Imagine, if you will, a film series that seems to keep forgetting what happened in the previous iterations and then undercuts what little momentum it had with locations and interactions that have little relevance or payoff.
There's the components of a good story here. The most upsetting thing is really how just some slight changes could have fixed a lot of the film, but it feels like an almost conscious effort to not use any of those components in any purposeful way and instead introduce plot devices that aren't remotely clever or lose relevancy the moment they're out of context.
This is not as bad as something like Morbius by any means. I'd say it's a better movie than Crimes of Grindelwald, but it also feels like there's less payoff. A three movie build to...a whimper. It's mostly just underwhelming all the way through.
Shout by Patrick KellyVIP 8BlockedParent2022-04-19T07:16:17Z
Imagine, if you will, a film series that seems to keep forgetting what happened in the previous iterations and then undercuts what little momentum it had with locations and interactions that have little relevance or payoff.
There's the components of a good story here. The most upsetting thing is really how just some slight changes could have fixed a lot of the film, but it feels like an almost conscious effort to not use any of those components in any purposeful way and instead introduce plot devices that aren't remotely clever or lose relevancy the moment they're out of context.
This is not as bad as something like Morbius by any means. I'd say it's a better movie than Crimes of Grindelwald, but it also feels like there's less payoff. A three movie build to...a whimper. It's mostly just underwhelming all the way through.