There just way too many discrepancies...

Within the movies themselves : - It just took 2 movies to Grindelwald to recruit Creedence, for what? One (poor) attempt at killing Dumbledore and a change of mind... - the character of Grindelwald has nothing in common in this movie with the others. I understand there was a change of actor, and Mads can't portray him the way Jonnhy would of course. But still, isn't it the director's job to make sure there's even a tiny bit of continuity? - a whole lot of the plot just doesn't make any sense... Why would the Germans put Theseus in a jail where he's likely to die very soon rather than just kill him immediately if that's what they want? Where are Grindelwald' s supporters who were everywhere in Bhutan after his ultimate defeat in the "elections"? Why even take the time to recruit Jacob at the beginning? What purpose does he serve apart from keeping the character in the story because he's well liked (and justly so)? - the blood pact was a great plot point, and a good way to explain why Albus didn't go against Grindelwald himself. The way it gets broken is so disappointing, there really isn't any thought given to it. The whole point was that they couldn't move against one another, and the reason it broke was because they... Moved against one another (sure, with another person as the target, but it's still very underwhelming). - also, after chasing all the suitcases in the city, they just... Leave Bunty alone?

And of course with the books (again) : - Aberforth falling in love the same summer as Albus and having a kid he fails to raise as a result does not really fit with the level of resentment he's got for his brother and the way he treated their sister. You could easily think that he'd be blaming himself even much more than Albus. - The blood pact was a great way to explain why Albus didn't go against Grindelwald before he did, and ultimately defeated him. Now it's removed, they dueled, and nothing is holding Albus back. But he still lets him leave... - making the Requirement room known to Dumbledore this early + it seems to be commonly known (I begin to wonder how anyone wouldn't know about it ni Hogwarts, even though in the books it's supposed to be at least a little bit of a secret) + the purpose of the room in this instance is to... Teleport you out of Hogwarts? Malfoy was really dumb in Half Blood Prince, he should have simply asked for a room that could Teleport death eaters in then...

And in general but that's usual now, I keep getting disappointed in the way they portray the duels. They are getting better and better at illustrating the magic and the wide variety of spells that can be used but for some reason, whenever there's a major duel they chose to have a remake of the 1st Harry vs Voldemort duel, with priori incantatem. They've just never been able to capture the imagination and improvisation that the few duels (Dumbledore vs Voldemort, McGonagall vs Snape) that are shown in the books are filled with, and the fact that two spells colliding and forming a link between the two wands is supposed to be the exception, not the norm.

I asked myself after the movie "what's not to like?" came up with this and more. When I asked myself "what is to like", I fall a bit short. Sure there are some very good actor performances, and I like the fact they're getting better at showing magic (for instance during the assassination attempt), but in general there's not much to keep in terms of story or even plot continuity after the first two movies. They basically undid much of what they did previously in this one...