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

[dgoswald]

Originally Posted by yeslek

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.

She's rose again in my estimations since Beasts 2. I thought she'd lost a grip on truly understanding what made her Wizarding World compelling (and, for me, it wasn't limited to Harry and chums), but I hope she's allowed to finish telling this particular story. Newt wasn't sidelined or shunted to supporting status in order to focus on Grindelwald escapades, yet Newt's own story was weaved into the greater over-arching threat posed by the evil wizard. If she continues in this particular vein, I have no problem with future films. The Leta LeStrange strand they introduced in Beasts 2 I found to be utterly fascinating.