It's hard for me to say this is that much worse than the first movie. but i went into it unenthusiastically, and i lost interest within the first 10 minutes. half-paid attention for the rest of the movie with most of it on fast speed. the "cool" magic stuff really isn't for me. i could tell some of the CGI was amazing, but it didn't please me like it does in so many other movies. this series is outside of my taste range. it may also be a bad movie, but i didn't give it enough of a chance to say that confidently (1 viewing)