Like a coffee table book, there are some nice images weakened with words.

Fantastic Beasts is a political movie about a group of good guys trying to stop a bad guy (probably a terf) from stealing an election. There are way too many characters, far too many story lines and a script that is nothing more than a poor excuse to usher everyone to the next, predictable set piece.

Wake me up when they make a movie about fantastic beasts.

Definitely better than the previous movie, and Mads is much better in the role of Grindelwald than Depp was. But honestly, there's not much more to say. The movie is fine, but I came away feeling it was lacking. It doesn't really feel like all that much really happened. I also wasn't a fan of what they did with Queenie. I liked that they had her change sides at the end of the last movie, but this movie doesn't really use that fact all that well, and instead, they undo her big decision without all that much explanation. The first movie is still easily the best in this series.

Fantastic? not quite and still doesn’t live up to the first film but definitely surpasses the second one and definitely brings more nostalgia from the Harry Potter films, loved the magical effects, all cast did well. Negatives- less on the humour this time but i guess it’s like the Harry Potter films on going darker the more you go through also felt a little rushed with the plot and that’s pretty much it but over all it was enjoyable and at times warming.

Smart Wizard: Yo, instead of like elections let's get a Bambi in Tibet to choose the next Grand Wizard.
Every Wizard: Makes sense to me!

Smart Wizard: Do we need to check on Bambi so that people aren't using magic to cheat?
Every Wizard: Nah, nobody is going to use magic to cheat and become the Grand Wizard bro.

Hitler Wizard: I know you were all trying to kill me a year ago, but I'm your Grand Wizard now and I totally didn't cheat.
Every Wizard: Seems legit.

Secrets of Dumbledore improves on its weaker predessesor with a more nuanced Grindlewald performance from Mads Mikklesen, as well as a more focused narrative. There are some interesting set pieces here, as well as some surprisingly funny moments and some creative uses of magic that will entertain fans of the series. Unfortunately, it still suffers the faults of a directionless series that should never have extended beyond a single movie. Characters are left woefully undeveloped and plot developments from previous movies are brushed aside, although perhaps for the better. While it is a passable movie, it is unfortunately much too small a step in the right direction for a doomed series.

Seemed way too convoluted for what it was. If it wasn't for the beautiful visual effects this would have been a complete waste of 2 hours.

These are the movies you need to skip if you grew up with the Harry Potter franchise and loved it. Go watch all the HP movies in a single binge and be more entertained than this rubbish.

Boring in general, everything happens in the last 30 minutes or so, and the rest of the quite long movie is just an extended prologue, not even well narrated. It also seems a lot more a James Bond and/or a superheros film than an Harry Potter ones, wizards here seem to have almost unlimited powers.

The magic is there, but only literally. The weird ass title is off putting enough and the plot is a snoozefest for the most part. There are a few saving graces though: Jude Law nails it as Dumbledore and so does Mads Mikkelsen as Grindlewalt. I believed this movie would be the one that saves this franchise after the botch job that was the second one. Unfortunately, things aren't looking very good.

Crab rave carried the movie

Awe, wonder, excitement. Some movies bring about these reactions. This movie, does not.

I re-watched the two earlier movies in the lead-up and even increased their scores. But this one, I was bored throughout. The only thing keeping me off my phone was the fact I was in a cinema.

Can’t wait to watch this one

A step up from the previous instalment. Fantastic Beasts the Secrets of Dumbledore is more politically charged and romantic and the beasts are well used here, however the franchise still lacks the magic of the Harry Potter series.

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.

Mads Mikkelsen makes a better Gellert Grindelwald than Johnny Depp.
Every time I see Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, I see Johnny Depp!
But the Secrets of Dumbledore, l see Grindelwald not Mads Mikkelsen.

The film was OK :thumbsup_tone3: but not the best!

Worse than the first movie, but still much better than Fantastic Beasts 2. I can’t even remember any details in that movie. So what is the secrets of Dumbledore? I suppose this refers to the secrets of the family of Dumbledore.

very well acted and definitely better than the previous one

The best film of the franchise so far, but the absence of Tina is really, really felt.

The third part in the Fantastic Beasts franchise has finally arrived and I was really excited to see it. The film is entertaining and very well made. It definitely transports you back into the Wizarding World with a lot of well known locations. Still it didn‘t blow me away either. But this is a general problem of these films when you compare them to the Harry Potter movies. I was definitely disappointed that Tina Goldstein appears in the movie maybe for one minute. But I guess there were some scheduling issues with Katherine Waterston or why would they leave her out of the story like that. I‘m really hoping she returns as a main character in the next installment. Overall the movie is enjoyable enough but still not as good as the entries in the HP series.

I‘ve just seen it in cinema and the movie felt like a gap filler that paved the way for Fantastical Beasts 4