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ikaryzero
4 days
I cant wait for the third one bc i can't stand Johnny Depp's Gellert Grindelwald, he looks like a disney villain, I much preferred Mads Mikkelsen portrayal, is more down to earth and less Edward Scissorhands, outside of that all 3 movies are amazing
Juju’sWrld
5 days
Leta the actress playin her also plays the girl from divergent
Bowkind
19 days
Recently became a member and had a little question, there might be an obvious link I'm missing but is there a way to just get the audio of the commentary only as in without the movie audio? I like to watch along with my own copy (4k 7.1 sound), I can watch my 4k copy fine but have to mute the 7.1 sound to avoid double audio of the movie so it like 4k with stereo sound.
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Exzimius
19 days
There is no separate audio because that would be impossible to get in sync since they pause so much. Unfortunately you'll have to watch along with them.
Deli
26 days
Damn, I really didn't remember tina being such an annoying character.
bernardstan
26 days
There was supposed to be five Fantastic Beasts movies, but because of JKR's opinions Warner Bros. decided to scrap the movies after 3. It's also the reason Tina's actress doesn't appear in the third movie.
Xankoshu
27 days
Earlier newt mentions that the venom he is extracting from the Swooping Death beast has obliviative qualities but only on negative memories, he dosnt bring this back up at the end when he gives it to frank.
Our boy Jacob diddnt have many bad memories from his time in the wizarding world and remembered all the creatures he met!
Wonderxfull
29 days
In addition to autism- because Newt he's definitely showing telling signs of it- I noticed (in his very special interest of magical beasts-which would not be considered normal at this time or even widely accepted as most wizards just wanna exterminate magical beasts rather than understand them- which is shown by Tina early on when Newt says something about his book on magical creatures and Tina asks if its an extermination guide--), that he may also not look at people in the eye often or do it in a shy or odd looking way because he knows most wild animals do not take kindly to being stared at or having their gaze met as it is a sign of aggression or challenge in a lot of animals... if he has been doing this for some time it would make sense that he just automatically does that to be on the safe side anyway... honestly it's good rule of thumb for humans too. Newt did say humans were the most dangerous.
Grace
29 days
Crossing my fingers that yall can find a bootleg of The Cursed Child.
Dannielle
30 days
The Fantastic Beasts movies are a bit of a mess, this movie is a fun time, but the next two are all over the place. Also some castings are amazing like Jude Law and some people are severely miscast like Johnny Depp. Jacob is awesome though, easily the best character in the series.
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Andrew
17 days
They were fine. I never understood the hate they received, aside from recasting JD. As a conduit to tell Dumbledore and Grindelwalds' story, I thought they were perfectly fine. Truth be told, I've had much bigger problems with the Harry Potter series, despite some of the "generic" parts of the 2nd and 3rd film of Fantastic Beasts.
considerablecolors
30 days
while you're riding the harry potter train, i think you guys would really love "a very potter musical", it's very funny and i think a lot of the jokes are up your alley lol
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bloodymariarose
23 days
Oh 100% AGREE! I’d LOVE for them to react to all the Starkid musicals (AVPM, AVPS, AVPSY) now that they have the context from the series 😂
Msr9272tce
30 days
witch trials were more about classism actually lol, some sexism but mostly "they're a witch" then take their shit.
Quin
1 month
It's really interesting to me, because I never once even considered blaming Tina or being annoyed with her when I first saw this movie. maybe I'm just more gracious than most people. But I saw where she was coming from and why she did what she did, and it all seemed well-intentioned. And News seemed to understand that too and not hold any resentment towards her for it, so I just kind of got on Newt's page I guess.
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LikeThat
29 days
I agree with you. And I honestly don't know why they were yelling at her and hating on her for rightfully apologizing to Newt. She knew she messed up and that she shouldn't have ratted Newt out, she genuinely felt awful for what she did. She's wasn't a heartless jerk, she was just super uptight. She just wanted her job back when it was wrongfully taken from her, but she just went about it the wrong way. She needed to loosen up and she needed to wake up and realize that MACUSA doesn't actually give a damn about her. In my opinion, it honestly would have made more sense if they yelled at her when she sat on the case locked them in.
