I hated it

Rating: 1/10 (23 December 2016)

I am a massive fan of Harry Potter, and this movie was a disappointment, and a disgrace. I have a lot of issues with this movie, so I am sorry if this seems disorganized. For the most part, I had been happy with the other movies, and I loved the Harry Potter movies that David was making. I had very high hopes for this movie. However, I didn't think I was going to love it, I wanted to, but I was let down. I own the original book, and there was not much to go on. There was a time line of Newt's life, information about the magical creatures, and that was it. That is all there was, and they both had a lot of freedom with this story. However, it also had to fit, and make sense with the existing Harry Potter series, and that world. They failed. The time line from the original book, was completely messed up. The magic, was wrong, and unbelievable. The American ministry, was a let down. I felt like the movie was stereotyping Americans, in a bad way. With that, and me being a Hufflepuff, I also felt like Hufflepuff's were being stereotyped. The plot and the name didn't fit. Okay, so the time line. The time line in the original book is so very different from the movie. An entire page, which was dedicated to Newt's life, was ignored. While I am on this, the plot. Having it be called Fantastic Beasts, you would imagine it would be about that, but it wasn't. They took a backseat in the movie. Also, what few beats that were in the movie, some of the information about them was wrong. Also, that whole internalized magic thing SO MANY PLOT HOLES!!!!!!!!! "Oh you won't live to be ten." but then this guy is 19. Also, they were NEVER talked about in HP. There were people with suppressed magic, there were squibs. I would assume that they would have become these whatever you wanna call em. Also, who would ever name a bookstore/publishing after something evil? Oh! Right! No one! This also brings us into the magic So much was wrong with it. It had NO color. Also, was anyone else bugged by the liquefied charm at the end?! I had most of my issues with that. In HP 7 we learned that that spell works on wizards, but in FB it doesn't? ALSO! It can go through WALLS, but it can't go underground, or through glass?! REALLY?!?!?!?!?!?!? AND!! The leader of the American wizard government! I am all for it being an African American woman, but in the 1920's (Did NOT feel like America in the 1920's either!)? No. She made me mad though. "Oh, I don't have time to hear you." Later "Why didn't you come to us sooner." And then there was this little treat! "You cannot use magic in front of muggles!" later "Let ME use magic to save myself, and let the muggles die after they see me use magic." REALLY?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?! There was more with all of this, again I had A LOT of issues with this movie, but let's get to the main one, at the end Grindelwald. Now, I am all for him being there, and I think the fight between him and Dumbledore would be cool (The short did an amazing job, and I loved it, but I would love to see the main one.), however The movie is making it seem like it is going to be Grindelwald vs. Newt, and not Grindelwald vs. Dumbledore which is how it actually was. Overall, I absolutely hated this movie. There were so many things wrong with it, this just covers a few of them. I honestly have no idea how this movie is doing as well as it it This was a massive disappointment. I will not watch the other four. Oh yeah Four. Not two four.. Good luck. This movie is pretty much over and done with.