Let just say, I am not a die hard fan of Harry Potter, and I went to see the movie because I love J.K.Rowling's wizarding world and Newt Scamander's Fantastic Beasts. I dragged my friend with me, who is not a fan (or Muggle, as you can tell), and now I felt really guilty for doing that. I saw the whole "The Crimes of Grindelwald", I forgot about it, but it was brought back in my mind in a conversation with a friend of mine so I came here to leave a short review. Nothing new, since everyone else in here has said it clearly. I felt like J.K.Rowling has lost her sparkles in this second film of the franchise. It was supposed to be just three films in the first place, so we would get to see the great battle between Grindelwald and Dumbledore - the two most powerful wizards that made the name of Albus Dumbledore go to the history of the wizarding world. But they broke it into five, and this second one was already a huge disappoinment to many Potterhead fans, including myself. The real crime here is that Rowling tried to stuff too much, while it had too little time. 2,5 hours, with plot holes, too many unnecessary characters, and cliffhangers at the end of the film. Eddie Raymane is till awesome being Newt Scamander in his journey, but his spotlight was taken by other characters when he was supposed to be the one that shined. Tina Goldstein went from the strong willed Auror who wasnt afraid to fight to a sidekick and love interest. Her role has been deemed so much that I was upset, because she is one of my favourite characters. Queenie took a huge turn as she left Jacob to join Grindelwald's army, and Jacob himself tried to be optimistic, which lightened up the film a little bit, along with beautiful magical creatures (including Nagini in snake form). I love Credence, and I was glad Ezra Miller got a chance to take his spotlight, which he did pretty well. The Leta's family history made no sense in this movie, and Leta Lestrange herself. Zoe is stunning, but not her character. The main point I guess, was supposed to introduce Gellert Grindelwald - the first most powerful dark wizard who was smart, charismatic and ruthless. I expected him to appear terrifying us even more than Voldemort the Dark Lord, but well, I was left upset. I can not tell whether or not Johnny Depp was a right choice for this role, since he is very talented, brilliant and devoted in every roles he ever played. Was him being the menacing Grindelwald, or just him being Johnny Depp with a ton of make-up and ridiculous hair style? I really wanted to see more than that, and his crimes, I mean actual crimes, in the next movie. I was delighted tho, too see Jude Law as young Albus Dumbledore. He fit the role, played it out very well, but nothing else. Since this movie was just a filter for the next ones, I hope we will see more of him and Grindelwald. After all, the movie was a waste of excellent cast. No story told at all, which made me wonder if it was really beloved J.K.Rowling wrote this one? Because it was such a mess. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (with no crimes being told at all) is a journey of stunning CGI. It left us with more questions and expected us to wait at least 2 years to get the answers. Personally, I think I lost my interest and even my respect for J.K.Rowling after seeing this one.