So where to start… This is a good standalone film, in the Wizarding world franchise…or at least it should have been a standalone movie…but no instead stupid JK Rowling (BTW  I ain’t a fan of her and I won’t be getting into why…let’s just eay she said something  offensive against transgender people, wow and this is the person u people like) so anyways her and Warner Brothers decided they should make this into a 5 part movie series….5 parts…so the plot is basic…a wizard named Newt Scammander travels to New York, and in London he bumps into a guy named Jacob Kowalski…and he is trying to open up a bakery…also this actor who plays Jacob..plays in walking dead Seasons 9 and 10….also another actress in this film plays in walking dead seasons 9 and 10..but ill get to that later….so if ur wondering where Newt and Jacob bump into each other….well at a bank…and guess what Newt and Jacob are carrying the exact same looks brief case…but u guys can’t take 2 guesses whats gonna happen…is it A. Nothing or B. They both accidentally grab each others bags….if u guessed B, then ur correct….also I forget to mention in this beginning of this film we see Gellert Grindelwald…and we only see the back of his head…but we  Extinctly see what his hair looks like…its white…..and as for the hair style…hard to explain best way I can Is it look like combed down Mohawk….and well a few almost 10 or 6 min later we see a guy walking up to a scene and we only see his back of his head and he has the same hair style…just this time black hair…and he is played by Colin Farrel…..seriously its not a surprise who he’s playing .. its obvious….especially sense we see the back of Grindelwald head and the back of this guys head and they have similar hair styles…but otherwise…oh so mysterious, whoever can he be playing?…so his character name is lord Percival Graves….yes because a name with lord and Graves in it , totally sounds like a good guys name….and he is apart of the ministry of new York….ok sorry getting distracted….actually let me continue with him….and in this film we see a character named Credence Barebone…played by Ezra Miller…yeah that Ezra Miller who plays Flash in justice league….BTW I ain’t a fan of that actor…because a few months ago he was caught in public choking a fan of his…..what a douchebag….so besides that…his hairstyle in this film is ugly….spoiler alert we find out near the start of the third act…that he has powers he has been holding in which…if a witch or wizard suppresses there powers for to long they become a creature named the abscurus…I believe that’s how its spelled….so anyways……later on lord Percival Graves befriends Credence and tires to have him help him find the Abscurus….without even knowing he is talking to the person he’s been looking for…also Credence has an abusive mother in this film who is played by Samantha Morton…who plays in walking dead seasons 9 and 10…as alpha…the abusive mother….such…irony?….she basically playing similar roles in both… let’s just say credence kills her at the end of the film….cool…..I guess?….so back to Jacob and Newt….Jacob is a Muggle…which is a non wizard….and he accidentally releases the creatures that are in newts suitcase…..so now Newt and a woman he bumps into named Porpentina Goldstein….who works for the ministry of magic in New York….and she and newt go find Jacob….and find him injured…BTW this film is funny…the interactions between newt and Jacob are funny…thats another reason i like this film……and well Ms Goldstein decides to bring both men back to her apartment, where her sister is at…who’s name is Queenie Goldstein….her power is she can read minds….actually that could be cool or a curse…so anyways let’s just say Jacob and Queenie fall in love…and the rest of this film is both Newt and Jacob hunting down his creatures and putting them back into his briefcase….its a simple movie but with great humor…..so anyways in the third act our main 4 characters try to stop Credence from causing damage or trouble….while Percival is tying to manipulate him…and while the ministry is tying to kill him…how lovely….so of course Newt and Ms Goldstein try calming Credence…but then Percival comes and attacks them…in the subway where there at….and then the ministry come in and kill Credence. ..or we sure as he’ll think he is dead until the second film….then Percival turns on the ministry and says its time for our kind to be revealed to humanity…..and they start attacking Percival….of course Newt uses a spell to tie up Percival and Ms Goldstein uses a spell to take his wand away…and Newt uses a spell to reveal Percival true face…and guess who he is…its Grindelwald….thats right Grindelwald was in disguise as a minister of magic this whole time…also he is played by Johnny Depp….and his character design is white combed back Mohawk and pale skin and a white mustache….its almost like they were making voldemort 2.0…..oh and he has a single white eye ball…odd…..ok and I don’t want to get into this but recently Johnny Depp been fired from fantastic Beasts franchise due to him being accused of beating up his ex wife….wow…so this film was written by a transgender hating person. And this film has a actor who chocked a fan of his and another actor who abused his wife….yeah I’m not sure who I should be hating more….oh wait…its Warner Brothers…because they decided to fire Johnny Depp…but not Ezra Miller for beating up a fan, I would think that would warrant a firing….so anyway  Grindelwald gets arrested….and Newt and his creatures go back home to London….and continue writing his book on magical creatures.  Also they had to wipe Jacob’s memories….so he doesn’t remember any of this….and he now opened up a bakery….the film ends with Queenie entering his bakery…and he starts recognizing her…the end…overall I really enjoyed this prequel…but I despise the second film…I give this a solid 9.5/10