There's one category of film that I detest, and that's a film with a flimsy script that abuses scenes loaded with digital effects and choreography simply to fill space. And this is a clear example of that.
Long gone is the first instalment of the saga, where we can get to know one of the personalities of the magical world and their experiences. Now it's just a matter of squeezing even more known characters, leaving Newt in a second (or third, even) plane. Do you know the theory of The Big Bang Theory, where they explain that Indiana Jones is dispensable in The Last Crusade? Something very similar happens in this Fantastic Beasts instalment, but I'll avoid commenting on it in order to let you see it for yourselves.
Also negatively influenced by the replacement of Johnny Depp in the role of Grindewald. Mads Mikkelsen has a completely different register, which makes them both different characters. You don't see continuity, you see sloppiness. Not to mention Ezra Miller's role is bland and boring.
Do the digital effects save themselves? Yes, of course they are. If there's money, there are good effects. But they are abused, accompanying the eternal supporting character as comic relief but without a sense of narrative.
Review by Fr3d1BlockedParent2022-06-18T07:58:06Z
There's one category of film that I detest, and that's a film with a flimsy script that abuses scenes loaded with digital effects and choreography simply to fill space. And this is a clear example of that.
Long gone is the first instalment of the saga, where we can get to know one of the personalities of the magical world and their experiences. Now it's just a matter of squeezing even more known characters, leaving Newt in a second (or third, even) plane. Do you know the theory of The Big Bang Theory, where they explain that Indiana Jones is dispensable in The Last Crusade? Something very similar happens in this Fantastic Beasts instalment, but I'll avoid commenting on it in order to let you see it for yourselves.
Also negatively influenced by the replacement of Johnny Depp in the role of Grindewald. Mads Mikkelsen has a completely different register, which makes them both different characters. You don't see continuity, you see sloppiness. Not to mention Ezra Miller's role is bland and boring.
Do the digital effects save themselves? Yes, of course they are. If there's money, there are good effects. But they are abused, accompanying the eternal supporting character as comic relief but without a sense of narrative.
Predictable, boring and expendable.