What you need to know about the Harry Potter universe before watching Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Lesly 2022-04-21 09:01:42

Just one step away from HP, Fantastic Beasts 2 is totally a gift for fans... Long goodbye Hogwarts, long goodbye Dumbledore, long goodbye Professor McGonagall, long goodbye Quidditch, long goodbye The disguise, the broomstick after a long absence... The name of the snake girl, Nagini, is the name of Voldemort's last horcrux that was wielded by Neville's Gryffindor sword. The appearance of the wand in Grindelwald's hand is exactly the old wand that Voldemort thought he got from Snape, a powerful wand with the same material as Harry Potter's wand... Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find The Storyline in 1926 Before World War II, and the Harry Potter story line took place in the time period of 1981-1998 (Voldemort's death), the two time periods are very different, and the characters are basically except Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall Nothing is the same. Dumbledore in the movie is very young. Compared with the old Dumbledore in Harry Potter, he is indeed 60 years younger. At the beginning of the movie, Grindelwald was imprisoned in the US Ministry of Magic by Newt and the US Ministry of Magic in the last episode, and he is about to be transferred to Azkaban prison. Azkaban is the darkest prison in the wizarding world, and this term also appears in the conversation between Dumbledore and Newt later in the story. The watchers of Azkaban are dementors who create nightmares. The longer one spends time in Azkaban, the more depressed and insane one becomes. Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, was locked up here. Defending against the Dementors requires a special spell, the Patronus Charm that Blake had taught Harry. That is, at a critical moment, summon your own Patronus to drive away the Dementors. In Fantastic Beasts, Dumbledore's patron saint is the phoenix, and Harry's patron saint is the stag, just like his father James Potter. For Grindelwald's secret, it is explained that he and Dumbledore are from different schools, Dumbledore is a student of Gryffindor House at Hogwarts, while Grindelwald is a famous worshiper from Europe. Durmstrang school for black magic and pure-blood wizards, but was expelled. The two met and became best friends during their joint search for the Deathly Hallows in 1899. In addition, they have a mystery that they are homosexuals, and they love each other and deduce what it means to love and kill each other. Grindelwald and Dumbledore formed a blood alliance, sworn not to harm each other. In the feature film of Harry Potter, Dumbledore's wand is the Elder Wand. After Dumbledore's death, Voldemort stole Dumbledore's tomb and stole it, but everyone knows that this powerful wand once belonged to Grind. fertile. The appearance of this series of Fantastic Beasts perfectly complements the single plot of Harry Potter. Expand the magic story wider and wider. In the wizarding world, the wand of the loser of a duel between two wizards will return to the winner. This also implies that Grindelwald will eventually die at the hands of Dumbledore. Foreshadowing the battle between Dumbledore and Grindelwald. Let's talk about silence. This thing is silently a different kind of wizard identity created by JK Rowling after Muggle/No-Maj, pure-blood wizard, and Squib. Pure-blood wizards, as the name suggests, are pure-blooded and do not explain; let's talk about "Squib" and "Silent" respectively. First of all, "Squib", how do you say it, in the wizarding world, a "No-Maj" fell in love with a wizard, and the children with magical abilities that were finally born are generally called "Squib", which is the existence of half wizard and half human, so The wizards are often very powerful, such as Professor Snape and the well-known Hermione Granger. "Silent" is also called "Silent One" or "Silent Beast". This is an abnormal use of magic. A child with magic is unable to use magic correctly or has not been properly guided. The controllability is getting higher and higher, and finally a kind of silent parasitic beast is parasitized by magic in turn. This situation is very dangerous. Whenever the silent beast breaks out, it will destroy and be unconscious, but due to the excessive power of the silent beast, it will cause large Some parasitoids have difficulty living past the age of 10. The Magical Congress of the United States is structured like the Wizarding Council of the United Kingdom, with representatives of the magical community from across North America elected to Congress and enacting laws to oversee and protect the magical population of the United States. In reality, Aurors are probably like FBI agents. Let's talk about our protagonist Newt, who is played by "Little Freckles" Eddie Redmayne. "Little Freckles" Eddie Redmayne is JK Rowling was the first and only candidate for the lead role, so Freckles didn't even audition. But as early as ten years ago, Little Freckles had participated in the audition of "Harry Potter". He had auditioned for the young Voldemort (Tom Riddle) in "Harry Potter's Chamber of Secrets", but failed, and later He auditioned for a member of the Weasley family but unfortunately failed. However, it is very inspiring to be the protagonist of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" because of the lack of success back then. The first time I watched "Harry Potter" was not a movie, but a book. Because of my huge interest, I remember that I read all 7 books in only two years in grades 3 and 4. The movie version that I started watching after several years later, I have to say that Harry Potter has left an indelible mark on my life, whether it is a movie or a book... that is full of secrets The Marauder's Map, the terrifying secret room of the gods, the Mirror of Erised that allows people to see the most intense desire... Adventures one level after another... Battle with the python, battle with the two-faced man, battle with the Dementor, The battle with Voldemort! Left me with the best memories of my childhood. The launch of "Fantastic Beasts" means the continuation of magical fairy tales and the continuation of a beautiful childhood. Although it is a movie full of war of words, the evaluation is seriously polarized, but I want to give him a correct name, I think this one did not disappoint me. Also far better than all the movies I've seen in theaters this year.

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Tina Goldstein: What are you going to do?

    Newt Scamander: I'll think of something.

  • [from trailer]

    Albus Dumbledore: The time's coming... when you're gonna have to pick a side.

    Newt Scamander: [to Theseus] No, I don't do sides.