FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD MOVIE REVIEW

[@mrboykins4619]

martin is morphing into uncle phil each video ..

[@santiagosanchez7559]

Fantastic beasts of no nation

[@mou.2]

The crimes of the commandant.

[@chrismcallister5284]

I SAVE YOUR LIFE!

[@yohanalexander2850]

Fantastic Beauty and the Fantastic Beasts

[@TimeMakerMan]

As a huge Harry Potter fan I'm not really hyped about this. Like they said it felt like JK Rowling was forced to make this.

[@tashaem1]

Yeah, forced by her desire for more money. Cant say I wouldn't do the same if WB was breaking my door.

[@madcapmakov2]

She didn’t, she proposed to write an produce 5 of these movies.

[@madcapmakov2]

Lester Sánchez That’s low for Rowling. But I’m seeing the movie next Monday.

[@madcapmakov2]

William She can write good, interesting characters, but as a screenwriter, she leans too much as a special effects writer which was one of the problems in the 1st Act and the 3rd Act Of Fantastic Beasts 1.

[@thema1998]

@@madcapmakov2 Since I saw the original with my mother, I plan on seeing the sequel with her. I don't know when though.

[@stevetesla1999]

the problem i see, is that the CEOs at WB are trying to milk HP for as much as they can. I heard they are planning 5 movies for fantastic beast. We might be seeing another Hobbit problem. also big fan

[@CouchTfilms]

Harry Potter is my favorite franchise. It's sad that Fantastic Beasts can't live up to half of the hype.

[@mutalemwananshiku4098]

@FourSwissRolls&NothingMore no the second movie was good.

[@rmeddy]

What's frustrating about this for me, is that they seemed to completely squander their premise I just wanted Magical Wild Thornberrys, Newt is supposed to be a naturalist that allows for a reasonable sense of world expansion because he would travel about LOOKING FOR THE FANTASTIC BEASTS!, if there is anyone who should crossover is at most is a young Hagrid. A little Dr Livingstone, a bit of Jane Goodall, a splash of Steve Irwin, a dash of Attenborough all in the Wizarding World, if you need a "conflict" have them deal with magical poachers or some shit like that. Why all this political convoluted crap? No one cares about that bullshit, drop it and stick to the premise.

[@Crurned]

That is what I expected to see in the first film, something lighthearted to pass the holidays. This is the same problem that I saw in the Hobbit films, they kept adding up to something that could have been perfect with less baggage. Sometimes less is more.

[@lucilfer-n1y]

rmeddy1 magical poachers actually sounds cool. maybe a secret society of wizards that assemble the most powerful beasts to breed and use for evil. anything would’ve been better than Grindelwald

[@matthewheywood8532]

Exactly the premise i thought this series was about intrigued me but this is just the story of the original Voldemort

[@renata8979]

To be fair, I've been wondering how wizards fared during both World Wars. But right now it looks like they just want a gentle rehash of the HP franchise with Grindewald in Voldemort's place.

[@matthewheywood8532]

Renata Trigulova if you’re going to dive into the lore of Harry Potter go way back and show how hogwarts was founded or how wizards and witches dealt with getting burned at the stake like in Salem

[@dannypalin9583]

Fantastic Beasts feels like Warner Bros is desperate to make a cinematic universe because the one they established with DC is a mess. They're desperate to reignite the success they had which abated after Harry Potter was brought to an end. Remember when JK Rowling publicly stated that she was moving on and there'd be no more Wizarding World stories? She wrote a novel about some village council that was pretty crap and went back on everything she said.

[@thefirstbourne149]

Except she wrote the scripts for these. I think she very much had an idea of what she wanted to do here. I don't think it was completely Warner Bros. fault here.

[@tashaem1]

Prequels are a waste of time. "Oh, I wonder if Grindelwald is going to take over the world?! After all, he and or one of his disciples or descendants was totally running the world in The Sorcerors Stone, riiiigghhhttt?"

[@Anthonycheesman33]

Prequels can be cool

[@Nassit-Gnuoy]

Prequels are too limited by the events of the main storyline of something we've already seen. Rogue One had the right idea with new characters and such, but I don't think anybody really gave af about why there's a big hole in the Death Star. That and the movie itself was mediocre at best.

