Hephaestus Posted April 14, 2022 Posted April 14, 2022 Part of the problem is the branding, they should’ve made a standalone Fanstastic Beast movie and teased the Dumbledore/Grindelwad trilogy as its own product at the end. Now they’re stuck with a weird brand that are forced to move forward for continuity reasons while the main characters and storyline have significantly shifted across the movies. The Rowling controversies don’t help either though.
chester Posted April 14, 2022 Posted April 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, Hephaestus said: Part of the problem is the branding, they should’ve made a standalone Fanstastic Beast movie and teased the Dumbledore/Grindelwad trilogy as its own product at the end. Now they’re stuck with a weird brand that are forced to move forward for continuity reasons while the main characters and storyline have significantly shifted across the movies. The Rowling controversies don’t help either though. Couldn’t be said better. hope you enjoy the movie though
hardbrit Posted April 14, 2022 Posted April 14, 2022 This series was NEVER as popular as HP...Who thought this was going to smash?
LastKiss Posted April 14, 2022 Posted April 14, 2022 This should have never been a franchise. FB1 was cute as a side project and should've finish the story right there.
Hephaestus Posted April 14, 2022 Posted April 14, 2022 23 minutes ago, chester said: Couldn’t be said better. hope you enjoy the movie though Thank you! I’ll post in the main thread as soon as I watch it
OhMyAlf Posted April 14, 2022 Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Hephaestus said: Part of the problem is the branding, they should’ve made a standalone Fanstastic Beast movie and teased the Dumbledore/Grindelwad trilogy as its own product at the end. Now they’re stuck with a weird brand that are forced to move forward for continuity reasons while the main characters and storyline have significantly shifted across the movies. The Rowling controversies don’t help either though. This right here is literally it
futurenostalgic Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 i dont remember anything from HP, but i knew a lot of fans wanted a movies/series about the Hogwarts founders instead
XAMJ Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 $40 million is not bad, it’s global numbers will make it break even. Another W for legend JK Rowling
D/X Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) Not that surprising tbh. The 2nd movie was extremely forgettable. They forced the only other literature piece from the HP world and tried to turn it into a franchise instead of creating a whole new series... So they initially sold this "trilogy" around the magical creatures yet even in the first film they were treated as side characters, and now the third installment is about Dumbledore's relationship with Grindelwald? Like lmao. It's a mess. They should've done a Dumbledore prequel and that's it. I think the other problem is that the series lacks appeal to children-teenagers. The creatures aren't enough. And Eddie himself and his character are not that charismatic, maybe? or interesting. I'll be streaming when it's released in HBO Max. Edited April 15, 2022 by D/X
ALA Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 Just rewatched the first two, about to go see the third one... if someone else wrote these movies I bet they'd be good. I know I'm gonna fume knowing Tina is barely in this new one.
GraceRandolph Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 2 hours ago, XAMJ said: $40 million is not bad, it’s global numbers will make it break even. Another W for legend JK Rowling These numbers aren’t good. There’s no spinning it. This movie cost $200 million.
MusicforAll Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 7 minutes ago, ALA said: Just rewatched the first two, about to go see the third one... if someone else wrote these movies I bet they'd be good. I know I'm gonna fume knowing Tina is barely in this new one. I just came back from the movie and about Tina, I… uhmmm
publikcitizen Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 I think I’ll just wait for it to be released on hbo max
ALA Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 Ok this one was waaaaaaay better than Crimes of Grindlewald.
Arrows Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) Has there ever been a franchise with this much controversy surrounding it? Johnny Depp thrown out, Rowling being a TERF, Grindelwald vaping the Holocaust, a violent Ezra Miller, Nagini OUT as well, gay lines removed from the film in Chinese theatres etc…. The list is never ending Edited April 15, 2022 by Arrows
GraceRandolph Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, Arrows said: Has there ever been a franchise with this much controversy surrounding it? Johnny Depp thrown out, Rowling being a TERF, Grindelwald vaping the Holocaust, a violent Ezra Miller, Tina actress being anti-vaxx and almost exluded from the film, Nagini OUT as well, gay lines removed from the film in Chinese theatres etc…. The list is never ending It really is a cursed franchise.
Galah Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 That's $40M too much. At this point the series only serves to line the pockets of horrible people smh.
BGXKB Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 On 4/13/2022 at 11:49 PM, TaylorNation said: totally agree! like, as a lifelong diehard HP stan these movies are so insulting. is this what Star Wars stans felt when watching the prequels? No, because the SW sequels are exactly like the originals or better. SW fans are actually just racist cishet white men. THESE movies are an affront to cinema and all of the excellent sequences in the original films. They could erase its legacy. The SW sequels only built on that legacy, even despite the vocal minority of psychotic fans. FB is just BAD.
terrorblade Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 it was doomed the moment it became a Grindelwald story instead of Newt going on an adventure to find fantastic beasts (maybe culminating in facing Grindelwald Idk) On 4/14/2022 at 12:47 PM, Oxy said: cinemas are closed in Muslim nations it's still open where I live. actually more people flock to cinemas cuz of fasting 1 hour ago, Arrows said: Grindelwald vaping the Holocaust what? 9 minutes ago, BGXKB said: No, because the SW sequels are exactly like the originals or better. SW fans are actually just racist cishet white men. THESE movies are an affront to cinema and all of the excellent sequences in the original films. They could erase its legacy. The SW sequels only built on that legacy, even despite the vocal minority of psychotic fans. FB is just BAD. he said prequels. the one with Jar Jar Binks and Anakin. the sequels were actually incredible til they caved in to pressure with episode IX
BGXKB Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, terrorblade said: he said prequels. the one with Jar Jar Binks and Anakin. the sequels were actually incredible til they caved in to pressure with episode IX well, anyways, the PREQUELS were pretty good too if you enjoy political drama and my critique of sequel haters is still relevant somewhere…
Robert Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 The first one was cute, second one awful and this one was alright but I’m glad to see JKR lose after all her antics.
Crashed Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Arrows said: Tina actress being anti-vaxx Never heard of this before Do you have a source for that? I couldn't find anything on Google
Arrows Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 8 minutes ago, Crashed said: Never heard of this before Do you have a source for that? I couldn't find anything on Google Neither can I, to be fair. It’s something I clearly remember reading about, but I can’t recall where - I’ll delete it from my comment.
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