Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) by Jim222001 — 30 Jan 2019

J.K Rowling and David Yates still don’t give us much of a good reason to why these movies exist. Fans rather have more Potter. The Fantastic Beasts stories have yet to fully get off the ground. Despite a likeable cast and some magical moments.

The Crimes of Grindelwald is bit over-stuffed with too many characters and subplots. You also have Rowling annoying fans. By messing with the time line and having some characters introduced way too early. To how she originally wrote them.

My main problem is how they used the delightful Queenie though. Having her tempted by the dark side is like Mary Poppins tempted by the dark side. To me that worked least of all. Well that and flashbacks of Dumbledore (Jude Law) and villain Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) looking at each other in lust. To show as Dumbledore said it “they were more than friends.” Rowling has said they were an item. However on film it came off a bit goofy.