Quin
1 month
Man, I wish you could edit these comments. Making spelling and capitalization mistakes drives me crazy.
Mad
1 month
little random fun fact - J.K. Rowling has stated that Luna Lovegood married Newt Scamander's grandson, Rolf Scamander. They had Luna end up with Neville in the movies, but that's not true to what Rowling wanted for her.
Trystin
1 month
Man... Im so mad. Why didnt they just move to the UK together where marrying muggles isnt illegal? Nobody needed to be obliviated...
Isabelle Xena Autumn
1 month
If you want to see more of the guy that plays Jacob Kowalski, I recommend the movie Fanboys, it's a comedy about star wars fans, I think you guys would enjoy it
Veritas
1 month
The books you looked up must be the Screenplays, because JKR wrote the script of the movies for the movies, they weren't books. The original "Fantastic Beasts and where to find them" was written by her but it was literally just Newt's textbook, and it's a fun alphabetical encyclopedia without a plot, though I recall each entry comes with short descriptions/tales about the beasts from Newt's experience (I barely recall). I loved reading it as it was "Harry's copy" and had Ron and Harry's personal graffiti/scribbles on the pages as easter eggs, including a game of hangman but few illustrations. This movie had some beasts from that textbook, which included many mentioned in the original books, especially ones cut from the movies, but also some new ones. And the textbook has many beasts never mentioned in the books or any movies.
For examples off the top of my head, the Demiguise's fur is used to create Invisibility Cloaks. I think Lovegood had an Erumpet Horn in his house, and it blew up. Bowtruckles prefer trees with wand-worthy wood.
bloodymariarose
1 month
Also, I could be wrong, but the "death sentence" that Tina and Newt escaped- I'm pretty sure it was a pool filled with "draft of living death": the same potion Harry successfully brewed during Slughorns class that earned him his vile of liquid luck in book/movie 6!
bloodymariarose
1 month
"He [Newt] and Hagrid would have gotten along so well!" Please, someone, correct me if I am not remembering this currently, it's been a while lol, but I believe the pretext for this was "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" written by Newt is one of the Textbooks Hagrid uses in his Magical Creatures class at Hogwarts (again, not this takes place decades before the events of Harry Potter). or something along those lines, then it became a real "textbook" to further expand the world that later manifested into this movie franchise to both emulate that all while giving some of the histories between Dumbledor and Grindelwald in "the first war", decades before even Tom Riddle or the Potters were born.
JM
1 month
I've said it already, but I've got a real soft spot for this movie. I'd have liked it anyway, I'm sure, but my father had frontotemporal dementia, and this released around the time he had become nearly non-verbal. For a long while it was one of his favorite to watch, even though he couldn't understand most of what was being said.
I deeply dislike Crimes of Grindelwald for the opposite reason: he could not understand that movie at all (because it's borderline *incomprehensible* at points) and it upset him, I think because he felt the reason he couldn't understand it was because of the dementia. As above, I don't think I would have liked it even without that element, but because of it I've got a grudge.
All of that said, I also haven't watched it since it released, and there were elements of it that I enjoyed, so I look forward to seeing it again with a few years' distance.
Also, the medallion Graves/Grindelwald gave Credence having the symbol of the Deathly Hallows is a nice touch, particularly after the identity reveal. Almost none of who he was made it into the last two Harry Potter movies, but Grindelwald was obsessed with the Deathly Hallows, and by this point *should* have the Elder Wand.
_Owwls_
1 month
Y’all should react Another Round Mads Mikklesens on it
Logan
1 month
this man said a old-timey dick pic polaroid as a bookmark 🤣
MrAlexSan
1 month
You know what, I like the first Fantastic Beasts movie.... I.. dunno if I can come back for the sequels tho....
