Intriguingly, though, it can be tempting for the viewer to focus on a different Big Bad when watching "Fantastic Beasts." Enter Gellert Grindelwald, the wizard who was friends with the young Albus Dumbledore, though they parted ways because Grindelwald believed in wizarding supremacy while Dumbledore wanted greater acceptance. All this makes the American wizarding government part of the problem. The American wizarding government is suspicious of Newt because he’s British, they have no faith in his peculiar animals because they’ve never heard of them and they’re skeptical of Newt’s friend Jacob Kowalski because he’s a No-Maj - the American term for Muggle, or nonwizard. What emerges, though, is that the Muggles, nonwizards, are the least of Newt’s problems. Without giving away too much of the plot, Newt and his friends spend a fair portion of the movie trying to collect these rare animals without terrorizing too much of Muggle Manhattan in the process. Things begin to go awry within moments, though: His suitcase seems about to burst with an unknown creature, and shortly thereafter, the creature escapes, along with a host of others. " Fantasic Beasts and Where to Find Them" - the prequel movie to the Harry Potter series - begins innocently enough, with wizard genius Newt Scamander stepping off a transatlantic boat in New York City.
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