Movie - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
As a Potterhead, I was ecstatic when I found out
the Fantastic Beast, a series within the Harry Potter universe, was to contain
five parts. Five more movies within the Harry Potter world? Count me in!
The first movie, Fantastic Beasts and Where
to Find Them, was beautiful. The story of the awkward, but cute Newt
Scamander letting his fantastic beasts lose in the early twentieth century hit
all Harry Potter nostalgia factors and introduced audience to a whole other
part of the wizarding world of Harry Potter. The intricate, yet strangely
realistic magical creatures that Mr. Scamander let loose in NYC were incredibly
fascinating, and the creator’s creativity was evidently unbound. Not only did
the creatures satisfy my craving for more wizard-related things, but also the
portrayal of the wizarding world in the United States made me fully recognize
that the wizarding world was not limited to the Europe and there is a whole
other continents that have wizard history. Exciting - more content to learn
about in the wizarding world!
Fantastic Beasts: The
Crimes of Grindelwald, was a bit different. I
would first like to say that yes, it still hit all the nostalgic sweet spots
and just looking at the depiction of the wizarding world made me excited.
However, the story itself felt a bit intermittent; many of the stories felt
like a set-up for bigger stories to come. It is almost as though the J.K.
Rowling took the Fantastic Beasts Saga and sliced it into 5 arbitrary pieces,
contrary to Harry Potter where there was an overarching story within the series
but smaller, yet substantial stories within each book and movie. Though some of
the dramatic and unsuspecting events convinced me to watch future movies,
this movie just felt as though the movie makers needed a medium to introduce
characters who may or may not be important in future movies. Nothing was really
solved in this film, and the movie just left us off at the “rising climax” of
the story.
Despite my not-so-positive commentary, I would
still recommend the movie for Potterheads. For me, anything more I can learn
about the Harry Potter world is enough. Additionally, Eddie Redmayne embodied the spirit of Newt Scamander so well that when I reference Eddie Redmayne, I write Newt Scamander by accident.
Overall rating: 6/10.
Let me know your thoughts of the film and Harry
Potter in general in the comments!
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