A great dissapointment after a great first chapter!

Rating: 3/10 (20 September 2019)

Okay, I get it, it's not easy to write a second chapter and make it as good as the first one when you need to change nearly every actor and stick to the original book (at a high level at least).
But the directing and execution in this movie cannot be compared to the first one. Based on that alone, I could have given this movie 2 out of 10 stars. There is no excuse for the downright ugly parts of the script and the lack of being able to make any emotional connection with the audience while the movie obviously required it.
The only aspects in which this movie shined (a little bit) is the acting which was decent (Yes! Decent, not good!) and the possitive character development, which probably came as a surprise to most reviewers.
The very ending of the movie, which I am not going to spoil in my review, had a nice little twist to it and COULD have changed my overall opinion about the movie when walking out of the theater.
Overall, it doesn't really matter, there was nothing in the movie that makes it worth watching a second time. Luckily enough we atill have the first one...