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Darc
1 month
Its kinda hard when they muddled the lore of the Wizarding world and then what we know now of how they treated Depp
collinpeacock
1 month
the actor who plays jacob kowalski is so underrated he's in Fanboys (2009) it's 1998 he and his friends go to steal star wars episode 1, it's right up your guys alley
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Msr9272tce
30 days
yes please
Robin
1 month
Don't forget Balls of Fury. xD
m0lika1
1 month
yeah on rewatching i think Newt is definitely supposed to be autistic
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Quin
1 month
When I first watched this I didn't know I was autistic, but I absolutely loved everything about Newt. Now, after having been diagnosed for about a year and knowing so much more about autism, it feels so obvious. Pretty awesome representation, honestly.
Morgan
1 month
Please watch The Hobbit trilogy after these!😁🙏
lightning132ttv
1 month
This film gives me MASSIVE Doctor Who vibes
Callum
1 month
I quite enjoy this movie, but only this one. The next two are... honestly, I wouldn't bother.
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Quin
1 month
At least for the next one, I think they'll definitely enjoy it. They're pretty easily entertained. I'm a lot like them in that regard, and when that movie came out, I remember finding it pretty fun and entertaining, even though I had a few minor things I didn't love about it. I have a lot of issues with them and dislike the motivations behind the next two movies, but if you just go into the movie looking to be entertained, I think it would definitely do the trick, if you aren't too caught up in canons and stuff. I can't speak to the third one, though, since I boycotted it because they fired Johnny Depp, so watching with them will be my first watch.
KeterLordFR
1 month
I have not seen the Fantastic Beasts movies before, so this was my first time experiencing them, and I really regret not checking them out earlier. Kowalski's the best, like he's the first Muggle in the Potterverse that I've actually loved (granted, we don't see a lot of them in the Harry Potter movies aside from Harry's uncle and aunt)
Asheepslife
1 month
I k ow these movies get a lot of crap but I personally loved them, at least the first and the second one.
Phishinabowl
1 month
NGL seeing y'alls faces when Credence revealed himself as the Obscurial was IMMENSELY satisfying. Guess the writers did a good job laying that trap to make you think it was Modesty. At the very least it certainly had Bree completely stumped.
Diamond
1 month
A good way someone put the difference is, having a griffindor as a main character and a hufflepuff as one. Newt is a hufflepuff. His story is not focused or concerned with a king Authur style narrative. Still good. Just not that kind of story.
Ashizaka
1 month
Seeohknee: "I want a findom"
Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did
Miguel
1 month
Jacob Kilwoski is my favorite character in this series no doubt xD
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Miguel
1 month
*Kowalski
capkyros
1 month
Gotta love how Erik is complaining about Wizards not walking. You know he's sick of Booms seat being covered in ash from him traveling by floo powder to the kitchen and to his seat!
Juju’sWrld
1 month
newt he reminds me of cedric but if he is more shy and to him self and cares but doesnt show it and in the other 2 movies is placed i think in the British world
Bomb-Boy
1 month
No Maj sounds like an energy drink nobody buys
Juju’sWrld
1 month
and there is 2 more mvoies and johhny depp does come out in the second one they changed him in the third last one
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Miguel
1 month
I cannot wait for them to react to the next two!!
Juju’sWrld
1 month
the main guy is hufflepuff by the way if yall didnt know the scarf is the color
Miss_CJ
1 month
I don't know if you guys remember, but Gellert Grindelwald was in Harry Potter, mentioned a few times in Deathly Hallows. He was the thief who stole the Elder wand in the memory.
An Obscurial is a witch or wizard who has repressed their magical abilities, often due to fear or external suppression, such as being forced to hide their magic in an environment that does not tolerate it. This repression leads to the creation of a dangerous, destructive magical entity known as an "Obscurus." Bottled up magic that brews in negative emotions.
Little controversial take here, I personally prefer Mads Mikkelsen as Grindelwald. I mean Johnny Depp did a good job but I think he is too 'Tim Burton' of a character for my liking if that makes sense. I'm curious to know which you'll like more!
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Dannielle
30 days
Mads is an infinitely better Grindelwald, he is exactly what I imagined Grindelwald to be. He feels threatening in a way that Johnny Depp just never did.
