Entertaining and funny movie, maybe a tad too much special effects

Rating: 8/10 (12 December 2016)

I am not familiar with the book, so I'm probably not that critical towards the movie as those who have read the book.
I have seen only 4 or 5 Harry Potter movies, so some of these special words they use in this movie are new to me. Okay, it would have been easier to know what was going on all the time, if I would've known the specific words, but I could still follow the movie well.
They used a lot of special effects. And because it is a magical movie, it, in my opinion, requires something extra. The effects were well made and I think it made the movie more colorful. However closer to the end I felt that at some scenes there were too much special effects. Like when they just showed what kind of disaster the black smoke could create, that took too long. They should've made those parts shorter.
Also I am not a fan of Katherine W.'s acting in this one. It seemed like her face was frozen, even when she was "crying" or "smiling". I don't like it when actors don't have any life on their faces, when it's not clear that it is supposed to be like that. And here I don't think it was supposed to be like that. When she was supposed to be panicking, she was so boring/blank that I felt that her character wasn't really afraid. At some points she really annoyed me, but because I liked almost everything else in this movie, I was willing to make an effort not get too annoyed.
Dan Fogler on the other hand did an AMAZING job. I just loved his character and his way of making Mr. Kowalski very warm and sympathetic, yet so funny guy. I even cried a little at the end, because of his character's choices.
And Collin Farell did not only look gorgeous, but did amazing job too.
I did enjoy this movie a lot. It was funny and made me laugh so hard that in some points it was hard to stop. It was visually very beautiful and smooth, and I really liked the beast, who stole all those bling bling and shiny things. That one was so cute.
If you like magic, Harry Potter and/or fantasy and want to escape from this world , I think you could like this one.