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Director: David Yates The new series of the Harry Potter world, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set in a pre-WWII America with a clash between a mysterious beast and the world. This film touches on modern political topics as well as those of yesteryear, showing a stark contrast of our world today. Newt Scamander arrives in New York from England on his way out west. However, a platypus looking creature escapes from his briefcase, leading to a mad chase for the creature, during which he accidentally takes a different briefcase as a muggle, Jacob, takes his. He is arrested by an American wizard, Tina. Some of the animals within Newt’s briefcase escape in Jacob’s apartment, and now Newt, Jacob, and Tina must hunt them down. All the while a mysterious, destructive beast called an Obscurus is wreaking havoc on New York. Newt’s beasts are blamed by the Magical Congress of the United States of America and he and Tina are sentenced to death, but manage to escape and set about capturing the Obscurus. This leads to a showdown as the Obscurus ravages New York and is eventually killed. The movie has amazing special effects, especially for the animals. It is good that it was done now instead of when the first movies came out is it would not do them justice. However, special effects is not magic (pun intended) and there are times when it should not be used. In the scene in the bar where Newt is bargaining with the Goblin, the goblin is plainly and rather unimpressively CGI. It is a rather disappointing feature of a beautifully created movie and there is still a place in the world for using actors and makeup and skilled craftsman, not just computers. Apart from this small detail, the effects were brilliant. Much of the conflict in the film relates with modern day struggles and those founded in the early twentieth century. The protection of animals is an incredibly obvious one. Many of the animals Newt has possession of are the last of their kind and he is working to bring them back from the edge of extinction. This parallels to the modern world with many animals struggling to survive. Fantastic Beasts also brings to light issues of domestic violence and suppression with Credence being brutally beaten and the wizards having to live underground in hiding for fear of being discovered.
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