I really don't understand how this is worse than the first. It was a great movie. There wasn't as many exciting moments, but you don't always have to have exciting moments to make a movie great as long as it has a great story. This one delivered a great story. What I don't understand why people think it's a "bad idea" for an author like J. K. Rowling to be the one pulling the strings, especially with everything she's been doing to make the Wizarding World bigger and connecting the series to where it makes sense. There were lots of references to Harry Potter that you could go "Oh! That's in Harry Potter and the such and such!" The characters are interesting, including younger Dumbledore and Grindelwald, and I feel that Jude Law and Johnny Depp fit the roles really well. I also don't understand why it's the people that either hate the Harry Potter books/movies, or are just not into it, see movies like this and say it's horrible. If you're not into it, that's fine but don't ruin it for those that are really into the series. As a Harry Potter fan, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I'm sure many other fans will too. This mover deserves better than just a 7.0