I very much liked the first movie, and while I had some issues with the second movie, it was infinitely better than this convoluted, dark, overly serious, slow-paced, illogical mess.
Firstly there are the two elephants in the room. The lack of Johnny Depp and Dumbledore and Grindelwald having been lovers. I didn't like either.
Depp had established the look and feel, and while the new actor was plausible, it was a jolt and a disappointment. The lover plot simply gave the film a bit of tawdriness it didn't need. Not to mention forcing countless parents to explain the situation.
Indeed, the entire film was written like it was more concerned with virtue signaling rather than developing or continuing a good story.
The new characters are forgettable at best, and water down both the plot and the action.
The whole fantastic chemistry between Queenie and Jacob is nowhere to be found until it surfaces (barely) at the very end, and Newt is almost like a secondary character in this one.
The fantastic beasts are few and far between and the one in the jail is simply ridiculous. What? Dragons weren't good enough? And where was Katherine Waterson? Cameos????
The dialogue is subpar, lifeless, and amateurish. It's hard to tell about the actors because they were basically given nothing to work with. Too busy adding new characters that weren't needed.
The beginning was lousy, it was too long, and the endings were lousy. Even the one I should've felt good about.
I didn't read all the credits, but this hardly seems like the same crew that did what I consider a very good job with the first two movies. Even James Newton Howard (score) seemed off his game.
WTF did they think they were doing? If this doesn't kill the franchise, I'd be shocked. I'm no longer interested.
Firstly there are the two elephants in the room. The lack of Johnny Depp and Dumbledore and Grindelwald having been lovers. I didn't like either.
Depp had established the look and feel, and while the new actor was plausible, it was a jolt and a disappointment. The lover plot simply gave the film a bit of tawdriness it didn't need. Not to mention forcing countless parents to explain the situation.
Indeed, the entire film was written like it was more concerned with virtue signaling rather than developing or continuing a good story.
The new characters are forgettable at best, and water down both the plot and the action.
The whole fantastic chemistry between Queenie and Jacob is nowhere to be found until it surfaces (barely) at the very end, and Newt is almost like a secondary character in this one.
The fantastic beasts are few and far between and the one in the jail is simply ridiculous. What? Dragons weren't good enough? And where was Katherine Waterson? Cameos????
The dialogue is subpar, lifeless, and amateurish. It's hard to tell about the actors because they were basically given nothing to work with. Too busy adding new characters that weren't needed.
The beginning was lousy, it was too long, and the endings were lousy. Even the one I should've felt good about.
I didn't read all the credits, but this hardly seems like the same crew that did what I consider a very good job with the first two movies. Even James Newton Howard (score) seemed off his game.
WTF did they think they were doing? If this doesn't kill the franchise, I'd be shocked. I'm no longer interested.