The only redeeming qualities that keep this from an even lower score are the events that happen towards the end of the movie. The rest is just filler, it's such a blatant cash grab it's existence is offensive. The whole point of this film is just to set up future sequels. I understand that some might enjoy this movie but defending this sort of practice will lead to more lazy, uninspired sequel-bait borefests like this. I'd talk about the story of the movie but it's practically nonexistent, it's just a series of events. Fantastic beasts should have been completely different from the main saga, it should have centered around Newt and the hunt for fantastic beasts as the name suggests. Prequels, sequels, spin-offs and their like need to die, they should only be done if the ideas are interesting and bring something to the existing universe. This doesn't, it's just a series of references to things you might recognize that were done much better in the past. What do I know though, they'll make 5 more of these and they'll all make a tonne of money...