Overambition drowns a good premise

Rating: 5/10 (9 December 2018)

This movie has too much of everything. Too many cuts, too many scenes, too much cgi, too many characters, too many places the story takes place.
And it has not enough of the good stuff. No real memorable characters, no great arc, no emotional connection with anyone.
So what are we left with? A dazzling visual experience, if you can look though the enormous amounts of cgi that to me reduces the wow factor.
Comparing this with HP is hard not to do. HP has memorable characters, Hogwarts as a sort of hub for the movies, and a pacing that gives you time to grow fond of all the characters.
This movie? It just doesn't.