Ok so I'm actually not even done watching it and there IS clearly a plot. Yes this is a bit slow, and because of that, you miss it. When Grindenwald takes the house over in England or France and shows a mist of Credence, that there my friends is where the plot is laid. He says it right then. From there you have to put some of the pieces together and figure it out. It's pulling from several angles to come in to a major event. And there are PLENTY of beasts btw. And there are friendships there. Idk what some of you are talking about. No neither of these movies are like the Potters, but they weren't meant to be people.