Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) - November 16, 2018

[yeslek]

Originally Posted by dgoswald

I dunno, freeing Rowling's Wizarding World lore from the strictures of the boarding school mystery apparatus made me realise she's got gold on her hands in terms of the mythology she's created. I know we return to Hogwarts in Beasts 2, but you know what I mean, lol.

exactly - there is a rich history and array of characters she only hinted at within the Potter series
I want to know more about the history of the wizarding world and prior significant wizards/witches, heck, even going so far back as the school founders....seeing the magical worlds at differing points of history sounds like a goldmine

it makes the HP story feel kind of basic - fish out of water, finding where he belongs and defeating a big bad....it follows the typical story structure and I never really liked many of the kid characters either and found myself wanting to know more about Dumbledores past (for example) so the fact they are covering it in these movies, AND the time period they chose, has me hooked.

The lore she applied in the Potter series IS a goldmine, I agree, and I would love more from it.