Michael's Movie Grade: F
A very bland and boring addition to the Harry Potter franchise.
The main problem with this film is that is gives us no reason to care about anything that happens in it. The characters are as bland and boring as can be. None of them have the slightest bit of an actual personality outside of their function in the plot. Because the characters never felt real, there was never a reason to care what happened to them. The storyline is simply a big mess. This movie is nearly 2 and a half hours (though it feels longer) but would barely have enough of a story to work for an hour. Because of this for much of the film, the story meanders through boring filler and subplots that are impossible to care about. This does not mean when it focuses on the main story, it is any better. The main story is overly simplistic, cliché and often unintentionally silly. Worst of all this movie commits the ultimate sin for a fantasy movie, it makes it hard to buy into or care about the fantasy world it takes place here. There is simply no magic or awe to this world. Whatever faults any previous Harry Potter stories may have had, the imagination behind the world building will always admirable. Yet this factor is completely missing here, and the world has turned into a completely generic and boring fantasy world. Along with this the movie also suffers from an unfunny sense of humor and a lot of forced and overly expository dialogue. Even the action scenes were bland and boring.
Avoid at all costs.
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