[@slade1446]

The Hobbit prequels are the exception. Those were great!!

[@MrAlcazar]

If they're done right, they can be good. The Star Wars prequels were not great, but for the most part they did what they were supposed to do. Explaining how and why everything became the way it is. Prometheus and Covenant, are examples are prequels done bad.

[@NewGuy2534]

Why do I feel that Korey’s wedding/funeral will involve an add from DTmerch?

[@nahman7497]

I’ll look even better in that coffin with a shirt from DTMerch.com

[@lovelydiva06]

I’m digging the beard Martin, looks real clean on you, I’m not really into Harry Potter books or movies but I think the Harry Potter movies were better than fantastic beast movies

[@DarkTalesProduction]

@@esha2405 that and there were already multiple books made to take material from

[@catspawgardner3213]

Damn who knew Dumbledore looked so suave & cool in his younger days.

[@mew10521]

I know; I would give him five babies if he wasn't gay

[@keithnmoore2]

The Amber Heard take didn’t age too well😂

[@logicdefined4011]

No it did not🤣🤣

[@ItsTheFizz]

Lindsay Ellis rated this movie a Mark Wahlberg from The Happening out of 10...

[@proto245]

Don't take the word of the ringleader that turned hell the lives of others with her friends .during her time in CA seriously.

[@issacflores2010]

Michael Scally man fuck Lindsay Ellis.

[@hellsapoppin9326]

issac flores nah she’s cool

[@Guciom]

@@hellsapoppin9326 She's very heavy on virtue signaling. She was one of the first to talk shit about James Rolf (Angry Video Game Nerd) when he said that he doessn't want to watch the all female Ghostbusters movie.

[@EmphaticNod]

I love her content. I can separate her work from how I feel about her as a person. That being said, though, I feel like she already paid her penance for her dig at the AVGN. Twitter fucking *obliterated* her for it. Seriously, the response to that tweet was unnecessarily personal and uncalled for... and it made the AVGN's fanbase look like a bunch of assholes. Especially since she was far from the only person talking shit.

[@Crurned]

Something that really bothered me from the Harry Potter films is that they started with the background of the film sets all gold and bright, the costumes looked like people really celebrated their magical heritage using wizards and witches' costumes, up until the second film. After that everything became gloomy, the sets were all washed out and dark, and magic peoples wore regular, grayish, plain clothing. Incidentally, everything happened after Chris Columbus, and John Williams (well he is the reason I liked Prisoner of Azkaban regardless) left the films.

[@Theyungcity23]

Kinda reflects how a young person may come to show realization that the magical world isn't sunshine and lollipops and is just a grim as the muggle world

[@Crurned]

@@Theyungcity23 you hit the nail right on the head.

[@ToddTheTolerable]

The first few films were, so to speak, more magical.

[@thema1998]

@@ToddTheTolerable I've only seen the one featuring a pre-Twilight Robert Pattinson but I know that the movies get dark in the later entries.

[@millabasset1710]

The first four movies felt like events. I still have memories of seeing those first four movies in theaters. Once Order of the Phoenix came out they got stale.. But Deathly Hallows is still a great way to end the movies.

[@EdwardSanchezProductions]

I feel the magic in this video

[@henreebee6561]

David Yates has a generic direction- desaturated colors and devoid of enough humor and just lacking a certain magic. His Harry Potter movies are my least favorite of the series. I really don’t know why they keep letting him direct these.

[@xy28100]

I agree and I'ma hard core Potterhead, but keeping one director on mutiple movies is a bad sign, he.ll burn himself out along with the movie!

[@TheCandymusiclover]

It made sense to keep his aesthetic and direction as the films got darker and darker. This series however, probably needed different direction at least towards the beginning.

[@powerfultoa7]

His style of direction is the classic slow burn British drama. It was ok with a few movies but now it's just a drab. Somebody like Alfonso Cuaron or Guillermo Del Toro should be helming these films.

[@henreebee6561]

Caleb Kan I would love that!

[@henreebee6561]

NeverMindGaming - what did you like about him?

[@krishnapolavali1133]

The Real Crime was that this movie was made ....

