![]() It also meant there was room for a lot to happen, even as not all of it made it to the movies. Rowling's narratives used to be yearlong in the Harry Potter books - that way, each novel was about a new school year at Hogwarts, in turn serving the series' coming-of-age nature. After all, The Secrets of Dumbledore's narrative spans roughly just a week, I gather, going by the lines spouted by some characters. Though from another perspective, one could argue it's spinning its wheels. It's like it's setting up a giant chess board of sorts. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore spends its first hour in essentially bringing everyone slowly back together. That very deliberate pacing is clear from the start. At the same time, it's debatable if there's enough happening in each scene to justify the slowed approach. He's written longer scenes that allow characters and their dynamics to be fleshed out. In response, Kloves has slowed everything down on The Secrets of Dumbledore. Kloves has correctly identified that Rowling confused mystery, intrigue, and propulsive force for what made an enjoyable movie. That's thanks to the return of Harry Potter veteran Steve Kloves - he single-handedly wrote seven of the eight Potter movies - who was no doubt brought back after Rowling's failures as an inexperienced screenwriter on the first two Fantastic Beasts movies. ![]() Still, the Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore screenplay is a great deal better than what's come before. And its directionless story feels like a time-filler, as if they must do something until they get to the fifth movie. But The Secrets of Dumbledore doesn't quite have a protagonist. These movies should've always been about the two greats, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen replacing Johnny Depp), whose teenage love story is finally acknowledged - in words - on Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. While Rowling decided on the encyclopaedia's author Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) as the gateway into the world, he's not central to the bigger picture. Moreover, the Fantastic Beasts movies are really struggling with the hero switcheroo. All of Fantastic Beasts has seemed like a case of making it up as we go along from Rowling and Co., thanks to the fact that there's no source material for these movies.įantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Review: A Clueless, Forgettable EntryĬharacters that were central in earlier movies are forgotten or removed with the flimsiest of excuses. Still, The Secrets of Dumbledore ends up making some of the same mistakes as its predecessors. Or maybe it was simply because the bar had been set so low by The Crimes of Grindelwald that there was no way to go but up. That said, I didn't actively hate Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore like I did the last one. The magic went out of these movies long ago - and the third of five planned chapters, The Secrets of Dumbledore, is unable to truly put a finger on it. All of which results in more money via tie-in toys, books, merchandising, and associated products.Īnd creatively frankly, Fantastic Beasts has largely been for nothing. Warner Bros., the billionaire Rowling, and those profiting off it continue churning out new Fantastic Beasts movies because it makes them richer. Making more Wizarding World content - let's face it, that's how they see it - is solely in the interest of the powers that be. Seriously, why is “ Fantastic Beasts” still in the title of these movies? It's utterly meaningless. ![]() They were fashioned from the strangest of crucibles, with an in-world encyclopaedia being turned into the starting point. No one ever really asked for these movies. It does not store any personal data.It's the kind of situation that has got me thinking if it's time for the Harry Potter universe to be laid to rest. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]()
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