Thought I was the only one. I groaned multiple times, and thought it was slow, pacing was terrible, Newt had Autism or something and the Black chick must have had a 4ft dick up her ass to be so uptight. Also the CGI was terrible and looked like something out of a D-Rated Knockoff of a Chinese knockoff. Also the fat muggle needed to die in the first scene, was not funny or cute. 0/5
overall enjoyed this.
these two points are actually what I came here to point out.
I did like Jack the Muggle. But, Newt as a main character was a bit offputting. Constantly weird faces and mannerisms. CGI did really stand out many times as bad. Especially the interactions with people. More then a few times, the CGI very clearly did not match what the actors were doing. When petting Frank at the end. his hand is missing the neck by inches... When first interacting with the snakebirds, again, his hands are not remotely making the correct motions or shape to be holding the cgi snakebird.
Lisbeth Lestrange will presumably the connection to extend this, and newts connection to Dark Wizards, and Grindlwald.
This movie itself, is a bit disjointed. Two unrelated narratives. And its not as if they even come together at the end. Even at the end.. its still two unrelated narratives. But, Newt+friends, just happen to be in the right place. Imagine we didn't have the Colin ferral point of view scenes. Everyone would be just scratching their heads.
I think this one was also even worse with, "how the fuck does magic work in this world?" instant teleports left and right. 100% effective illusion/transformation spells.(didnt they need pottages potion?) casting, vs not casting, wand vs no wand. white magic attack spells.
Also yes, it was Strudel, not streusel. I am dissappointed.