Is this movie about Grindelwald and Dumbledore or Newt and beasts or Credence or American aurors? You can't mix that all up and expect from real HP fans to connect with the characters. I don't know why this is called Fantastic beasts as there are roughly 5 beasts shown, 2 of which we already seen. The description says the adventures of Newt... This movie has nothing to do with Newt and it could easily be only Tina running around... The thing is that Jacob, the Muggle was the best character and that is just sad for movie about magic. Johnny Depp looks more drunk that scary. I truly think that he was actually drunk in few scenes. This was the first "Voldemort", the man that craved power, fear and wanted Muggles to be practically slaves. There is nothing! that makes me feel that. It' like he's random mafia boss. The main/end twist got me sooo angry. I mean you can't deliver that twist to HP fans which know everything about Dubledore and hope we care that much about destiny of Credence. If this is the case than Credence was badly written from the start as we do not connect with him or care if he's gonna join Gridelwald or Dumbledore. I truly believe that 70% of people who will go to see the movie are HP fans. Then JKR and team had to understand and listen to the fans and create something believable. It's not that we are just fans of HP, we love the magic, the idea, the world. And for other 30% that haven't watched or cared about HP I just don't see how this movie will transform them into fans. There is a book about beasts for God sake... The adventure of Newt would be exploring the beasts, fighting bad wizards to free the beasts, introducing to us the magic of the beasts, making us understand Newt the awkward boy... If this movie isn't about the fans of HP than there should be no Grindelwald as he is a book character. There are 3 or 4 unimportant mentions of him in HP movies so they must have assumed that we already know who he is. Then make a movie about him and Dumbledore, how they met,how they went separate ways, how Dumbledore changed, the story about Ariana, the history of main characters.. If it's about Credence and America, then make him a new HP, explain to us his strength, give him his adventures with American aurors, show us different way of magical life in USA... These could easily be separate movies or franchises... This is a movie about making money on previous admiration and love. I'm sorry but my main feeling is that JKR sold her soul.