*FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM* is NOT fantastic… 

Say what you want about this series but Eddie Redmayne gave it his all and is a delight

Fun Fact: Newt Scamander briefly appeared on the Marauder's Map in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, creating a fun Easter egg

I DO NOT ever want to hear the phrase “sex Dobby” ever again.

I love how most people come into a movie like this knowing a fair amount of lore and trivia about the inner workings of the wizarding world and it's bloodlines and whatnot, and Alex comes in like a child walking into a clock repair shop, pointing at random things and saying, "what's that then?" repeatedly several times, looking astonished at it all but not knowing how any of it works or why it's there... a bit like Arthur Weasley in literally any scene showing him interacting in the Muggle world... So pure

Fun fact: the reason Jacob laughs out loud each time he drinks at the speakeasy is because he's drinking Gigglewater!

I love that Alex can’t tell the difference between house elves and goblins. 😂

Grindelwald was there for a quick scene in the last Harry Potter movie... He was in Prison and Voldermort breaks in to speak with him about the Elder Wand. Grindelwald was Dumbledore's best friend growing up before they were forced to fight each other and a random spell hit Dumbledore's sister and killed her. He is to Dumbledore what Voldermort was to Harry.

Newt: "Nothing in there is dangerous." Newt five minutes later: "LEAVE HIS BRAINS!"

The Obscurials are the reason why all children with magical properties are being sent to the magic schools, so they can develop their magic skills and control them.

I love the choice to have Newt be on the spectrum. It adds so much to his character and I think his performance is so good. Favorite character in the wizarding world by far

Couple of things: -Frank, the giant eagle-ish thing, is a thunderbird. They're native to the dry Arizona/New Mexico area, where they show up in Native American folklore. They create thunderstorms and bring rain to those parched areas. Newt mentioned he'd found him being trafficked and was bringing him back to his natural environment. -The actor who plays the 'mom' of the little anti-witchcraft home (Samantha Morton), is best known for playing Agatha, the most talented precog in the PreCrime Unit, in the film "Minority Report" -The 'crime boss elf' Gnarlack, in the magical speakeasy, is played by Ron Perlman, aka "Hellboy". You're correct that Newt Scamander is a conservationist, trying to prevent the all too rapid forced and thoughtless extinction of fantastic/fabulous creatures. Newt was tossed out of Hogwarts, in spite of Albus Dumbledore trying to keep Newt there, for keeping these creatures. The importance of these creatures were not recognized at that time, even by the Wizarding World. The reason Newt is carrying around beasts in his satchel is because he has nowhere else to keep them, nowhere where they won't be confiscated by magical authorities and killed. Newt is, at that time, the world's authority on the requirements and care such creatures. Newt's book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" becomes a standard textbook at many schools of magic, especially at Hogwarts. Eddie Redmayne has said he played Newt as being on the Autism spectrum. Makes sense, that Newt would prefer animals to humans or magic folk. One aspect Redmayne utilized was the difficulty autistics have in looking people in the eye. I agree, you need to see the first of the trilogy. Even JK Rowling was upset at how they screwed up the story (and that whole Johnny Depp legal debacle made it even worse). But here's the thing: if you are really into the details of the Wizarding World, you HAVE to watch the other two films. They contain content that has bearing on the Harry Potter era.

This too originally started as a book! The book is actually written in textbook format as Hogwarts students are actually assigned “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” as part of their curriculum. I remember reading it as a kid and it really added so much to the lore and I liked how JK would insert random creatures in HP that she wouldn’t explain and you could always go and cross reference them in Fantastic Beasts

Grindelwalt is known from Harry Potter. He was on the chocolate frog collectable card of Dumbledore. It said that Dumbldore is famos for defeating him in a duel. Also in Deathly Hollows movie you can see him in flashback, stealing the Elder Wand, and then when Voldemort visits him in prison and kills him after asking him where is the wand. That old man who said that wand is in the grave with Dumbldore is Grindelwald. In history books he was known as a strongest dark lord in history (before Voldemort but everyone knows that Voldemort sucks and doesn't count).

As an autistic person myself, I just love how one the spectrum Newt is.😅

I might be in the minority, but I really enjoyed the next 2 movies for what they were. I would love to see you do a reaction of them!

"I am so glad there are not people around who can read my mind." Alex, everybody can read your mind; it does not require magical skill. That's why your reactions are so much fun.

28:25 the reason Tina was demoted to wand licensing was that the last time she caught Marylou Barebone hurting Credence Tina actually attacked her

YES PLEASE watch the next two! These are underrated movies. The Secrets of Dumbledore is my favorite.

