This movie won't make sense if you're not a big Harry Potter fan, and if you are a big Harry Potter fan, the plot holes and additions will just irritate you. First of all, the story could have just been one movie, rather than 3? 4? 5? not sure exactly how many they're planning, but it's too many. Then you have the issue of casting. It might seem like a minor detail, but Johnny Depp is literally 30 years too old to play Grindelwald at this point in the timeline. It makes things confusing when this film attempts to weave its plot into the already established Harry Potter/Wizarding world history. This film relies on the worldbuilding of Harry Potter, but uproots the setting completely, so we are left with only a vague understanding of wizard life and politics in America. Some of the characters like Queenie and Jacob were interesting, but Newt was very one dimensional for a lead. I'm not going to keep watching this series.