MOVIE REVIEW: FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

The protagonist of this movie went to the same school as Harry Potter, Hogwarts, and had the same teacher, Professor Dumbledore. However, the character known as Newt ventured out of the magic school and the London city and sailed to New York in the 1800's with only one mission: to find the fantastic beasts. And then he first met with an American, female witch and that was when the adventure began, and he later met with more members of the secret society of the USA's wizards and witches.

This is a must-watch movie for Harry Potter's and J.K. Rowling's fans. I just hope if there is a sequel to this film, they will not make the plot become too complicated for people like me who don't read Rowling's books to understand.

GOOD COFFEE (AND CAKES) FIRST, A GOOD MOVIE LATER

21st November 2016 ~ After all the eating sessions, I had something lighter this afternoon - coffee and cakes, at Secret Recipe. Once in a blue moon, I would get lucky when an ex-student asked me out for a movie so we decided to meet up at AEON Bukit Indah after school. Why I chose Secret Recipe for coffee? Because on weekdays, there is this offer where you can get free coffee with any slice of cake ordered.

Mr. Hamzah Hamdan just started his term break and he had a pair of free movie tickets. What made it more exciting, the movie would be shown in a beanie cineplex. I was truly excited to find out about this movie theatre and I accepted the invitation though I hesitated at first as it was done last minute.

We watched a movie entitled "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", another adaptation from the J.K. Rowling's novel and related to the Harry Potter series.

The beanie movie theatre should look like this actually but in the photo we appeared to be in the heart of darkness.

So how was my first beanie movie experience like? I would definitely not go into this beanie thing again unless I get someone to pay for my ticket. I had to refrain from dozing off to sleep at the early part of the film. With that position and in a room with a very low temperature, I could easily drifted off into a world of my own. I don't think the beanie sofa would be good for my back. The large beanie pillow was not that comfortable. I love my own pillows at home much, much more.

Thanks Mr. Hamzah for the time and company, and not forgetting the beanie experience. And thank Miss Hamidah [the sister] for the movie ticket.

MOVIE REVIEW 22 - HARRY POTTER AND THE DEADLY HOLLOW (PART ONE)

I don't really follow the chronicle of Harry Potter. But Harry Potter should be a fun movie - with all its magic, wizards, witches, spells, demons and all the computer images. The first time I watched Harry Potter, all the characters were as young as me but now they have all grown much older. And the movie has now developed into an adult movie with scary images and more violent actions. Gone were the days of cute little boys and girls who could perform magic tricks in a school full of people who were born with supernatural powers.

It was a good watch anyway, but I personally feel Harry Potter is now a suspense thriller or horror-action movie. There would be a lot of heart-stopping moments and deafening sounds to accompany the extreme movements on screen.

By the way, I could not find any big poster of this movie outside the cinema for me to take photo with so I had to settle for the tickets instead. Thanks to Zahari and Syahir for the time spent, both at the cinema and the late teh tarik session right after that. Do remember this is only the first part of the movie so we should now wait for its sequel.