I was truly looking forward to this film ever since the first trailer came out, pity it was such a huge disappointment.

The main characters we know from the previous one have been treated poorly in this film, especially Queenie, who went from an insightful, delightful and loving character to an airhead. Their motivations are lacking, their development is either minimal or immature, and we cannot possibly find ourselves caring for the new ones, since they as well are very badly developed.

One would think the writers would manage to make us care for Leta at least, but even her character is not exactly clear in her motives, and doesn't manage to gain our sympathy. I couldn't possibly blame any of the actors for this, since it is clearly a faulty script.

Of course, all this led to a plot that was either pitifully pulled ahead with things we did not care about, or things that were dropped there like obvious plot devices such as all of Newt's creatures. Other times the story was nonsensical, in the sense that you could understand what was going on, but it was entirely insignificant, when it should have been holding you at the edge of your seat.

For a character driven story that was inspired by our collective childhoods, I'm afraid I found myself leaving the theatre disappointed, having spent two hours with so many characters and yet not caring for any of them, not even the ones I liked in the previous one.

I will confess that the one moment my heart stopped was when Hogwarts appeared. It was out of nowhere, completely unexpected but the theme came on and we were there. I was crying like a baby, but I can't attribute that to this subpar sequel, when it was the countless memories of a childhood spent reading J.K. Rowling's stories that evoked those emotions.