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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 6952432" data-attributes="member: 6801286">Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them - 7/10(Great for Potter fans, but not as good as it could have been)Let me say up front that this is not a bad movie. But I notice a lot of  Potter-fans are looking at this movie through rose-colored glasses, and  are unable to see its obvious flaws. This is a pretty flawed movie. Fun,  but not great.But lets start with the good. The characters are fun, the visuals are  stunning and impressive. And the amazing Potter atmosphere of whimsy is  all over this film. I also liked how the music of the movie starts with  the soft Potter-theme, and then immediately abandons it for the rest of  the film, and sticks with its own new theme music. There's plenty of  references for fans to enjoy, but you do not need to be a Potter fan to  understand what is going on in the film. This movie can very much stand  on its own.But now the bad. The movie seems to forget that it has a plot for about  half of its running time. For most of the movie we follow the main  character in his quest to retrieve his missing animals all over New  York, which is fun, but has very little to do with the main plot. It  seems as if the movie suddenly remembers that it has a villain (who is  briefly mentioned with quick flashes of newspapers during the opening)  and it forgets that it still has to build towards a finale. Out of  nowhere the final act is suddenly dropped into the movie. That is a bit  sloppy, and it leaves the main villain very undeveloped. I also think  many of the characters are a bit shallow, and steeped in stereotypes and  cliches.Technically, the movie feels a bit sloppily edited at times, which makes  some scenes hard to follow. And especially during the final act there  are a lot of bright flashing lights that are a pain on the eyes if you  are sitting in a dark theater.That said, I was still entertained. But the film critic in me feels that  this should have been a lot better. I also noticed that I had a hard  time remembering the names of most of the main characters.</blockquote>

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