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Not so Fantastic Beasts II
Nov. 27th, 2018 11:00 pmFantastic Beasts II - Crimes of Grindlewald
I had high hopes for this one. I really enjoyed the first one - Eddie Redmayne was excellent, the rest of the cast were also good with interesting characters, and there was a reasonable story. The special effects felt like they were there to create a sense of wonder that complemented the narrative, and the beasts were fun.
So what about FB2?
Disappointing, basically. Characters behaved illogically, the story was over complicated, over long and (possibly/probably deliberately) trying to be mysterious. Characters that had appeared to be dead at the end of the first film were resurrected without any real reason. Eddie Redmayne felt under used. So did Jacob. Queenie's actions throughout made no sense. There was zero chemistry between Scamander and Tina, or between any of the characters, except perhaps the boy Whatsisname - Credence - and the snake woman. And then to cap it all, the whole nearly 3 hours turned out to be a set up for part 3, and my movie buddy Christine tells me there are going to be FIVE of these movies. *sigh*
Once again we are suffering from the Rowling effect - take something that would be excellent and drag it out until it’s stretched so thin it no longer holds the attention at all.
Though there were a couple of fun bits and some very spectacular special effects, overall I was mostly bored.
I had high hopes for this one. I really enjoyed the first one - Eddie Redmayne was excellent, the rest of the cast were also good with interesting characters, and there was a reasonable story. The special effects felt like they were there to create a sense of wonder that complemented the narrative, and the beasts were fun.
So what about FB2?
Disappointing, basically. Characters behaved illogically, the story was over complicated, over long and (possibly/probably deliberately) trying to be mysterious. Characters that had appeared to be dead at the end of the first film were resurrected without any real reason. Eddie Redmayne felt under used. So did Jacob. Queenie's actions throughout made no sense. There was zero chemistry between Scamander and Tina, or between any of the characters, except perhaps the boy Whatsisname - Credence - and the snake woman. And then to cap it all, the whole nearly 3 hours turned out to be a set up for part 3, and my movie buddy Christine tells me there are going to be FIVE of these movies. *sigh*
Once again we are suffering from the Rowling effect - take something that would be excellent and drag it out until it’s stretched so thin it no longer holds the attention at all.
Though there were a couple of fun bits and some very spectacular special effects, overall I was mostly bored.
