2 hrs of nothing

Rating: 1/10 (20 September 2017)

I love Harry Potter, but this film has none of that charm. I went in with low expectations and it was worse than I thought possible.
Spoilers below
Plot-wise, almost nothing happens, but even what does happen is tough to follow. The main characters make non- sensical decisions. The characters have no chemistry although the movie tries to force relationships. There is one particularly cringe-worthy scene near the end consisting of a drawn out goodbye that just didn't need to happen. Just because you have the two main characters be opposite gender doesn't mean you need to pair them up.
The 'fantastic beasts' in the movie were okay. Nothing truly fantastic though. There are a few cute and amusing moments, but they are overshadowed by how ridiculous the main character acts around them. This guy has been trying to save and protect magical creature for, presumably, years and yet he is incapable of keeping them secure and in order to recapture them runs around like an idiot breaking things? He's an adult, not a 10 year old trying to hide a puppy.
Additionally, one of the "creatures" on the loose is apparently a human who has been traumatized. Uhhhhhh, kinda messed up to treat that character as less than human....and then just kill them and literally no one talks about this. There is no reflection on the part of the characters as to what just happened. It's just "see!!! *Newt's* creatures weren't killing people - it was that freak". Is that really the takeaway?
Not a good movie. Seriously, don't bother.