Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

[sunnyskywalker]

I finally caught up on the FB movies. There's some cool magic, a few other neat things (like Newt at least knowing what his monsters really want a lot of the time, unlike Hagrid), and lots of things that make you go, "But... but... wait...that doesn't... what?" Also the Nagini retcon makes Neville killing her in DH a lot less triumphant and a lot more really horrible now, which seems like a bad artistic choice. I'm sure I'll have a lot more to say about all that stuff at some point.

But the main thought today is that Dumbledore and Grindelwald's similar approaches in the second movie were fascinating. The movie was this close to admitting Dumbledore is a manipulative bastard. I'm sure he'll be thoroughly excused for all his failings by the fifth movie, but it's great for the moment.( Some spoilers )