[@CKBrooke]

Krishna Polavali 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@InsanexHero]

Krishna Polavali destroyed the lore

[@DJ.Generation]

I haven't watched ANY Harry Potter movie but for some reason I wanted to watch this one but I guess maybe I shouldn't watch it now.

[@InsanexHero]

DJ Gen if u haven’t watched any then most wont make sense anyways lol they basically went if u didn’t see the others too bad but honestly u should still watch it is enjoyable just the movie destroyed it’s own lore

[@RemixedVoice]

@@InsanexHero It was written by J.K Rowling, I find it hard to see how a creator of lore can destroy it

[@Theyungcity23]

Guarantee that a large chunk of the audience is going to hear the line "we were closer than brothers"and think that Grindelwald is Dumbledore's dad.

[@paradoxacres1063]

That would be hilarious. Someone make sure to confirm if this ever happened to anyone lol

[@maymay5600]

nah man, people kind found that dumbledore was gay for grindelwald

[@MrBuckeyes93]

Got my Notification Owl so I'm here early watching this MAGICAL REVIEW.

[@zerowolf0006]

Hahaha

[@poihpioakarp8845]

EXPECTO REVIEW!

[@mcdadais]

Turns out Johnny Depp wasn't the abuser

[@dondraper3898]

I sincerely doubt WB held anything over J.K. Rowling. She probably has more in her bank account then the entire studio does. She hasn't lost out on production/ marketing costs and she is still raking in profits from Universal Studios.

[@issacflores2010]

Don Draper ouch. It’s sad cause it’s true. In the end, the movie goers suffer. Still hyped for this though.

[@dondraper3898]

@@issacflores2010 Right on, Mr. Flores- I hope you dig it!

[@issacflores2010]

Don Draper I just watched the premier. Did not dig it all. It was horrible!

[@dondraper3898]

@@issacflores2010 Sorry to hear that, brother. I hope you enjoy the weekend at least.

[@auggiedoggie4968]

That Amber Heard take didn't age well...

[@bluegetsuga8396]

It really hasn't.

[@DBrokeMillenial]

Apologize Korey apologize to Johnny Depp she beat his ass lol

[@mcdadais]

Harry Potter: my momma raised me Uh no she didn't 😂

[@TheChillzoneX]

Martin Wearing that beard like Laurence Ffishburne, shit so fancy I need a second monocle need a second monocle

[@CouchTfilms]

0:10 wingardium leviosa

[@MarkFilipAnthony]

People forget that "the fantastic beasts" isn't just referring to Newts animals he is collecting or nurturing, but also about humanity, how beastly we can be. I also disagree that it's all about Grindelwald and Dumbledore, Newt is the active player in the story, and all his knowledge and/or animals are helping him in hards situations

[@righteousrawb7225]

21:49 Oof lol

[@bookishlifebeth]

As a huge Harry Potter fan I am not excited for this film at all I watched the first one and while it was ok it just did not feel right I wish they would just let Harry Potter franchise be..... but seems like they are trying to milk it for everything it has got! Also love you guys!!! Your always so funny and with a great sense of humour! Keep up the good work !

[@InsanexHero]

NeverMindGaming if u are a true fan this movie will hurt I promise watched it last night and all I can say is bye bye lore

[@berto0666]

This movie and halloween made me realize that prison transfers are a very bad idea

[@melendope8105]

He couldn’t fight him bc of the blood pact... not because he loved him... which he did.

[@lawrencescales9864]

Deathly hallows was the best performing hp movie and WB wants to start right there instead of working to it for years

[@millabasset1710]

Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire IMO were the peak of quality in these movies.

[@TheCandymusiclover]

@@millabasset1710 I agree but, Deathly Hallows (1 & 2) was the most anticipated of the franchise. The hype was over 9000 and the fans supported it thoroughly which led to millions in box office sales opening weekends alone. That's what WB is trying to get without doing the hard work of telling a proper story.

[@soulchump86]

Martin "he didn't know he was going to turn into Johnny Depp"..ouch

[@OddOneOut665]

To think, we're getting THREE MORE after this. They need to rebound big time with the Third one if they really wanna make those next two happen...

[@arnold20139]

You are right, this prequel series Is suppose to have 5 movies. I dont how they can 5 movies with all this. Especially when each movie is boring and lack luster.