The second film "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" is about Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) and his connection to young Dumbledore (Jude Law), Credence, and a branch of the LeStrange family. I vote 'yea' for your reaction!. 🙂 Oh, and Jacob laughed after taking a drink because he was drinking shots of 'Giggle Water'.

some more connections between this and Harry Potter for you: 1: if you go back to where Harry first got the Mauraders Map and you pay attention to the names of people walking around you will see that Newt was visiting Hogwartz that day and he was on the map. 2: Luna Lovegood Marries Newts son/grandson(don't remember which) Rolf Scamander. 3: Fantastic Beasts is one of the books Harry has to get one of the years (third year I think but I'm not sure) as a school book requirement 4:Nicholas Flammel is the same guy who created the Philosophers/Sorcerers Stone from the first Harry Potter.

If I'm not mistaken that "death pool" to kill Tina and Newt was full of the kind of potion Harry made in his first class with Slughorn; the one that won him the liquid luck. So there's an Easter Egg for you.

WATCH THE REST. It's SUCH a good series!!! It shows a lot more of Dumbledore's backstory :) I have a feeling you'll like the series based on the fact that you seem to find things most people complain about to be awesome haha

What Jacob was drinking at the bar was Gigglewater - that's why he always laughs after taking the shot, :D - it forces you to laugh.

"A WAR between Magics and NonMagics???.....It'd be a quick fucking war." Yes. Cause they have a spell called "Avada Kedavra", and we have a spell called "Tommy Gun."

Brought a tear to my eye, Alex’s courtship dance….just so beautiful 🥹🥹

The thing i love about this movie is that it brings back the "magic" that we kind of lose late in the HP series. The early HP movies you're always WOWed by all the amazing magical things you're introduced to. this movie brings that back

Hagrid briefly mentions Bowtruckles (The little green bean) in his conversation with Professor Slughorn

@9:10 I love how Newt knew about the symtoms of getting bit by that creature because he also got bit by one... @39:36 you can see the bite on Newt's hand..

You actually get to see old Grindelwald in one of the last Harry Potter movies, when Harry is seeing through Voldemort's mind. Tom asks a man where it is (Dumbledore's wand). That man is Gellert Grindelwald before Tom Riddle kills him (in the books, not seen in the movie though).

I actually really like this series so I'm glad you're checking it out

"We haven't even seen 'Griswald'" Who's gonna tell him? 🤣

41:17 my dude you are preaching to the choir.. what you were talking about is called the marauders, and it’s what we’ve all been wanting for so long

I’d say watch them all. It’s true that the first is the best one imo, but the other two have good stuff as well. If you’re a Harry Potter fan, they are worth watching!

Dougal is actually the name of the demiguise (the creature that can turn invisible). We get the name of the niffler in one of the other movies 😉 I love these movies, even though there is som big plotholes in regards to the HP universe 😏

The “ladies problems” thing is so true 🤣 in high school I got caught leaving school with a friend (I literally didn’t have a class, i was a senior and had a break between classes.. but wasn’t supposed to leave campus😅). Got called into the office and they pulled up the tape. I had a flannel wrapped around my waist so immediately I started with the whole “I’m so sorry! I started my period and bled through my pants. I was so embarrassed and my friend said I could go grab some of her clothes!” My poor principal immediately cut me off and he reduced my in-school detention from 7 days to 1 🤣🤣

This movie is literally my favourite movie from the entire Harry potter universe

Please keep going! The second one's my favourite, and even the third has a lot of good stuff in it. I think you'd enjoy it

I love that the heroic action of this movie is empathy! :D ...AAAHHH, I need to see this movie again!

"The kid's haircut is shit but he's not a freak!" Obviously you haven't seen the police reports on the doings of Ezra Miller.

❤!! Definitely worth watching the other ones because it makes some of the things they set up in here make SO MUCH SENSE 😭😭 you’ll love who they bring in the next movie !!

16:05 This is the most dangerous animal on HP universe. Only 2 people domesticated them, one of them is Newt (obviously). Its breath releases a plague that can kill an entire village, and to fight them it is need at least 100 wizards. Cheers from Brasil.

The series is no Harry Potter, but I love it for its own. I think you should continue to watch. Surprisingly enough Johnny Depp only having 7 seconds in this movie was convenient, given his situation when the second movie was being made.

I really liked these movies🥰🥰 I'm an animal lover working in the veterinary field, so I love all the animal care aspects. I'm also a fan of period stuff and enjoyed watching bts segments about how they built the New York depicted here on a big lot in England and all the production design related to the 1920s era🤩 Of course, more than all that, I really enjoyed the performances and storytelling - from, that goes without saying with this franchise🤩

“You do not pocket another man’s ass egg” 😂😂😂 We’re in for another fun reaction.

All right, this is my first comment on this channel and I want to start by saying please watch the other movies. I love your channel and I want to see it!!! Also this is connected to Harry Potter. It's the first first item he picks up while getting supplies with Hagrid in the movie. Also, you can see Newt's name on the Marauders map in Hogwarts going to a meeting with Dumbledore.

