"Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" was what I expected. A lot of CGI. So much, in fact, that it was sometimes hard to tell what I was looking at. I haven't read the Fantastic Beasts books - and probably never will, considering how long it takes me to get through a book - so this is my exposure to that franchise. The cast turns the characters into some cool individuals, but the movie can't get seen as anything deeply intellectual. Even so, it's neat to see the early days of the Harry Potter universe. Enjoyable for its run time, just don't expect anything profound.