Miguel
1 month
I wholeheartedly agree with you. Mikkelsen gives more off a more threating powerful aura to him while J Depp sort of feels like a cartoony villain but with a twist of madness. It would have been cool if the movie acknowledged the change in a way where he changes in this first movie but who am I to complain?
thenameisgad
1 month
Amazing watch! You hit the nail on the head with Newt being more uncomfortable around human, he engages more eye contact and presence with the creatures than the human characters, but that is entierly down to his personality. Can't wait for the other two reactions!
Kristjaan
1 month
Im shocked that you didnt mention anything of the girl that newt knew is a descended of Bellatrix Lestrange
Colonel
1 month
Bro I feel so angry for the "so you've known for 24 hrs and didn't tell us?".. like BITCH, she tried to tell you and you told her to go away!
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LikeThat
30 days
Right? That's what I was thinking. And I thought at least one of them would point it out and defend Tina, but I'm not that surprised they were so blinded by their hatred for her.
TacticalFox31
1 month
Fun fact in the Harry Potter movie The Prisoner of Azkaban, Newt Scamander can be seen on the Marauder's Map. The most popular theory for this, is that he was there to try and save Buckbeak the hippogriff.
Kevin
1 month
Im gonna give this series a 2nd shot with you guys
LaLa
1 month
Listen... I adore Eddie Redmayne, he's played some of the most AMAZING characters ever. But let's be real, man always seems to be contending for a title match against Michael Jackson for KING OF WHISPERS.
KaiserKnight217
1 month
Boom why can you name yourself Frank like Frank the God Bird instead of Boom lolz
Azel
1 month
I didn't remember the annoying af character of Tina. Honestly ruined the movie a bit for me.
Phishinabowl
1 month
Ugh I love these movies but Tina Goldstein literally drives me insane. She's SUCH a nosy person and pretty much ALL of newt's problems in this movie are caused by her butting in where she shouldn't even after being suspended for doing exactly that. Great reaction as always and looking forward to the next 2 as well!
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Andrew
1 month
How are Newt’s problems her fault? His niffler escaped, he’s the one who left the egg on the bench that got Jacob involved in the first place which caused the case switch which let his creatures out. She saw someone bring a bunch of magical creatures to a city that’s already on the tipping point of finding out about the magical world and he clearly has trouble containing them. Why wouldn’t she report it to the higher ups? Yes she wants to get her job back but she’s still trying to do the responsible thing. She literally just met Newt, she doesn’t owe him anything. She even agreed to help him find the creatures and he just dipped in the middle of the night. And her “butting in” that got her demoted was her trying to save an abused child. I really think people let the protagonist bias for Newt cloud their judgment of her.
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LikeThat
30 days
Also, not to mention how poorly Tina was treated by the MACUSA. She got demoted for trying save a child from an abusive mother, they interrupted her when she tried to tell them about Newt and Jacob and then when she did manage to tell them, instead of thanking her, they got upset that she didn't tell them earlier even though she literally tried to tell them earlier in the movie. I'm disappointed that these guys just glossed over her mistreatment, but not surprised.
LikeThat
30 days
You pretty much hit the nail on the board for me. I will never understand the amount of hate Tina gets in the first movie. Of course I understand being annoyed, but the hate is so overblown in my opinion. They're straight up treating her like she's Dursley levels of awful, when all she did was be a nosy snitch. I feel like they just ignored all of her character development and barely cared about her backstory in this movie. The fact that they hated Tina more than the literal child abuser is concerning. I mean, I know we got to spend more time with Tina than the abusive mother, but still.....
Phishinabowl
1 month
Worst part too is that she does it not once, but TWICE. The second time causing an even bigger mess. She really is a horrible character and tbh the chemistry between her and Newt, or lack thereof, really ruined her as a character IMO. Queenie is great, Tina most definitely not.
justajinx
1 month
I notice, since Frank causes storms and rain... this implies Newt is the reason Arizona is such an arid desert XD
RoxyLLarts
1 month
You guys should watch narnia
Juju’sWrld
1 month
i beeen waiting for u guys to watch it and its so goood i'm telling u
Bomb-Boy
1 month
THE RETURN OF HARRY POTTER POST!