41:30 i actually like these! I will say that the second one isn't as good as the other two, but it's DELIGHTFULLY mind screwy, which makes up for some of it

Looking forward to you rewatching Potter!

So the whole reason for this Prequel is to highlight the details between Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s past. Grindelwald was the Voldemort of this era, and Dumbledore became really famous for defeating him.

These were great movies, and yes, the first one is probably the best out of all of them. I will say however, the other two (in my opinion aren't bad), I think they just leave people with unanswered questions. And when it comes to the next movie, that was fine because it made me want to see the next one after more. And while I did still want to see the conclusion of these movies after the third one came out, it wasn't quite to the same degree (and it was a little confusing at times, with other aspects of the film seeming unnecessary). But overall, I still have enjoyed watching these films, and I would have liked to see this series continue.

You should definitely watch the others, Johnny Depp got screwed by the amber herd trial so got replaced, but they are still fairly good movies

The main problem imo with these movies (more so in the sequels) is that J.K. Rowling wrote them. She is not a screen writer and that's fine, these stories should have been novels first, let her get all her ideas into some big beefy books and then let a screen writer adapt the story. Honestly if you ask me I think she should just do that now. Write all these stories as novels and then she can finish the narrative because this was supposed to be like a 5 or 6 film series and the performance of the last movie is not gonna let that happen with how greedy Hollywood is. So write some more novels JK (keep your personal prejudices out of it) let the literally community dig into them like potter books and maybe after they reboot Harry Potter they can give this another shot.

Girl from Sweden here! I was actually sick this night. And i had to go to the hospital and your reaction made me feel a little better. I just wanna say thank you. 🤕🤒🤧❤

You must watch the second 1 it includes more origin stories

I actually really like these movies, the second and the third one are good too. People give them stick but they are very enjoyable. Not as good as Harry Potter but still, was very exciting to return to the Harry Potter universe when this came out.

8:36 😂🤣 literally laughed OUT loud

30:10 it's called giggle water. It's a shot that literally makes you giggle.

2:25 Suprised that no wizard or witch has attempted to smuggle "good stuff" using that, after all you can change muggle money to galleons.

I like the other 2 movies. Depp is amazing in the second film and I like Dumbledore in the third.

i love this series!!! this is the pre-prequel pretty much. Grindelwald was the dark lord before voldemort.

17:48 - Alex - "Why does he steal everything shiny?" Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (red book with a sticker that says "Property of Harry Potter") Niffler - M.O.M Classification: XXX (Competent wizard should cope) The Niffler is a British beast. Fluffy, black, and long-snouted, this burrowing creature has a predilection for anything glittery. Nifflers are often kept by goblins to burrow deep into the earth for treasure. Though the Niffler is gentle and even affectionate, it can be destructive to belongings and should never be kept in a house. Nifflers live in lairs up to twenty feet below the surface and produce six to eight young in a litter.

Which movie casts Johnny Depp for a few second? the one that later kicks him out for crimes he didn't commit.

You need to watch next movies, they are as good as this one!!!😊😊❤❤

The little guy that steals Shiney things is a Niffler, his name is Teddy.

Man, you have such a great personality. I don't know exactly if it is just for the entertaining purposes of the videos you make or you are this way IRL, but I LOVE IT! You are such a cool person. Also great great GREAT videos, TYVM for them.

Never do a reaction to part 3 please. They kicked Johny Depp because of that false accusations by Amber Heard. Even he won.

crimes of grindelwald is also amazing. This film was mostly context and exposition for crimes of grindelwald. I haven't seen secrets of dumbledore, but apparently the plot of that is also very good?

I maintain, we were robbed of a Magic Nature Documentary starring Newt Scamander as a magical equivalent of David Attenborough

Fantastic beast and where to find them by Newt Scamander was one of the textbooks in year 1 of Hogswart. Newt also makes a brief cameo when Harry is holding the Marauders map. Newt's grandson married Luna Lovegood

Newt is a socially awkward hufflepuff 😅 but the promise of making plans to meet again is really sweet for the start of a possible relationship

The shapes of his baked goods, shows, he REMEMBERS the creatures. He never got obliviated FULLY. Pieces of the memories are still there.

apparently Luna married Newt's grandchild or something! Newt's book is also in the curriculum for the first years when Harry is in 1.grade and appears as a easter egg in the Marauders map for a second. The second movie unveils way more of Newt's ties to the WW that we know from Harry Potter

My friends and I did a HP Marathon with breaks in between the movies for meals that were all HP themed. It took us from 7am on a Saturday morning and finally finished at 2am Sunday morning.

