I've seen all the Harry Potter movies, courtesy of my 20 yr old daughter growing up with the saga. HP's beauty was all about these young characters growing up in a challenging world. Magic helped making it fascinating, but never came close to overcome the characters and their story. In a way, one would exit the theater thinking the real world is not so different from Hogwarts, if you are able to look carefully into it. Fantastic Beasts is a completely different piece of work, like a B superhero movie transposed in a JK Rowling setting. Characters are thinly developed, a plethora of magic animals are introduced without any real explanation or meaning, and the only thing remaining are stunning but repetitive special effects. It may be a crowd pleaser, but certainly not something JK Rowling will be remembered for.