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Why Is Jk Rowling Wrong

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I will start this review by letting you all know it may be colored by the fact that I’m a HUGE Potterhead...so make of that what you will!

Having read every Harry Potter novel and seen every Harry Potter film (and a whole lot of fan fiction), I believed for years that J.K. Rowling could do no wrong. However, after the release of the disappointing Cursed Child script earlier this year, I was nervous for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Although not written by Rowling, Cursed Child had her stamp of approval. Was the Harry Potter universe about to suffer over-dilution to the point of ruining everything? No. Fantastic Beasts confirmed, for me, that J.K. Rowling is still a magical writer who can do no wrong.

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Do not go in to Fantastic Beasts expecting an elaborate plot with mysteries you can’t solve. It’s easy to figure out who the bad guys are. However, that didn’t stop me from loving the movie and the characters. My group’s favorite part unanimously was when you got to step inside Newt’s briefcase full of creatures. The visual effects team really brought all of Newt’s creatures to life. You got to see creatures familiar and unfamiliar, all in their own habitats and with their own individual characteristics just as Newt sees them. It was like being on Noah’s Arc...but with significantly more …show more content…

Jacob is basically all of us if we found out magic was real: “I wanna be a wizard.” He continued to steal the show and quickly became everyone’s favorite character. He’s another unlikely hero we didn’t know we needed (god bless you JKR.) Fantastic Beasts isn’t short of strong female characters either. Katherine Waterston as Goldstein and Alison Sudol as her sister Queenie are powerful women who rarely need saving. The President of the Ministry of Magic in America is even a woman...which is pretty bold for the 1920’s

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