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So I just saw the Crimes of Grindelwald. I don't think there's already a topic for this movie so I thought I'd start one.
Overall it was a great movie. If you haven't read the books.
Spoilers if you haven't seen it;
Overall it was a great movie. If you haven't read the books.
Spoilers if you haven't seen it;
Usually I don't mind when JK tries to introduce new things, or elaborate on the old, because it gives us stuff to pick and choose from. But just some of the stuff in this movie - I can't.
There was a lot of magic that didn't make a lot of sense to me (as if magic doesn't make enough sense already
) but there was this use of some sort of magical dust multiple times that for some reason could show Grindelwalds visions, or allowed Newt to see where people had been in the past. From what I can recall this wasn't really explained, it was just kind of there, and it's not something we've ever seen before. Surely the Ministry would just use this magical dust to find killers or who was where/what they did in the past. What on earth was this?
Then there was this blood bond, which was essentially an unbreakable vow. Not sure why Dumbles and Grindles didn't just use a vow. Then of course there was Grindles fiendfyre-esque spell, but it only burned those who weren't loyal to him? And managed to kill all these trained Aurors without any effort, but Newt was able to defend himself? It really made no sense
Flamel was interesting to see, but his reappearance at the end seemed kind of pointless and forced in. I couldn't read the name of the person he was talking to in the photograph, initially I assumed it was Perenelle but the text didn't look like it matched, so I honestly have no idea who told him to go. Also, what was with the crystal ball plot device? Yes, we've seen prophecy orbs before, but they record the prophecies as told by the seers, not this random "snippets of all these plot important characters and locations you should totally go to!". It was just a way to get Muggleman to all the drama, but it didn't make any sense. It seemed like too powerful a device (much like the magic dust) to just be sitting around.
What irked me most was the final reveal of Credence being Dumbledores brother. Um, come again? Aurelius Dumbledore who? I don't think so. It was the most ridiculous reveal they could have done after faffing about with all this "Credence is a Lestrange" bull. The mother of Credence drowned, and it can't have been Albus' mother because she died in an accident with his sister. I don't think his father could have had another child, seeing as he went to Azkaban when Ariana was quite young. I don't know how the math works out, but it seemed of, and I'm hoping it's just another fake out/Manipulation.
Finally, where were the creatures? We see a couple at the start, and then it's basically just Pickett and the Niffler from then on out. I'm also not really a fan of all these nameless creatures, or ones created for the movie, while ignoring all of the pre-existing ones from the Fantastic Beasts book that would be actually nice to see. The Matagot in the French Ministry were kind of useless as a security, since they only attack when provoked, and inexplicably became regular cats outside of the Ministry? (Also how creepy was that woman who brought them?) The Kappa was cool to see, if brief, and so was the Augurey and Kelpie, but that was about it. Would've been nice to see more.
And that's about all of my thoughts on the movie. It wasn't bad, and for the most part I enjoyed it, but there were a lot of times I was just confused.
There was a lot of magic that didn't make a lot of sense to me (as if magic doesn't make enough sense already
) but there was this use of some sort of magical dust multiple times that for some reason could show Grindelwalds visions, or allowed Newt to see where people had been in the past. From what I can recall this wasn't really explained, it was just kind of there, and it's not something we've ever seen before. Surely the Ministry would just use this magical dust to find killers or who was where/what they did in the past. What on earth was this?Then there was this blood bond, which was essentially an unbreakable vow. Not sure why Dumbles and Grindles didn't just use a vow. Then of course there was Grindles fiendfyre-esque spell, but it only burned those who weren't loyal to him? And managed to kill all these trained Aurors without any effort, but Newt was able to defend himself? It really made no sense
Flamel was interesting to see, but his reappearance at the end seemed kind of pointless and forced in. I couldn't read the name of the person he was talking to in the photograph, initially I assumed it was Perenelle but the text didn't look like it matched, so I honestly have no idea who told him to go. Also, what was with the crystal ball plot device? Yes, we've seen prophecy orbs before, but they record the prophecies as told by the seers, not this random "snippets of all these plot important characters and locations you should totally go to!". It was just a way to get Muggleman to all the drama, but it didn't make any sense. It seemed like too powerful a device (much like the magic dust) to just be sitting around.
What irked me most was the final reveal of Credence being Dumbledores brother. Um, come again? Aurelius Dumbledore who? I don't think so. It was the most ridiculous reveal they could have done after faffing about with all this "Credence is a Lestrange" bull. The mother of Credence drowned, and it can't have been Albus' mother because she died in an accident with his sister. I don't think his father could have had another child, seeing as he went to Azkaban when Ariana was quite young. I don't know how the math works out, but it seemed of, and I'm hoping it's just another fake out/Manipulation.
Finally, where were the creatures? We see a couple at the start, and then it's basically just Pickett and the Niffler from then on out. I'm also not really a fan of all these nameless creatures, or ones created for the movie, while ignoring all of the pre-existing ones from the Fantastic Beasts book that would be actually nice to see. The Matagot in the French Ministry were kind of useless as a security, since they only attack when provoked, and inexplicably became regular cats outside of the Ministry? (Also how creepy was that woman who brought them?) The Kappa was cool to see, if brief, and so was the Augurey and Kelpie, but that was about it. Would've been nice to see more.
And that's about all of my thoughts on the movie. It wasn't bad, and for the most part I enjoyed it, but there were a lot of times I was just confused.
