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‘Fantastic Beasts’ Director Says Franchise Has Been “Parked” by Warner Bros.
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
No kidding, the whole thing was a mess
this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2023
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It was painful to watch all the way through. They need to go back to the drawing board.
I don't know. The first like 10 minutes of the first one, where it looked like it actually was about fantastic beasts. That was alright.
Probably the biggest miss of the franchise was avoiding the titular "Fantastic Beasts" after the first movie. Plus the whole, bringing muggles into the fold - that's the kind of not-Harry content/world building that could have had legs.
But the went all, "Look! It's just like Voldemort!" And, "That's Dumbledore's brother or something - you remember Dumbledore, right?"
Good. Movies in the past decade started to feel more like giant cash grabs to sell toys, games, posters, etc rather than telling a story.
It’s always been like that. Power Rangers, Transformers, every kid show and movies from the 70s up.
It was trash
Why is it so hard to do magical Steve Irwin going around the Wizarding World looking for fantastical beasts instead of... whatever these movies are now?
Not every movie has to be about some high stake world ending menace; keep it simple, keep it fun, and people would want to watch it.
