James Willetts

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There were some impressive aspects. The special effects were great. There were some nice themes brought up in the first part. But that last quarter of it all. What a mess of having all the characters play out the contortions of plot with multiple time travels, polyjuice charging who looks like who and secret messages revealed by painful plot devices 40 years later. Add in a good mix of woke casting and themes. And get rid of plot and exploring anything, whilst changing a lot of characters who'd been inherited from the books. It's a lot of taking and you were bored waiting for goodies to beat the baddies. It just doesn't earn the right to 5 hours of your time.

Heard good things, so tried it. Mediocre is what spend to mind. Reminded me of a lot of 70s and 80s sitcoms where the comedy is supposed to come from quirky characters and set up, so all the writers have to do is seemingly point, thinking it's funny and give them obvious lines. I normally like these actors, but they weren't top of their game on the visuals either. Really wanted to like it, but it was a let down.