Don't get me wrong, the Harry Potter series is great in its own right with good stories and characters, however I was not impressed at all with this frankly not good spin off. What little story it had was passable but boring, and talk about an over reliance on CGI to carry your story. I understand that creating magical monsters requires help from technology but seriously were there any practical effects? I appreciate CG when done right but this movie may as well have been animated since nothing feels real. This movie bored me to tears when it wasn't blatantly trying to remind me of better things in Harry Potter. The lines and plot were flat with no interesting characters, except for Redmayne's cute and lovable Newt. Apart from him I can't remember the names of any characters and I watched the movie an hour ago! I didn't feel upset when our characters were in danger because there were no stakes! Seriously I think this could have been great if only it didn't rely so heavily on basic CG and a few references to Harry Potter. Boring and uninspired, a waste of time. Go watch Harry Potter again.