Azel
1 month
I watched this when it came out and haven't watched the others. Excited for this series but I was spoiled about the dumbledore one and the concept just didn't sound too meaningful or relevant.
50
1 month
Jacob Kowalski is the best muggle character in the entire franchise in my opinion
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Robin
1 month
And the best Ping Pong player.
Residentfan 1
1 month
There’s not a lot of good muggles to compare him to tbf.
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justajinx
1 month
If only Hermione's Parents got screentime
Curtis
1 month
I love these movies, I'm a fan of weird and beautiful creatures. I can't wait to watch this.
Robin
1 month
Just one thing to make it more interesting. I'm on the spectrum with ADHD and autism, but I recognize myself in Newt's behaviour. So... The portrayal of Newt Scamander, as played by Eddie Redmayne, in the Fantastic Beasts series has had a significant impact on autism awareness and understanding. While it is not officially stated that Newt Scamander has autism, the character has been praised for representing neurodiversity and breaking stereotypes.
Kody
1 month
This was my first exposure to Harry Potter, I read the damn stageplay book first before every watching any of the movies.
I cant wait for the third one bc i can't stand Johnny Depp's Gellert Grindelwald, he looks like a disney villain, I much preferred Mads Mikkelsen portrayal, is more down to earth and less Edward Scissorhands, outside of that all 3 movies are amazing
Leta the actress playin her also plays the girl from divergent
Recently became a member and had a little question, there might be an obvious link I'm missing but is there a way to just get the audio of the commentary only as in without the movie audio? I like to watch along with my own copy (4k 7.1 sound), I can watch my 4k copy fine but have to mute the 7.1 sound to avoid double audio of the movie so it like 4k with stereo sound.
There is no separate audio because that would be impossible to get in sync since they pause so much. Unfortunately you'll have to watch along with them.
Damn, I really didn't remember tina being such an annoying character.
There was supposed to be five Fantastic Beasts movies, but because of JKR's opinions Warner Bros. decided to scrap the movies after 3. It's also the reason Tina's actress doesn't appear in the third movie.
Earlier newt mentions that the venom he is extracting from the Swooping Death beast has obliviative qualities but only on negative memories, he dosnt bring this back up at the end when he gives it to frank.
Our boy Jacob diddnt have many bad memories from his time in the wizarding world and remembered all the creatures he met!
In addition to autism- because Newt he's definitely showing telling signs of it- I noticed (in his very special interest of magical beasts-which would not be considered normal at this time or even widely accepted as most wizards just wanna exterminate magical beasts rather than understand them- which is shown by Tina early on when Newt says something about his book on magical creatures and Tina asks if its an extermination guide--), that he may also not look at people in the eye often or do it in a shy or odd looking way because he knows most wild animals do not take kindly to being stared at or having their gaze met as it is a sign of aggression or challenge in a lot of animals... if he has been doing this for some time it would make sense that he just automatically does that to be on the safe side anyway... honestly it's good rule of thumb for humans too. Newt did say humans were the most dangerous.
Crossing my fingers that yall can find a bootleg of The Cursed Child.
The Fantastic Beasts movies are a bit of a mess, this movie is a fun time, but the next two are all over the place. Also some castings are amazing like Jude Law and some people are severely miscast like Johnny Depp. Jacob is awesome though, easily the best character in the series.
They were fine. I never understood the hate they received, aside from recasting JD. As a conduit to tell Dumbledore and Grindelwalds' story, I thought they were perfectly fine. Truth be told, I've had much bigger problems with the Harry Potter series, despite some of the "generic" parts of the 2nd and 3rd film of Fantastic Beasts.
while you're riding the harry potter train, i think you guys would really love "a very potter musical", it's very funny and i think a lot of the jokes are up your alley lol
Oh 100% AGREE! I’d LOVE for them to react to all the Starkid musicals (AVPM, AVPS, AVPSY) now that they have the context from the series 😂
witch trials were more about classism actually lol, some sexism but mostly "they're a witch" then take their shit.
It's really interesting to me, because I never once even considered blaming Tina or being annoyed with her when I first saw this movie. maybe I'm just more gracious than most people. But I saw where she was coming from and why she did what she did, and it all seemed well-intentioned. And News seemed to understand that too and not hold any resentment towards her for it, so I just kind of got on Newt's page I guess.
