In Fantastic Beasts, we ostensibly have two - fitting for a film that will be seen by Potter fanatics and newcomers alike. In the Harry Potter series, it was Harry himself he joined a roster that includes several hobbits and a Hunger Games contestant, to name a recent few. Still, there’s delight in the world, and it’s hardly in short supply.įantasy stories often center around an avatar of sorts, a figure there to serve as our gateway into a world we don’t know. There’s something sad, frightening, or even disturbing around nearly every corner. It captures a dark time in global history, paralleled by a dark time in the history of the world Rowling has built, all the while delicately drawing out some of the darkness found in our present. Yet this isn’t a film made of light alone. That one moment, a single terrific shot in a movie full of them, makes for a great summation of the joys of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a little fantasy flick from a first-time screenwriter named J.K. At first it might seem like befuddlement, but look again - it’s pure, reckless delight. As Scamander peers through the bars, the wizard remains slightly panicked (appropriately, as this is very, very bad for him) but something else crosses his face, too.
The little guy is growing happier by the moment, living his best life on a great niffler adventure. Newt Scamander glances through a bank teller’s window to see one of his magical creatures - a niffler, to be precise - rolling away from him on the bottom shelf of a cart laden with money.
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