I know I'm not alone, but I have to state again, that at this point in time, I have not read (nor listened) to any of the (audio) books. And that includes Harry Potter of course. Having said all that, I'm only settting the stage so you know that I can't compare this to any of the source material. Now this has a few things in it, that are callbacks to the first movie and we do get familiar characters back with their quirks.

There's also new characters of course and for some it may feel convoluted. But this is just a fun ride and I can see that this is just a side step or just a filler like another reviewer stated to get to the next movies. You know introduce a few things that probably will pay off along the road. Technically this really looks good. Story and character wise there is not much happening though. Not anything note- or new(s)-worthy that is. Still decent and entertaining and isn't that what this all is about? (No?)