I agree with you. And I honestly don't know why they were yelling at her and hating on her for rightfully apologizing to Newt. She knew she messed up and that she shouldn't have ratted Newt out, she genuinely felt awful for what she did. She's wasn't a heartless jerk, she was just super uptight. She just wanted her job back when it was wrongfully taken from her, but she just went about it the wrong way. She needed to loosen up and she needed to wake up and realize that MACUSA doesn't actually give a damn about her. In my opinion, it honestly would have made more sense if they yelled at her when she sat on the case locked them in.
Man, I wish you could edit these comments. Making spelling and capitalization mistakes drives me crazy.
little random fun fact - J.K. Rowling has stated that Luna Lovegood married Newt Scamander's grandson, Rolf Scamander. They had Luna end up with Neville in the movies, but that's not true to what Rowling wanted for her.
Man... Im so mad. Why didnt they just move to the UK together where marrying muggles isnt illegal? Nobody needed to be obliviated...
If you want to see more of the guy that plays Jacob Kowalski, I recommend the movie Fanboys, it's a comedy about star wars fans, I think you guys would enjoy it
The books you looked up must be the Screenplays, because JKR wrote the script of the movies for the movies, they weren't books. The original "Fantastic Beasts and where to find them" was written by her but it was literally just Newt's textbook, and it's a fun alphabetical encyclopedia without a plot, though I recall each entry comes with short descriptions/tales about the beasts from Newt's experience (I barely recall). I loved reading it as it was "Harry's copy" and had Ron and Harry's personal graffiti/scribbles on the pages as easter eggs, including a game of hangman but few illustrations. This movie had some beasts from that textbook, which included many mentioned in the original books, especially ones cut from the movies, but also some new ones. And the textbook has many beasts never mentioned in the books or any movies.
For examples off the top of my head, the Demiguise's fur is used to create Invisibility Cloaks. I think Lovegood had an Erumpet Horn in his house, and it blew up. Bowtruckles prefer trees with wand-worthy wood.
Also, I could be wrong, but the "death sentence" that Tina and Newt escaped- I'm pretty sure it was a pool filled with "draft of living death": the same potion Harry successfully brewed during Slughorns class that earned him his vile of liquid luck in book/movie 6!
"He [Newt] and Hagrid would have gotten along so well!" Please, someone, correct me if I am not remembering this currently, it's been a while lol, but I believe the pretext for this was "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" written by Newt is one of the Textbooks Hagrid uses in his Magical Creatures class at Hogwarts (again, not this takes place decades before the events of Harry Potter). or something along those lines, then it became a real "textbook" to further expand the world that later manifested into this movie franchise to both emulate that all while giving some of the histories between Dumbledor and Grindelwald in "the first war", decades before even Tom Riddle or the Potters were born.
I've said it already, but I've got a real soft spot for this movie. I'd have liked it anyway, I'm sure, but my father had frontotemporal dementia, and this released around the time he had become nearly non-verbal. For a long while it was one of his favorite to watch, even though he couldn't understand most of what was being said.
I deeply dislike Crimes of Grindelwald for the opposite reason: he could not understand that movie at all (because it's borderline *incomprehensible* at points) and it upset him, I think because he felt the reason he couldn't understand it was because of the dementia. As above, I don't think I would have liked it even without that element, but because of it I've got a grudge.
All of that said, I also haven't watched it since it released, and there were elements of it that I enjoyed, so I look forward to seeing it again with a few years' distance.
Also, the medallion Graves/Grindelwald gave Credence having the symbol of the Deathly Hallows is a nice touch, particularly after the identity reveal. Almost none of who he was made it into the last two Harry Potter movies, but Grindelwald was obsessed with the Deathly Hallows, and by this point *should* have the Elder Wand.
Y’all should react Another Round Mads Mikklesens on it
this man said a old-timey dick pic polaroid as a bookmark 🤣
You know what, I like the first Fantastic Beasts movie.... I.. dunno if I can come back for the sequels tho....
