Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

What was this? No, seriously. What was this movie? What was the point of this? I thought a second watchthrough would help me gain a better understanding but...nope, this movie is still a masterclass in how not to do a movie.

The plot is...confusing. Basically, Altus Dumbledore, played by Jude Law, has asked Newt Scamander, played by Eddie Redmayne, and his friends to confuse Gellert Grindelwald, played by Mads Mikkelsen, because he is...gaining power...and...something about magical deer bowing to future wizard leaders and lots of lots of wizard politics. This movie makes no sense! Who thought this movie was a good idea?!

The acting is...fine, I guess, and I liked getting to see into Dumbledore and Grindelwald's past, where they were former lovers, which makes the stakes, if there even were any, more personal. This movie is even more stuffed with plotlines, but then they forgot to add a reason for them to exist, like what is this movie? Like I felt disconnected the entire movie. I kept trying to understand why I should care, but the writing was so bad that I just kept getting more and more confused.

There isn't much more I can say on this one because there is only so many times you can say that a plot is confusing before people are like, "We get it, the movie makes no sense." I really wish this movie was better than it ended up being, but it was too bogged down in wizard politics and trying to confuse Grindelwald, which had the unfortunate side effect of also confusing the audience. My last word on this is that, apparently, this killed the Fantastic Beasts franchise because of how bad it was. That should explain everything.

Next time, we are going back into the realm of television to review the first season of the series that inspired me to do this fantasy watch through in the first place. That's right, we're going to be reviewing The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

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