Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) by Max M — 05 Jan 2019

What a disappointment! Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was such a waste of time that I could have slept right through and woken up just for the final 15 minutes and never missed a thing. For a die hard fan, I left the cinema feeling betrayed and milked by a greedy film studio and an author who should leave writing screenplays to real screenplay writers.

The uneven pacing and poor direction gave me cause to yawn, The one thing that really got me irritated was the ensemble cast in this latest "universe". Sadly, it was one too many bad actors and terrible acting.

I have to say Johnny Depp didn't fit in this universe at all, as his celebrity status came across as bigger than the character. You don't see Grindelwald, you just see Johnny Depp. Acting fail.

Eddie Redmayne as the main lead Newt Scamander felt like a fly on the wall as CGI took over with all the myriad characters and subplots creating more meandering and tested my patience. Unless there's a change to the screenwriter and the director, I'm not watching the next segment.

Don't waste my time.