Brilliant visual effects, good acting but..

Rating: 6/10 (20 November 2016)

I went to see the movie yesterday and I really wanted to love it. But I didn't... I grew up in the HP area, I was twelve when I read the first book. The great thing about HP was the well constructed story, everything connected to everything in way and I didn't realise it until I read the following books. And the movie was more than just great visual effects, it made me feel the same (good) goosebumps I felt when I was reading the books. But let's talk about Fantastic beasts... Great visual effects: tick, good to great acting: tick, lovable characters: tick, story: erm, and this is where my issue is. Losing a few "fantastic beasts" and chasing them around is funny and OK for a while but to build the whole plot on it was just weak to me... It looked like JK Rowling put more effort building some of her characters than developing an intriguing and engaging storyline. Of course, there are other underdeveloped side plots connected to this main plot and I can see a developing even bigger main plot in the background with the dark magic but it just doesn't fascinate me... I will definitely not go to see the second movie... I am hugely disappointed with the movie business in general these days. Jurassic world, new Star wars movie, and I could go on... they are not trying to address the movie goer who is craving for some old-fashioned drama and the performance of great actors. The producers just want to make money and think visual effects on their own will sell the movie. It is sad that the new generation (saying this I'm only 29) actually gives in to them because they might not even know what a good movie actually should be. They are raised in this modern area where they think a 2 liner cliché is just as good as a quote from Shakespeare. But seriously visual effects you can get when playing computer games, you don't need to watch a movie for that, but great acting combined with good storyline and script is like an endangered species. Of course, producers will not understand this because everyone goes to see a movie if they had past connections with it to give it a try in the hope that it will live up to the standard of the previous movie (like HP and Fantastic beasts) but it doesn't mean that the box office success equals satisfaction of the viewers.