Is Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald Good?
The New Fantastic Beasts Film Is a Half-Baked Disservice to the Harry Potter Legacy
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All this is to say that, basically, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was a big soufflé that was taken out of the oven too soon. So, it collapsed and ended up a big, doughy mess. The main plot was loose, distracting, and not that compelling. The side plots were half-baked, not respectful of the canon, and ultimately unfinished. The controversies were mishandled. We didn't get the things we were hoping to get from the film. In fact, in most cases, we got just the opposite.
I guess we have three more movies to see where it goes, but a friend of mine put it best: if you can't make a good movie after two tries, you're really failing hard. As someone who loves Harry Potter, it feels like they've taken the franchise and bloated it with offencive and unnecessary things, just for a big of extra cash. And I'm not here for it. Oh well; it'll probably still make a billion anyway. That's showbiz, baby.