Yeah, I do feel that we could have spent the entire movie with Newt trying to get his animals back inside the suitcase (that mating dance, heh) and the movie wouldn't have suffered for it. (And if they had to have a wider plotline, why did it have t be Grindelwald himself, why couldn't it have been a supporter instead?)
I don't mind the Grindelwald storyline, but...Johnny Depp? Really? He's just...not a serious actor anymore, he just plays silly variations on the same silly theme, and it's tired and predictable and so not scary.
Plus I want to keep Colin Farrell. For multiple reasons... ::grins::
I guess maybe they're working on the basis that he's the same age as Dumbledore, and isn't Dumbledore like a hundred and something in the HP books? So he'd be, what, fifties, sixties in this time period?
But either way, Johnny Depp is just off-putting in this role. Major casting fail.
Colin Farrell was the only reason I went to see this film, and he didn't disappoint because his performance was phenomenal. (Also really, really attractive, like damn.) I really want them to bring him back in the sequels somehow.
I've been paying very little attention to all the publicity around this, so I don't think I even quite realised he was in it, to be honest. So that was a more than pleasant surprise! But yeah, I hope that's not it for him, I'd like to see him again. More than anything, I want to know if Graves is/was a bad guy or if he just appears that way because it was really Grindelwald... Of course, he can't be an entirely fluffy guy if no-one noticed he was actually, you know, evil...
I always love getting more stories from JK Rowling, but I really felt like this was two movies crammed into one. I thought the storyline related to the Grindelwald thing would've had a bigger impact if it had been it's own film with more background development.
I guess they needed all the Newt stuff to establish him as our new 'hero' so there was a lot of exposition - maybe in the next movie it won't be so heavy and they can get on with the plot. But I'm curious about how Newt's story will tie in the Grindelwald plot, because yeah, it felt like two parallel storylines that only really touched briefly together at the end. So maybe the next movie will feel more cohesive.
But also, Johnny Depp? Really? SO miscast. Ugh. I just cringe when I watch him these days.
Ugh, Johnny Depp. Out of all the amazing actors out there I can't believe they went with Johnny Depp. I don't know how the man still manages to get work.
I'm interested to see how Newt develops as a character. I really liked seeing him run around, chasing after everything, but I thought it would've been cool to really see him go up against MACUSA after he was captured to argue his case about why the beasts need to be protected, but maybe they're saving that for another movie.
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(And if they had to have a wider plotline, why did it have t be Grindelwald himself, why couldn't it have been a supporter instead?)
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Plus I want to keep Colin Farrell. For multiple reasons... ::grins::
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But either way, Johnny Depp is just off-putting in this role. Major casting fail.
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But also, Johnny Depp? Really? SO miscast. Ugh. I just cringe when I watch him these days.
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I'm interested to see how Newt develops as a character. I really liked seeing him run around, chasing after everything, but I thought it would've been cool to really see him go up against MACUSA after he was captured to argue his case about why the beasts need to be protected, but maybe they're saving that for another movie.
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