Great Addition To The Harry Potter Movies

Rating: 8/10 (24 January 2017)

From the mind of J.K. Rowling comes "Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them," an amazing tale of the adventures of a young wizard (perfectly played by Eddie Redmayne) who goes to NYC in the 1920s in order to retrieve and find homes for fantastic, magical beasts that would otherwise be destroyed by the wizarding community.
Redmayne will face many serious hurdles during his mission: not knowing how to navigate NYC (specifically Manhattan); being unfamiliar with the rules of the wizard community in NY; both wizards and non-wizards fearing the fantastic beasts and wanting them destroyed; and the wizarding community not sanctioning his search, capture, and release (into safe zones) of the beasts.
A larger threat is a powerful force that wreaks destruction and death in NYC, threatening to unveil the wizarding world to the normal humans. A fantastic, magical beast is blamed; and Redmayne has little time left to prove to the wizards that the cause of the mayhem is some other, supernatural force. If Redmayne fails at what he must do, a war between normal humans and wizards may erupt; and all the fantastic beasts in Redmayne's care will be destroyed.
My most memorable, movie moment of "Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them" is the scene when **SPOILER ALERT** Redmayne and his wizard friend/love interest are sentenced to death, and we see the manner in which the execution is carried out. The executioners mention that it won't hurt, but I think it will!
"FBAWTFT" was much better than I anticipated, and it is a very good companion piece to the "Harry Potter" movies. But it does suffer from two huge plot holes -- or shenanigans, as I like to call it -- that cannot be easily dismissed. The wizards have the power to reverse any damage to property, and remove memories of magical experiences by normal humans. In addition, the wizards can wreak such havoc upon the world and there is very little that the normal humans can do about it. One wizard can probably destroy a small country in a day. So why do the wizards fear having their existence revealed, and some possible war against the normal humans happening?
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