Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
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Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.
Wokeness: 40%
Overall Score: 60%
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Orange Hat Reviews
An entertaining yet flawed chapter.
While this movie references the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, it does not automatically make it woke. All it did was verbally confirm what everyone already knew, and then that was it. Not woke.
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While this movie is not woke, that does not automatically mean it is good either. This movie continues the violation of the lore with another installment that uses a character that shouldn't even be born yet (Minerva McGonagall) as well as changes JK Rowling's story of the death of Ariana Dumbledore by making Grindelwald a nonparticipant. Also making Ariana an obscurial, is contradicting the lore already established in Fantastic Beasts 1. Where they only live up to the age of 10, it is said to be EXTREMELY rare for them to live past 10 years old. Yet 2 existed within 3 decades time. That kind of diminishes the rarity. The writing therefore damages the story set forth by JK and the other writers. Also the recasting of Grindelwald harms the movie as recasting often does, because a different actor often brings a different performance and this is no exception. Mads Mikkelson is a good actor, but he completely changes the character of Grindelwald to what Johnny Depp brought to the role.
Created: 04-16-2022
Mama Bear
Good
I thought this was a good movie. I was sad about the replacement of Johnny but Mads did a great job. Dumbledore is gay and it a strong part of the plot but they never show any gay displays of affection. Overall I thought it was a great addition to the franchise.
Created: 06-05-2022
Chuck Bartowski
Does not hold a candle to harry potter
The movie does not have the excitement of Harry Potter. Great special effects, but I had no idea what was going on, I couldn't follow the stories, the writing was all over the place. I fell asleep about 3 times. It also feels a little contrived that Dumbledore was made gay to please the Hollywood tick boxes.
Created: 08-07-2022
COWBOY
Created: 12-23-2022
Johnny
Probably Ended the Franchise
Rowling screwed up by following the woke crowd and just saying that Dumbledore was gay. Never was relevant in any of the Harry Potter stories so why go there. In other words WOKE! Then she gets slammed for not going far enough. Typical of the Fascist left.
Could have been a great set of stories. WB really did mess up with the whole Johnny Depp smear for no reason, that in the end was a lie. WOKE!
Good news is WB is cleaning house with the help of Discovery+. Hopefully that will go well.
Created: 03-02-2023
