term Muggle was childish or whimsical, No-Maj (the American term) is a little rough on the ear. So was MACUSA, by the way. Typical Americans.
- I thought wizards in this universe can Apparate and Disapparate over long distances or something; why did he have to take the ship across the ocean? Oh right - you need to be able to imagine your actual destination and it's a bit hard if you've never been...
- Yay, Dumbledore! I wonder if they have to find someone younger than Gambon then..?
- In the book, it said he graduated Hogwarts; according to the movie, he was expelled. WHICH IS IT?!
- Newt's suitcase is impressive as heck and is like the TARDIS.
- If I was Ezra Miller's character and I had that haircut, I'd be depressed too.
- Colin Farrell is one creepy dude in this movie; some could say a bit the pervy predatorial.
- Kinda wondered why made Newt think to use the Revelio spell?
- If I hadn't already read the news about that bit of casting news last week, I probably would've been more surprised at the grand reveal.
Seriously, I don't know how they're gonna make FIVE movies out of this, since I read someplace that Newt might not even be in all of them.
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