Jacob Kowalski is definitely the movie’s comic relief, but Fogler plays him with such genuine sincerity that he also really is the beating heart of the series.

Actually having the “Fantastic Beasts” play key roles in the plot also helped. But Secrets of Dumbledore does a great job mixing some humor, heart and fun back into the story, one that I actually became interested in watching again. Crimes of Grindelwald was really convoluted, dark and honestly just not very enjoyable. I’m happy to say I felt like this movie gets the Fantastic Beasts series back on track. He is joined by his brother Theseus and some other powerful witches & wizards, as well as the non-magical guy Jacob Kowalski ( Dan Fogler) to undertake a dangerous mission that none of them fully understand but hope will stop Grindelwald’s plan. Newt is an expert in magical creatures, aka Fantastic Beasts, and has been Dumbledore’s most important helper so far. So Dumbledore has been forced to recruit allies and ask them to risk their lives to stop Grindelwald’s quest.įirst and foremost among these is Newt Scamander ( Eddie Redmayne). Opposing Grindelwald is his former best friend-and as the movie directly references for the first time in the series, more than that–Albus Dumbledore, at this point just a teacher at Hogwarts Academy.ĭumbledore ( Jude Law) is bound by a magical pact that he and Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen, replacing Johnny Depp in the role) created years ago that physically prevents each one from directly opposing or attacking the other. This new movie picks up where the less-successful-than-the-studio-hoped Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald left off in 2018…with the evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald gaining followers of wizards and witches who’d like to go to war with the non-magical humans of the day. Yet for those fans who have drifted away from the franchise, this movie could give you a little bit of hope that all is not lost. Rowling probably would have generated much more anticipation than Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore currently seems to have.ĭumbledore is the third of what was originally planned to be five movies in this particular story arc, which takes places during the younger years of the great wizard Albus Dumbledore, years before Harry Potter was born. At one point in time a movie taking place in the world of Harry Potter created by J.K. SALT LAKE CITY - How far the mighty have fallen.

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