Honestly, now, all we want to see here is Newt Scamander and Tina Goldstein share awkward, loving glances while trying to wrestle a Demiguise back into the former's magical briefcase. We got the whole epic Good vs Evil thing with the Harry Potter series. That said, the film just concretes the fact that this spin-off series doesn't know what the heck it's supposed to be a set of warmhearted jollies about an adorable foursome and their animal-related antics, or an exploration of the complicated rise of a fascist wizard army that may have had something to do with World War 2!?Įither one might have been fine (though we have serious doubts about the latter), but you can't really have both. There are more cute creatures (we'd do pretty much anything for a pet qilin), the plot is much easier to follow, Mads Mikkelsen – replacing Johnny Depp – makes for a beguiling Grindelwald, and the film's willingness to make his romantic relationship with Jude Law's Albus Dumbledore explicit is refreshing given the franchise's history with such things. After the disappointing Crimes of Grindelwald, things could only get better, right? Well, turns out, yes, because follow-up Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is an improvement on its predecessor – though not by much.
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