[@paradoxacres1063]

This is what happens when you try to *Pray the Gay Away* lol Should've just mentioned Dumbledore & Grindelwald's gay summer fling, Rowling.

[@Katyamuffin]

Nah, she wants to say it to get brownie points with the fans, but we can't show it in a cannon movie because then Alabama will get angry and we get less money!

[@paradoxacres1063]

@@Katyamuffin Yup. What's sad is that Rowling doesn't need the money.. _and_ she has actual influence on how these movies are made. She could've easily threatened to cancel the whole thing if WB didn't approve of gay scenes, but..she didn't =/

[@tiaaaron3278]

@@paradoxacres1063 She did mention it....in an interview. "They were in an intense sexual relationship."

[@paradoxacres1063]

This franchise is such a waste of potential --instead of *Pokemon with Wizards* they went with this Cashgrab of Grundelgrubber. What a shame.

[@scottreacher]

It's pretty obvious Ezra Miller's character survived at the end of Fantastic Beast....😒

[@MakenshiCritiques]

You both said you enjoyed this movie more than the first yet You both gave it a rental? In your review to the first film you all gave it a matinee 😂

[@krismou9332]

It was such a transitional mess of a movie. Just building the story for the next 3 movies without trying to make this one try and stand alone as a movie.

[@Anthonycheesman33]

This is prob the most positive review of this movie I've seen

[@antwanjenkins6735]

I haven't seen the first movie yet but I always felt it was force for them to make prequels out of the Harry Potter franchise. It just seemed like to me that it was just them trying to make more money off of the franchise so I had a feeling that they were going to make that one movie in the franchise that would disappoint.

[@danieldunlap4077]

By the way guys Tom Clancy died in 2013

[@biguy617]

That tree like character is Newt's Groot.

[@DirtySam0410]

Fantastic Twists: The Crimes of Flashbacks

[@snaketooth0943]

The plural of Pokemon is Pokemon.

[@titusorelius9458]

When did Uncle Phil join DT?

[@nobodyspecial675]

I'm willing to bet Rowling just wanted to call this The Crimes of Grindelwald. Then WB was like "Fuck that! We were nice enough to not make you put Harry Potter in all the titles!"

[@bluegetsuga8396]

That Johney Depp rant and comments about Heard not keeping the money didn't age well, huh? Also, nice orange man bad take.

[@aminabbas4085]

Martin looking like mr steal yo girl

[@snaketooth0943]

Well, in the last movie you see part of him blew away, like it survived. So he regenerated from that.

[@TheCandymusiclover]

5:00 - 5:30 I absolutely agree. I truly believe she is not passionate about this prequel series the way she was passionate about Harry Potter. And THAT'S OKAY. This woman saw her dream story become a major success. Once the final movie was done, she was ready to move on. Then come the studios...

[@tacticalgengar420]

All y’all owe Johnny an apology

[@bluegetsuga8396]

As soon as they got to talking about him and female Voldimort, I was saying to my self "wow, this video hasn't aged well".

[@SuperMcgangbang]

"You turn down ass! How are you going to save the world?" Quote of the week

[@thomasm3100]

I would rather relive my parents divorce than see this movie again

[@CKBrooke]

I couldn’t agree more with every word in this video. JKR went full George Lucas on our @$$es 😡

[@kenlynw]

This movie was some bs

[@rosssapp6990]

This movie had a lot going on and it’s moving to fast as compared to Harry Potter movies, however I feel like they can recover from this in the next three if they focus more on Dumbledore and Grindelwald.

[@Bluemaverick11]

That climax was BS.

[@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168]

21:45 Thank you for that. Any support towards Amber is good in my book. And I'm fine with your opinion, even though I didn't like Depp that much.

[@tiaaaron3278]

Blehhhhh

[@GoldieSC]

Korey, it's Rowling like Bowling. lol

[@JayNSG0]

Alright so I saw it a few hours ago and I'll say.. It's good. As a huge Harry Potter fan IT IS GOOD.. but that is it. They gave Jude Law and Johnny Depp my favorite actor practically nothing to do or work with. The multiple sub plots go nowhere or they simply are inconsequential. The finale was disappointing in my opinion and it was anticlimactic. I will say that the twist in the end is exciting but not enough for 3 more movies, really just one more but I'm curious to see how they do the next 3. As a Harry Potter fan it's a high 7/10 but as a movie fan it's a low 8/10

[@ImNotNotAllCityChi]

My guy Johnny isn’t in it …

[@Horror-Man]

So is this the Solo: A Star Wars Story of the Harry Potter universe?

