Reviews with content warning for Child death - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay

First, I want to mention first the same things I did when reviewing Fantastic Beasts:

As someone who is interested in screen and play writing, this was a good read as you can learn from it. However, as it is literally a play by play of the movie it can get boring and tedious if you've already seen it.

I would say that if you are interested as well in writing script, or even just curious about how they look and work, read it. If it is not something that calls your attention, if you get easily bored, or expect the script to contain more scenes or extra information about the movie, I would recommend that you have these things in mind when picking up this "book".

Second, I am docking half a star because I feel that sometimes Rowling forgot that she was writing a script and not a novel. I understand and respect that this is a new field for her and that she was, and is, learning as she goes. However, I couldn't help but feel a little irritated when it came to some actions that are stated given the fact that as an audience we may not be able to tell or recognize when watching the movie.

Also, despite this movie having an extended cut, the screenplay does not include any of the deleted scenes you may experience if you watch said cut. Nevertheless, if you pay close attention, you might be able to find some differences between movie and script.

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adventurous relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

This series officially goes downhill.

I despise The Crimes of Grindelwald and good thing I just won this on a giveaway or else I wasted my money. I watched the movie as well and it's boring. Yeah there's a lot of magic but the plot is weak and messy. There are parts that I wasn't sure and this script novel helps.

Here are more reasons why I hate this sequel: :

Messy Plot
- Primarily, we get an in depth insight of Grindelwald's agenda. It's more political than magical action and as a villain, Gellert Grindelwald is weaker than I thought. All he does is talk and witches and wizards are plain stupid and gullible. He's just so unconvincing. Between Grindelwald and Voldemort -- Voldemort is more powerful and villainous. Actually, Credence stood out more as an anti-hero than he does.

Wasted Potential Characters
- This is what drives me mad the MOST. We have Nagini, who just appeared as EXTRA and there's really back story here about her being a Maledictus. Then there's Leta Lestrange, whom I am so curious about her and she just got WASTED. She appeared strong and clever. There's so much potential in her that could help Newt Scamander and Albus Dumbledore bring Grindelwald his downfall and she didn't deserve the fate she got in the end. Her secret seems like a foul play / racist to me. That's a strike two for ruining POC characters ok? I'm just not ok with this. Lastly, Queenie Goldstein. That was a DIRTY PLAY. I am so MAD I want to haul the book across the room and scream! NAH.

There'll be a last film / screenplay and I honestly don't care what's gonna happen next. This series needs to be over.

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