Review of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) by Tlhg — 24 Nov 2016

THIS IS A BETTER GHOSTBUSTERS REBOOT THAN WE SAW EARLIER THIS YEAR! This movie is a fantastic experience and got me excited about all the other cool and curious ideas that J.K. can pull out of her hat! The main character is very charming and weird, awesome to see him dealing with this crazy creatures haunting New York city! The main villains are great and it seems that their arc was just set up in this movie and probably we will learn more about them in the future! Oh and the soundtrack -> it is not John Williams, but is just as good!

Now there are four flaws that I found with this flick and, although the final assemble of everything is great, this things do get annoying at some points: (1) CGI in this movie is really in your face, very easy to spot, very distracting, this movie required a better work; (2) lack of creativity with the creatures, there some amazing ones, but most are quite random and could be pokemons just as much; (3) some very important characters (mostly Porpentina, but not only) are so lifeless it feels like they came from the Twilight movies; and, (4)it is impossible to avoid comparing with the HP movies and, I don't know if it is the characters or if it is America, or the whole blend of things, but Fantastic Beasts... is just so much less charming than any of the HP movies that, if they don't correct the course for the next ones, setting up this series is just not worth it.