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Shelly Definitely Doomed Quiglet Queen The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones. Posts: 11,148 Likes: 125	Fantastic Beasts Dec 16, 2015 4:20:09 GMT -5 Cafe SalMONAlla likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Shelly on Dec 16, 2015 4:20:09 GMT -5 I feel like it's probably another cash grab, but I'm looking forward to seeing what they make of the beasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj1devH5JP4
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Fantastic Beasts Dec 16, 2015 10:18:40 GMT -5

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Film-wise it looks like more of the same old same old. I don't even know if it's the same director as the last HP movies, but it definitely looks like it, so it probably (and boringly) is. Story-wise I can't say, I didn't read the spin off book. I likely won't watch the movie, but I guess it will be enjoyable enough.

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bear Corrupt Concierge Posts: 4,960 Likes: 3,796	Fantastic Beasts Dec 16, 2015 12:59:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bear on Dec 16, 2015 12:59:54 GMT -5 pretty sure this has (almost) nothing to do with the spin off book

Emerald Snicket Formidable Foreman Nowhere in the world is safe. Posts: 104 Likes: 37	Fantastic Beasts Dec 16, 2015 13:17:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Emerald Snicket on Dec 16, 2015 13:17:25 GMT -5 I've read FB and it's nothing like it. The movie is a story whilst the book is a textbook about, well, fantastic beasts. Never judge a book by its movie, as I'm sure that you know from the horrendous ASOUE movie...

Skelly Craig Definitely Doomed Crunchy Posts: 7,414 Likes: 3,482	Fantastic Beasts Dec 16, 2015 13:32:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Skelly Craig on Dec 16, 2015 13:32:58 GMT -5 K then. I think I would've judged the movie by its book in this case, but I haven't read the danm thing so I wouldn't know

bear Corrupt Concierge Posts: 4,960 Likes: 3,796	Fantastic Beasts Dec 16, 2015 13:46:37 GMT -5 bear likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bear on Dec 16, 2015 13:46:37 GMT -5 bro calm down

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Fantastic Beasts Dec 16, 2015 14:28:47 GMT -5 Cafe SalMONAlla likes this

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Post by Hermes on Dec 16, 2015 14:28:47 GMT -5

Well, you couldn't really turn the book into a film. Unless you did it as a documentary, David Attenborough style, I suppose. The film is about the author of the book and how he found the fantastic beasts.

Skelly Craig Definitely Doomed Crunchy Posts: 7,414 Likes: 3,482	Fantastic Beasts Dec 16, 2015 14:37:23 GMT -5 penne likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Skelly Craig on Dec 16, 2015 14:37:23 GMT -5 Dec 16, 2015 13:46:37 GMT -5 bear said: bro calm down BUT I HVENT READ EEEET

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lorelai Splenetic Surgeon Posts: 640 Likes: 302	Fantastic Beasts Dec 21, 2015 13:37:10 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lorelai on Dec 21, 2015 13:37:10 GMT -5 Unlike the HP films, this script/story was entirely written by Rowling, so I'm fine with it not being like the book--which was a fun read. I'm excited for it.

Linda Rhaldeen Definitely Doomed Posts: 10,022 Likes: 2,091	Fantastic Beasts Dec 22, 2015 23:34:03 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Linda Rhaldeen on Dec 22, 2015 23:34:03 GMT -5 The book is encyclopedia-style, with a few paragraphs about each beast, whereas the movie has an actual storyline in which Newt Scamander presumably meets the beasts he will write about.
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Fantastic Beasts Dec 23, 2015 17:08:47 GMT -5

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Dec 22, 2015 23:34:03 GMT -5 Linda Rhaldeen said:

in which Newt Scamander presumably meets the beasts he will write about.

The movie is about the creatures escaping in New York and I'd assume that he goes on some movie-worthy adventure in order to retrieve them.

lorelai Splenetic Surgeon Posts: 640 Likes: 302	Fantastic Beasts Dec 25, 2015 1:18:04 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lorelai on Dec 25, 2015 1:18:04 GMT -5 Newt is traveling--intending to stay in NYC for one night--and the creatures are already in his possession prior to somehow getting loose. How much he knows about them prior to that plot-starting event is unknown.

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