Its kinda hard when they muddled the lore of the Wizarding world and then what we know now of how they treated Depp
the actor who plays jacob kowalski is so underrated he's in Fanboys (2009) it's 1998 he and his friends go to steal star wars episode 1, it's right up your guys alley
yes please
Don't forget Balls of Fury. xD
yeah on rewatching i think Newt is definitely supposed to be autistic
When I first watched this I didn't know I was autistic, but I absolutely loved everything about Newt. Now, after having been diagnosed for about a year and knowing so much more about autism, it feels so obvious. Pretty awesome representation, honestly.
Please watch The Hobbit trilogy after these!😁🙏
This film gives me MASSIVE Doctor Who vibes
I quite enjoy this movie, but only this one. The next two are... honestly, I wouldn't bother.
At least for the next one, I think they'll definitely enjoy it. They're pretty easily entertained. I'm a lot like them in that regard, and when that movie came out, I remember finding it pretty fun and entertaining, even though I had a few minor things I didn't love about it. I have a lot of issues with them and dislike the motivations behind the next two movies, but if you just go into the movie looking to be entertained, I think it would definitely do the trick, if you aren't too caught up in canons and stuff. I can't speak to the third one, though, since I boycotted it because they fired Johnny Depp, so watching with them will be my first watch.
I have not seen the Fantastic Beasts movies before, so this was my first time experiencing them, and I really regret not checking them out earlier. Kowalski's the best, like he's the first Muggle in the Potterverse that I've actually loved (granted, we don't see a lot of them in the Harry Potter movies aside from Harry's uncle and aunt)
I k ow these movies get a lot of crap but I personally loved them, at least the first and the second one.
NGL seeing y'alls faces when Credence revealed himself as the Obscurial was IMMENSELY satisfying. Guess the writers did a good job laying that trap to make you think it was Modesty. At the very least it certainly had Bree completely stumped.
A good way someone put the difference is, having a griffindor as a main character and a hufflepuff as one. Newt is a hufflepuff. His story is not focused or concerned with a king Authur style narrative. Still good. Just not that kind of story.
Seeohknee: "I want a findom"
Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did
Jacob Kilwoski is my favorite character in this series no doubt xD
*Kowalski
Gotta love how Erik is complaining about Wizards not walking. You know he's sick of Booms seat being covered in ash from him traveling by floo powder to the kitchen and to his seat!
newt he reminds me of cedric but if he is more shy and to him self and cares but doesnt show it and in the other 2 movies is placed i think in the British world
No Maj sounds like an energy drink nobody buys
and there is 2 more mvoies and johhny depp does come out in the second one they changed him in the third last one
I cannot wait for them to react to the next two!!
the main guy is hufflepuff by the way if yall didnt know the scarf is the color
I don't know if you guys remember, but Gellert Grindelwald was in Harry Potter, mentioned a few times in Deathly Hallows. He was the thief who stole the Elder wand in the memory.
An Obscurial is a witch or wizard who has repressed their magical abilities, often due to fear or external suppression, such as being forced to hide their magic in an environment that does not tolerate it. This repression leads to the creation of a dangerous, destructive magical entity known as an "Obscurus." Bottled up magic that brews in negative emotions.
Little controversial take here, I personally prefer Mads Mikkelsen as Grindelwald. I mean Johnny Depp did a good job but I think he is too 'Tim Burton' of a character for my liking if that makes sense. I'm curious to know which you'll like more!
Mads is an infinitely better Grindelwald, he is exactly what I imagined Grindelwald to be. He feels threatening in a way that Johnny Depp just never did.
I wholeheartedly agree with you. Mikkelsen gives more off a more threating powerful aura to him while J Depp sort of feels like a cartoony villain but with a twist of madness. It would have been cool if the movie acknowledged the change in a way where he changes in this first movie but who am I to complain?
Amazing watch! You hit the nail on the head with Newt being more uncomfortable around human, he engages more eye contact and presence with the creatures than the human characters, but that is entierly down to his personality. Can't wait for the other two reactions!
