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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
My girlfriend and I saw Fantastic Beasts last night, and here is my two-sentence review.
In the first act, Grindlewald has a toddler murdered. In the recent Halloween remake, Michael Myers has the opportunity to murder an infant in its crib and does not.
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So.. 'brutal'? Lol.
I do find that amusing. Johnny Depp is one sinister mother####er to make MM look like he is sympathetic to human kind.
I thought it was better than the first. But I was so apathetic to the first that it isn't saying much. They're trying to get us invested in a new little universe that happens to include a handsome Jude Law Dumbledore. Except us already knowing the fate of Dumbledore is kind of killing the stakes of the whole "great one" wizard vs bad wizards stuff.
I feel like we needed an explanation of the magical spells being used, as I was confused as to what I was watching sometimes. Meanwhile Johnny Deppdewald is casting giant blue flames everywhere that are seemingly indestructible, and sometimes lethal but sometimes not? I suppose it's safest to just focus on the characters and their interactions, and that's where you're going to be most rewarded probably.
Not going to get too much into the questioning of HP and why it was ever a hit. All I'd say is read the 7 book series and it'll become obvious to you why people borderline obsessed and still do. I'm the same age as Daniel and the main kids, and grew up with the books. Got to see these characters enacted in real life and literally grow up with them, with all the angsty teenage themes that were as much a draw as the Voldemort stuff. So it's impossible to feel like you don't strongly relate to them and get a little invested. Even though I thought some of the movies didn't do the greatest job of putting the superior source material to screen how I would've liked to have seen it in, they did a pretty decent job still. The movie I felt was the closest in replicating the book on screen how it was written was the chamber of secrets.
Anyway, everybody go see Widows. That movie was so overlooked in the release of FB2. It's awesome and oscar worthy stuff. The guy from Get Out is going to give me and any one who does see it nightmares now. Like holy ####.