Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) by Stuckinazkaban — 16 Nov 2018
Hats off to Johnny Depp!! He plays Grindelwald perfectly, and his scenes are some of the best I have ever seen in movies. The way he escapes, the way he manipulates people, and seduces innocent Queenie to his side is just genius. He is playing with people like puppets! Such a great villain, actually one of my favorite villains of all time.
Newt, Jacob, Tina, and Queenie are of course awesome as always, and I quite liked Theseus too. Jude Law is a great Dumbledore, hopefully we will se more of him in the next one though.
After watching it a 3rd time I can understand why many people may be confused about this movie. In my honest opinion I don't think this movie is for casual fans or just casual movie goers. It's simply not for muggles (ha!), I think this movie is strictly for us wizards :).
This whole Fantastic Beasts franchise is a love letter to us hardcore fans, and it lets us escape into a world which is familiar to us, yet unexplored, exciting and filled with wonder. If JK Rowling is somehow reading this, then I want to say thank you!
Oh! And the music.... such...goood...music to my ears!
Only negative is the whole Leta/brother/Credence/Corvus subplot.. that was a bit much, non the less.
This review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) was written by Stuckinazkaban on 16 Nov 2018.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has generally received mixed reviews.
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