Surprisingly Disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (23 January 2017)

As a real supporter and lover of the original Harry Potter films, I was more than excited to finally watch Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but was severely disappointed. The movie lacked a clear plot until the final climax scene, which seemed to come out of nowhere, the dialogue was clumsy and stiff, and Eddie Redmayne, a normally incredibly gifted and talented actor, seemed strange and uncomfortable in his lead role, and was very hard to like, as he established strange and awkward relationships with the movie's supporting characters. Not only did the writers/director fail to relate Redmayne's character, Newt, to other, more relatable and likable characters, but they also did a lazy job of relating his character to the magical creatures he cared for, which might have saved the day. Overall, the film just seemed sloppy and not well planned, and I am very sad to say that I wouldn't recommend this one.