Fantastic Beasts is a fantastic adventure which is a must watch for Harry Potter and J.K.Rowling fans and an entertaining watch for other audience.

Rating: 8/10 (25 November 2016)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016): It has been 5 years since we bid farewell to Harry Potter series.But still we live in that same magic world and roam in the corridors of Hogwarts with many memorable characters.But surprisingly J.K.Rowling wrote Fantastic Beasts,a spin off for Harry Potter series which happens seventy years before Harry's visits Hogwarts.Fun fact is that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a subject for first years in Hogwarts.So how is this revisit to our memorable era?
Plot: In 1926,Holding a mysterious leather suitcase in his hand, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), a young activist wizard from England, visits New York while he is on his way to Arizona. Inside his expanding suitcase hides a wide array of diverse, magical creatures that exist among us, ranging from tiny, twig-like ones, to majestic and humongous ones. It is the middle of the 20s and times are troubled, since the already fragile equilibrium of secrecy between the unseen world of wizards and the ordinary or "No-Maj" people that the MACUSA Congress struggles to maintain, is at risk of being unsettled. In the meantime, the voices against wizardry keep growing with daily protests lead by Mary Lou Barebone(Samantha Morton) and fuelled by the increasing disasters ascribed to a dark wizard, Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp). At the same time, by a twist of fate, Newt's precious suitcase will be switched with the identical one of an aspiring No-Maj baker, Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler), while demoted Auror, Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston), arrests Newt for being an unregistered wizard. To make matters worse, with the suitcase in the wrong hands, several creatures manage to escape to unknown directions. Before long, this situation will catch Senior Auror Percival Graves (Clive Owen)' attention who will target both Tina and Newt amid panic caused by an invisible, devastating and utterly unpredictable menace that still wreaks havoc in New York's 5th Avenue. Is there a hidden agenda behind Graves' intentions and ultimately, what will happen to the remaining magical creatures still loose in the streets?
Plus Points:
1)Screenplay: J.K.Rowling is highly successful in writing her debut screenplay for her own book.This movie is highly entertaining with memorable scenes and characters.The scenes involving Newt and Jacob searching his escaped beasts is adventurous at its best.Even the beats are so likable like adorable Niffler, who is drawn to shiny objects, an emotional Bowtruckle called Pickett who has attachment issues, a thunderbird, an occamy (a cross between and dragon and a bird), and an Erumpent (a giant beast that's somewhere between a rhino and an elephant), just to name a few. We have a lot of hilarious moments in this entertaining adventure.
2)Visual Effects: They are brilliant.As you'd expect from a Warner Brother production, the 3D effects would literally make you jump off your seats. It has good popping out effects but its in-depth is bit unsatisfying.
3)Performances: Academy Award Winner,Eddy Redmayne is at his best form after since Theory of Everything.Eddie Redmayne did justice to his role as the awkward, blundering yet adorable wizard Newt. His love for beasts and outwardly creatures reminded us of Hagrid.Dan Fogler and Eddie shares great chemistry as pals.Clive Owen is decent in his villainous act.Alison Sudol and Queenie is so beautiful with cute and sexy expressions.Katherine is decent in her innocent Auror role.
4)Music: Movie starts with classic Hedwig Theme.SO nothing else to say about highly nostalgic music which reminds us of our Harry Potter days.
So,Fantastic Beasts is a fantastic adventure which is a must watch for Harry Potter and J.K.Rowling fans and an entertaining watch for other audience.
My rating 8/10