I had a lot of problems with it . One of the most glaring to me was the incompetent black female president . If you wanted to have a diverse cast , why not show the main cast befriending some black wizards in Harlem 1920 s NYC and you miss any opportunity to reference the Harlem renaissance ? Like , the real president is some incompetent white male patriarchal wizard , have Newt get some help from the ' real power ' of New York I ' m thinking of how amazing Mariah was in Luke Cage and her whole family . Having the president of the US magical congress be a black woman in the 1920 s with no explanation , and even worse having her have no personality and fucking things up with her incompetence is a real disservice . I hate diversity for the sake of diversity . To me that ' s worse than having an all white cast , because you ' re doing nothing to be true to the characters . Hermione was black in the stage play and that ' s fineyou know what would have been a really interesting choice ? Making Newt an Indian Brit . I thought the actor who played him did a fine job , but if you really cared about diversity and Hermione can be black , why can ' t Newt be Indian ? Or if American wizards are so progressive that a black female can be president with ZERO flack why not have the two female leads , Tina and Queenie , be two black wizards ? All of those would have been better choices than what they actually did . I also agree the movie was a hot mess . The plot was all over the place , and with the exception of Newt and Graves I thought all the characters were shallow Tina was particularly bad , just a weak insecure woman SPARE ME . I pin the blame for all that and Rowling and the studio . I think they knew this was going to be a billion dollar film no matter what , so why not make another brainless action movie where New York is destroyed at the end to entertain Chinese audiences , and avoid taking any risks that might have improved the story . And Rowling has never been good at writing characters , HP has always been Everyman and her strength has until now , anyway always been plot and setting .