[@madcapmakov2]

sifat shams Oh this movie will actually make money, could be another Hobbit situation.

[@thema1998]

Nah. The movie would have to bomb to be the Solo of the Harry Potter universe.

[@Jones183]

Nope it's worse

[@user-dr2yz8um3d]

Happy Black Friday! Saw the movie today with my sister and her bf Totally worth the wait More entertaining than the last one; so many connections to the Potterverse Not as deep as the previous film though but the creatures are fantastic and I love Johnny Depp’s performance and Zoe Kravitz

[@serenityq26]

1. if everyone teleports away who is going to fight the bad guy? its the end of the movie. we need a big battle so....... 2. aurors are magic cops and newt and them are our heroes. grindelwald is RIGHT in front of them, you really want them to go "oh well lets catch him another day" like come on!

[@CUF17]

So what was the major controversial thing Grindelwald did??

[@user-dr2yz8um3d]

Turns 5 today! it's not as deep as the previous film in the 'Harry Potter' prequel series but certainly more entertaining there's a heck of a lot more magic and more appealing creatures the big draw this time is more of the presence of Gellert Grindelwald after he was revealed last time; his plan is to disrupt the peace between the muggles and the wizarding world for a new world order played expertly by Johnny Depp he gathers as many followers as possible and a few months after he escapes custody Newt Scamander is called into the Ministry of Magic to pick a side even his brother urges him to see reason it's been a while too since he's seen Tina Goldstein and her sister Queenie, even Kowalski's memory has returned after being oblivated now Newt makes his way to France after being asked by a younger Albus Dumbledore to find out what Creedance is exactly whom was born with the Obscurus entity inside him Grindelwald’s bigger plan is to ultilize Creedance's anger and isolation Leta Lestrange also makes her appearance trying to cope with the fact that her brother died years ago from a father that completely disowned her and has had a very rough life growing up a social pariah as a witch with Newt as her only friend there's a lot more connections and name drops from the Potterverse transcending into future installments from the Mirror of Iresid to the Thestrals to Nicholas Flemel to Nangini to returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry the film is certainly darker in tone considering how much death and destruction Grindlewald is leaving in his wake, the creatures are a lot more creative on visual level, the wizard world FX are so pleasing to witness as usual, and the world is expanding a lot more James Newton Howard’s score is very atmospheric these characters are still good but it's not as emotionally inviting as last time It’s a shame if they could’ve made the next 3 installments with enough ease and focus leading up to the Boy Who Lived and He Who Must Not be Named then David Yates and Warner Bros. should’ve been fine making this franchise bigger

[@angeliquehogan8749]

I agree 💯 %

[@AB-hi6ru]

Thank you!

[@Nancydrew301]

O.o I thought the people who apparated ended up dying by flame. Huh. I'll have to watch the movie again to see.

[@ltcolcapybara]

So what did Johnny Depp do in the movie that should've been controversial? I'm curious lol

[@Crurned]

Ex-wife is accusing him of domestic violence. I don't know if it went to court or not.

[@maymay5600]

@@Crurned i think the court sort it because depp's daughter said she was abusing depp

[@mhaze210]

I thought that was The Avengers theme at 4:24.

[@jeffdaman6969]

The Harry Potter movies, especially the later ones, weren’t even that epic though.

[@eon001]

IMO they were just as complicated and drawn out as the Newt movies. Never got the appeal.

[@jeffdaman6969]

eon001 I agree. I got friends who read the books and told be to do so as well to get a better understanding of what’s going on. It shouldn’t even have to come down to that. That just meant the writers/director did a poor job at translating what went on. At the end of the day I just wanted to watch a movie lol

[@eon001]

@@jeffdaman6969 Exactly. I'm not doing homework to watch a movie.

[@snaketooth0943]

4:02 The plural of pokemon is pokemon, it works like sheep.

