Fantastic Beasts, the first one, was good, not great, but it was a good watch and I enjoyed it. I particularly enjoyed the twist at the ending of the first film.

So when I heard that a sequel was being made that would focus on Grindelwald, I looked forward to it, hoping to see a conflict that took place that I always had an interest in seeing put to film.

Sadly, what we got was a romance love story that really trails off into a borefest. The pacing is wrong. The editing is a mess. The film itself is a mess. One of the few times that I wish they cut off at least a good 20-30 minutes off the time. 2 hours of this was just far too much.

The film has very few saving graces, but ultimately, the script, pacing and editing all combine into a really bad film.