Here's my review of Harry Pott... I mean "Fantastic beasts : the crimes of Grindelwald " first of all the title is just absolutely misleading there aren't much beasts in this movie unlike the prequel and no series of crimes committed by Grindelwald , In fact his screen time is very less in the movie . That being said Johnny depp was great as Grindelwald and Jude law was amazing as Dumbledore. The rest of the cast weren't bad but they weren't great either like I wouldn't care less if any of em died. The story is like this giant spider web and has a lot of subplots, sure you can keep up with them but they're just so messy. The movie survives using a lot of Easter eggs and foreshadowing from the Harry Potter movies , this coming from jk Rowling who also wrote this movie. There are a lot of things which are mostly into franchise building like that fat dude from the prequel , this guy has his memory intact cause the " obliviate " spell didn't work apparently and now he's in this. This movie forces the chemistry between characters which simply doesn't work at all. The reason why the HP movies worked was because they were confined to a school which meant magic had restrictions instead of people just " apparating " and there were 7 movies to develop the characters and this just feels very rushed. Remember how I said the story is like a giant spider web earlier ? Well ironically this movie is a lot like the amazing Spiderman 2 it is more of a set - up for the third movie, which I'm really looking forward to cause there is a lot , like a LOT in this movie and those things might be good when deciphered in the third movie. In the end , Crimes of Grindelwald is again a book turned movie and the chances of it working were a Gamble and they're doing pretty well and that's only cause of the Harry Potter fandom and if you're a part of it you might even enjoy this movie and geek about things before the third movie comes out.