[@SakiPoofOFFICIAL]

is it me? or does the trailer music at 4:24 sound like the avengers theme? lol

[@arnold20139]

When the Grinch movie was 10x better than this boring piece of crap sequel.

[@KylaTea]

The only things I liked about the last movie was Newt and Colin and they took away one and looks like they ruined the other. Also I would believe Dumbledore would date Colin Rather than Depp especially lookin like that.

[@MerkGeeTV]

Just in time for some *TOASTY GOODNESS ALL OVER MY* (finish the rest comment section)

[@thomasfredrickson6298]

PENIS Is that right?

[@grindcoremaniac]

Booty hole

[@thema1998]

@@grindcoremaniac I would've said "Glory hole". Is that worse than "Booty hole"? 😆

[@MerkGeeTV]

Come on, folks! Let's get creative..

[@Gigglingsiren]

Toenails

[@jedi61297]

Let’s tear this shit up

[@Nineteen1900Hundred]

Sorry, I'm not american, but what are you talking about Trump and Aryan race stuff? When the heck has Trump ever talked about the Aryan race or wiping people out?

[@Malthizar]

He's white, Grindlewald is white... story writes itself lol

[@NealFowler]

Do you really have to be reminded about the very fine people on both sides comments?

[@tiaaaron3278]

You got it wrong: Voldie is Trump. Grindelwald is Hitler.

[@bluegetsuga8396]

Nah.

[@lawsonrg01]

In before 80 views and "you're not real fans" complaints, lol

[@unitedstatesofamerica9948]

Did you guys miss the part where Grindelwald killed people as soon as they tried to apparate away?

[@isidrolopez3797]

Fantastic beasts and the crimes of gamefly.

[@tomuchcamoflauge]

"harry potter like my momma raised me" no she didn't her death was the plot armor for harry the entire series

[@shortstuff780]

I honestly loved this film. The more I think about it the more I love about it.. The fact that this film can make me continue to think about it 5 days after watching says something. Day 1i didn't like it. Day 5 I'm interested, and cannot wait for the 3rr film

[@futuremovieactor]

Martin, you gave the first one a Matinee, but said the second one was better and gave it a Rental.

[@estarkee4731]

Sounds like the Avengers theme music!

[@ollybirkbeck8888]

Y'all gave this a pass. The narrative was unforgivable. The greed of the studio attempting to cram everything into one movie by explaining to the audience with some of the most pathetic exposition I have ever seen. The action, although it had pretty colours half the time I could hardly tell what the hell was going on. Some ol bullshit from me.

[@MrPropaMusic]

I fell asleep on this movie and I took 2 caps of molly before going in the theater

[@Doomkitt101]

They really should’ve just stuck with the one movie for Fantastic Beasts

[@toad6884]

Seems like Korey and Martin were not paying much attention to the movie. Almost everything they bitch about was addressed in the movie.

[@Jones183]

But the way the movie addressed it was apsultly stupid

[@JBaley1017]

Taste the DTMerch!

[@issacflores2010]

I should’ve listened to you guys because this movie was painfully bad!

[@lsipahelut]

Isn't the original HP series a Jungian exposition of some sorts? If that's true Rowling shouldn't have had struggled too much to write a prequel or a sequel that's on a par with the quality associated with her.

[@cecillbill]

That Dumbledore bit where he says "we were closer than brothers" is Queerbaiting 101. Have Dumbledore say just enough to appease people who are happy with sloppy subtext token rep or who are oblivious to tokenism being problematic to others, but not enough of a hint to rile up anti-gay conservatives. If the 3rd film in this series turns out this meh or worse, then totally over it. Still love Harry Potter, though.

[@nikkilovepinkful]

I don't know about y'all but my Dumbledore get bitches!!

[@michaelr3583]

I have nightmares where I'm dreaming something good then someone tells me yo buy some DT Merchandise

[@warzone4247]

Talk about arrested the president by ice cube

[@williammyers1437]

For a title called the crimes of Grindelwald he doesn't do nothing efficient to the plot at all.

[@bintadiallo9736]

I dunno. People would feel the same way if the Harry potter films came out without the novels. This was fine, just the leatrange part kind of bored me.