Not an expert on HP, but really liked FBaWTFT (1st film), as it was sweet, light, fun and with great characters. This however is the opposite. It was way too dark, even asthetically, the sets, the clothes, the lighting: way too dark. Paris looked miserable, which it's not and barely any beasts! Newt, Queeny, Tina and Jacob are the characters we love, but they were barely in it and Queeny and the relationship melodrama ruined the Jacob and Queeny sweetness from the first film. The sub plots about three other characters' childhood identities were boring and had to use too much time with miserable and dark-themed narrative. Johnny Depp is overrated, arrogant and too much of a face to make his evil character interesting; I wished for a different actor. Of course it had to have a twist (eye roll), but it didn't need one. It was too long and miserable and missing all the fun and sweetness of the first film. What a shame. It's just like every other movie franchise: overly dark and dramatic and unoriginal.