Fantastic!... It Is In The Title.

Rating: 9/10 (20 November 2016)

So the overall movie was, well, FANTASTIC! At least for fans of the Harry Potter series. It seems like it will tie in nicely and go into detail about the first Wizard War or such. So the upcoming parts I can't wait to see. For fans who haven't been into Harry Potter but may want to see this, it is still a wonderful ride. I love fantasy creatures and beasts. And this shows off some impressive ones. I give it a 9/10 for the beauty and adventure. But it felt like it had a few slow parts that either should have sped up or wasn't necessary, I'll go more into detail about that further down.
The GOOD! The movie in the end was very FANTASTIC! Loved even the fact it sets around the time 1926 in New York. And Eddie Redmayne did a very talented job at playing the role of Newt Scamander. Most of the other actors were new faces to me. But they themselves did a wonderful job/part of the Wizarding World. The other two actors I did know were Colin Farrell and Dan Fogler. I very much enjoy Farrell and was excited to know he was in the movie as well. And Fogler, was happy to make me laugh once again. Since the last movie I saw him in was Balls of Fury(2007) so it has been awhile. Then comes the fantastic beasts! I was very happy to see that they did show many different creatures and not just a couple. Since the movie was in a way to show beasts it would have been a big downer to not see much variety of them. But you get it, and that was a big plus in my book. Sort of wish I had a few myself, and if you saw the movie you may know what beast you really want.
To continue with the good of the movie. It had me laughing and Dan Fogler's character should make you laugh. One thing I did enjoy it gave us spells again. It didn't just stopped at the beasts but enhanced or reminded us the many different spells they use. The CGI at times was, to me, looked fake. Yes, CGI is fake but it should match in at least. My eyes at times were able to tell something wasn't right, you saw Newt standing next to a computerized beast when they were trying to make it look real as possible. But going over those parts, the CGI that was good, was amazing! The effects turned out cool. I get nit picking with CGI movies but this played it off nicely. I miss old animatronic animals or creatures. But in the end the effects came down to surprise me for the movie.
Now with the bad. I believe it was two parts of the movie, maybe three, that were really slow and lot of dialogue. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad just that it wasn't necessary. In a way it ended up being more cheesy than what they were after. There was also another part of the movie which involved a creature. One of the comical scenes to make people laugh. But I felt so awkward and weird watching it, that I didn't laugh during this scene and was again waiting for the scene to end. The scene did make audience members laugh, I just wasn't feeling it. A five part movie, which ain't bad at all, but you tend to get the scenes that can go on a bit to do movie fillers. Make the movie longer, if played out right it goes unnoticed because you are wanting more. But besides those couple of scenes I can't find much else, of course some of the acting was cheesy. And the extras(people standing around in the back) did feel oddly placed. Didn't need. The CGI did seem off to me, or at least the creatures and human interactions. At times it was like watching a real animal. Then other times you could tell it was computerized and didn't match well or look odd/out of place. But it wasn't all the time.
J.K. Rowling I think did a supreme job writing the Harry Potter books. The way she manage to write a story, characters, twists, and other things. What always made me happy was you, yes YOU, could go on, add stories, fan theories, and depth that could have meaning to her story. Sort of like Star Wars. There is so much to still learn from her story. That is what I find thrilling. So with this story we get to learn much more. And hopefully with J.K. writing it, we get much more suspense and twists and excitement. Even more characters that is to come! So with David Yates directing and Rowling writing, I think we will have a wonderful four more movies to come.
Kids who grew up waiting for the next Harry Potter book to come out, along with the movies. We are grown up now, possibly having a family, friends who enjoyed it alongside with us. The new generation will be watching it with us. And I say that right there is probably the best part about this series. We get to cherish the memories again with people who take this movie to heart. So I say this movie is a must see. Kids will love it, younglings may get spook from the fights or creatures but I highly doubt it. And teens to adults will love another adventure through the Wizarding World.
I do have to mention one more thing. I am unsure about other viewers, but when I saw this movie, it felt like it related to Star Wars. Which had me laugh to think that. I won't say why I thought so. But there were many times I had scenes pop into my head of a Star Wars movie.