I may be a little biased as i am a super fan of (CGI) animation. but i like all the movies, and srsly the creatures alone are just awsome. And if u are into the wizarding world, it's just a nice thing to learn more about it. The characters are actually rly likeable too I rly dont understand why ppl hate on it. it just feels like the "ugh it's not harry potter, so it's not the same, so it's bad" kind of hate

3:19 Why do I just now realize that this is the same actress who played Alpha in The Walking Dead? P.S. I love this movie, the next one is pretty good too! Also I can't wait for the Harry Potter re-watch marathon, I think it would be more interesting if Alex read the books first, so he can compare them, but I'll be happy anyways :)

Fun Fact: Luna Lovegood, our lovely raveclaw, actually marries Newt's grandson, Rolf Scamander in the series. Not Neville that a lot of people think. Rolf and Luna are both Magizoologists just like Newt and help all kinds of beasts

One of the dark theories that could have happened to Harry is that he could have been like Credence. He never truly learned his magic around his aunt and uncle just like credence in the orphanage with that abusive woman. Thankfully Harry’s magic came out whenever it could while growing up unlike Credence. Love your channel. Cannot wait to see your other movie reactions. Thanks for uploading.

First and second movies are actually dope, its the 3rd one where disney went all hype crazy and fired johnny depp that it went to shit cause they knew they had to wrap the series. Dont get me wrong, mads mickelson was a hell of an actor for the movie, but he and johnny have completely different personalities to play the same role. It was clearly a cover-up and it feels that way.

The link between this and the HP franchise is that every student at Hogwarts reads the book "Fantastic Beats & Where To Find Them" written by Newt for the Care of Magical Creature class. Also, News was in Hufflepuff. This movie is actually fantastic. Eddie Redmayne is perfect casting. All the creatures are awesome! Especially the Nifler. Watched it in the theater, amazing experience!

30:01 --- he was drinking giggle water. It causes people to laugh! lol

Would love to see you react to the other films. I’ve heard they’re great. Really liked this one, the mention of grindlewald in this movie has me excited as I remember him from the deathly hallows so I look forward to how this is explored in the later films.

I have a roach story. This happened last night at 4AM. I was on my phoen and I saw something move near my face. I turned on my phone flashlight on and it was a tiny roach😭 I took my pillow and threw it across the room. I took my pillow and I checked around it for more than 30 mins to see if it’s still on there.

I almost spit my food and drink out multiple times because you are so naturally funny. 😂lol.. I can tell you’re going to enjoy the rest of the series. ❤❤❤

I really like all the fantastic beast films. And yes they are connected to the original series. Newt ist on the marauders map in the third film and one of the books harry had to get for his first year was fantastic beasts written by newt. And the next films also go into the background of Dumbledore and Grindelwald. And yes Grindelwald was also in the Harry Potter books and movies.

1:31 grindlewald was mentioned in Harry Potter from dumbledore and the wand dude

I love these movies. I like on the next films you learn more about Dumbledore’s past.

I love all these movies. Newt is a fantastic character. I really wish we could see him meet the 11th or 13th Doctors, they have a lot in common, personality wise. Smart, clever, whimsical and each have some pretty deep memories and knowledge.

After some rewatches, I realized that when that woman in front of the bank who asked him if he was a seeker, he probably thought about Quidditch at first

Thanks for the videos you’re making :)

The ostrich running you did was flawless 😂

Watch the rest, please!

Lots of stuff from the books in here.. Grindelwald Nifflers: Teddy Bowtruckle: Picket Squibs: Filch & Creedance Newt Scamander's book was one of Harry's schoolbooks Just a few

I think Luna Love Good ends up marrying Nuets Grandchild or great great grandchild. I forget.

"Fantastic beasts and where to find them" it's a book that was in the list of books Harry had to read in his first year at Hogwarts 💓 (that it's in the first book)

30:11 it’s called giggle juice. That’s why he’s laughing after he takes the shot lol

I’ve never laughed as hard at a reaction video as I did when that “YOU WHAT” came out of nowhere😂😂😂

The fact that Alex agrees with most of us potterheads is insane, cause I'm pretty sure his HP knowledge is yet to be fully expanded. But actually yeah. we all wanted and still want a Marauders' era film series or tv show. That's essentially Harry's parents' era and also narrates the rising of Lord Voldemort as one of the two most famous dark wizards of all time (the other one being Grindelwald). It's also when the Order of the Phoenix was created and when the first Magical war took place. We're all with you, Alex, we want a marauders' era film series!!!

At 30:15, the drink Jacob has actually causes the drinker to laugh. It’s called giggle juice iirc. A magic potion turned ‘alcoholic’ drink.

Need to do them all now ❤️

I do hope u do watch the other 2 movies becuz I luv Fantastic Beasts. I didn’t grew up watching the H.P. movies so watching these films makes me feel like I was apart of the journey other Potterheads went through with H.P. 😍💚🐍🏰

1:40 "wtf is Grindelwald" as if Hermione didn't mention him in Deathly Hallows pt.1 already 😂