It was funny, but it missed. If you want to build a character without showing every detail of their life from birth to the time-line of the film, then it takes planning, scripting and editing. I felt that tropes and cliches were just being plugged in. Made the whole thing seem lightweight. When there were dramatic scenes, they felt out of place: odd vignettes. That was true in the last movie as well.

It (the film) was a pleasant enough fantasy that probably functioned as a tourism promo as much as anything.

That's even odder. I quite enjoyed the whole trilogy. Probably a tribute to the quality of the cast.