The Secrets of Dumbledore Story EXPLAINED - Screenwriter's Analysis

[@Storylosopher]

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[@mjaustin9772]

I watched this the other night on HBO Max. Man, what a mess of a movie. I liked how you mentioned The Phantom Menace, because this movie makes the exact same storytelling mistakes as that one.

[@Storylosopher]

Phantom Menace is at least re-watchable. This one...not so much. :(

[@decrox13]

None of these reasons hold any water, they reveal that you didn’t pay attention and are just publishing negative clickbait. This is typical of internet/fanboy criticisms of the modern era - impugn that this or that is a "plothole", "it's just bad storytelling", when it's a failure of comprehension on your part. I'm also kind of over fanboys on the Internet being the primary drivers of hate for the Fantastic Beasts films, when so many of them are clearly not interested in Harry Potter, don't know the first thing about it, haven't been following the Beasts storyline, and apply all of their ill-fitting, tired comic book/movie critiques to a novel writer's work. While the third film has a number of narrative pitfalls, largely due to studio interference and over-correction based on the bad-faith criticisms that the 2nd film got, the narrative still is decently plotted, and novelistically so. If I were you, I’d refrain from critiquing plots written by novel writers. This is a common bit of arrogance you see from nerdy fanboy types like you who think reading is beneath them (or, at least, who think reading Harry Potter is beneath them). The film doesn’t “fail” at plot. You are used to the bad, filmic plotting of blockbuster films, and are holding this film to that simplistic, dumbed-down standard. Any plot that is multi-strand or even just one that is heavy on symbolism and motif flies over your head, partially because you go in prepared not to take the story as seriously as it needs to be taken. This isn’t a Star Wars film, it’s a story written by a novel writer, and it’s quite remarkable that this franchise is one of the only ones that is being openly criticized and attacked for not pandering, being complex, and/or having gravitas and subtext. You will never admit that this film has any complexity or maturity of intent, and that’s where the problem begins. Sorry. Bad video that’s just acting as negative clickbait/jumping on a bandwagon.

[@Storylosopher]

Thanks for the comment. I've actually read the entire HP series multiple times. I am discussing the narrative pitfalls (which you admit the film has) which are common across storytelling mediums, not just blockbusters. Plus, I did provide several examples of parts of the film which I liked. There were definitely areas in which complexity was attempted, but fell flat-partially because film is such a visual medium, unlike a novel. Multifaceted and symbolic narratives are excellent in film-when executed properly. Since the other writer, Steve Kloves, is in fact a screenwriter (who has done some excellent work in the past), I expected more.