Im shocked that you didnt mention anything of the girl that newt knew is a descended of Bellatrix Lestrange
Bro I feel so angry for the "so you've known for 24 hrs and didn't tell us?".. like BITCH, she tried to tell you and you told her to go away!
Right? That's what I was thinking. And I thought at least one of them would point it out and defend Tina, but I'm not that surprised they were so blinded by their hatred for her.
Fun fact in the Harry Potter movie The Prisoner of Azkaban, Newt Scamander can be seen on the Marauder's Map. The most popular theory for this, is that he was there to try and save Buckbeak the hippogriff.
Im gonna give this series a 2nd shot with you guys
Listen... I adore Eddie Redmayne, he's played some of the most AMAZING characters ever. But let's be real, man always seems to be contending for a title match against Michael Jackson for KING OF WHISPERS.
Boom why can you name yourself Frank like Frank the God Bird instead of Boom lolz
I didn't remember the annoying af character of Tina. Honestly ruined the movie a bit for me.
Ugh I love these movies but Tina Goldstein literally drives me insane. She's SUCH a nosy person and pretty much ALL of newt's problems in this movie are caused by her butting in where she shouldn't even after being suspended for doing exactly that. Great reaction as always and looking forward to the next 2 as well!
How are Newt’s problems her fault? His niffler escaped, he’s the one who left the egg on the bench that got Jacob involved in the first place which caused the case switch which let his creatures out. She saw someone bring a bunch of magical creatures to a city that’s already on the tipping point of finding out about the magical world and he clearly has trouble containing them. Why wouldn’t she report it to the higher ups? Yes she wants to get her job back but she’s still trying to do the responsible thing. She literally just met Newt, she doesn’t owe him anything. She even agreed to help him find the creatures and he just dipped in the middle of the night. And her “butting in” that got her demoted was her trying to save an abused child. I really think people let the protagonist bias for Newt cloud their judgment of her.
Also, not to mention how poorly Tina was treated by the MACUSA. She got demoted for trying save a child from an abusive mother, they interrupted her when she tried to tell them about Newt and Jacob and then when she did manage to tell them, instead of thanking her, they got upset that she didn't tell them earlier even though she literally tried to tell them earlier in the movie. I'm disappointed that these guys just glossed over her mistreatment, but not surprised.
You pretty much hit the nail on the board for me. I will never understand the amount of hate Tina gets in the first movie. Of course I understand being annoyed, but the hate is so overblown in my opinion. They're straight up treating her like she's Dursley levels of awful, when all she did was be a nosy snitch. I feel like they just ignored all of her character development and barely cared about her backstory in this movie. The fact that they hated Tina more than the literal child abuser is concerning. I mean, I know we got to spend more time with Tina than the abusive mother, but still.....
Worst part too is that she does it not once, but TWICE. The second time causing an even bigger mess. She really is a horrible character and tbh the chemistry between her and Newt, or lack thereof, really ruined her as a character IMO. Queenie is great, Tina most definitely not.
I notice, since Frank causes storms and rain... this implies Newt is the reason Arizona is such an arid desert XD
You guys should watch narnia
i beeen waiting for u guys to watch it and its so goood i'm telling u
THE RETURN OF HARRY POTTER POST!
I watched this when it came out and haven't watched the others. Excited for this series but I was spoiled about the dumbledore one and the concept just didn't sound too meaningful or relevant.
Jacob Kowalski is the best muggle character in the entire franchise in my opinion
And the best Ping Pong player.
There’s not a lot of good muggles to compare him to tbf.
If only Hermione's Parents got screentime
I love these movies, I'm a fan of weird and beautiful creatures. I can't wait to watch this.
Just one thing to make it more interesting. I'm on the spectrum with ADHD and autism, but I recognize myself in Newt's behaviour. So... The portrayal of Newt Scamander, as played by Eddie Redmayne, in the Fantastic Beasts series has had a significant impact on autism awareness and understanding. While it is not officially stated that Newt Scamander has autism, the character has been praised for representing neurodiversity and breaking stereotypes.
This was my first exposure to Harry Potter, I read the damn stageplay book first before every watching any of the movies.
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Love me some Newt Scamander