Movie review: Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald | Fourth Dimension Club

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald movie offers a visual fiesta for the audience and out-stands as one of the gorgeous movies released in 2018.

Review:

In the opening sequence, Gellert Grindelwald(Johnny Depp) escapes from the custody of American Ministry of Magic after being held in their captive for a few months. That's it, within seconds he is free and the titular crimes of Grindelwald starts.

While in London, Newt Scamander(Eddie Redmayne) having a happy life by taking care of his magical zoo and the fantastic beasts. He was requested to go and find Credence Barebone(Ezra Miller) by his favorite teacher and mentor Albus Dumledore(Jude Law). Credence, the powerful American Obscurial was looking for his birth mother in Paris. Newt with the help of Tina, Queenie and her fiance Jacob, the No-Maj travels to Paris in search of Credence. Of course there are other notable wizards who are also in Paris and rigorously searching for Credence.

David Yates, who already directed last four Harry Potter movies and the first Fantastic Beasts movie, directed this as well. The first major thing we notice is the visual effects, a major drastic difference from the last movie and its incredibly gorgeous and fantastic. The beautiful transformation of Nagini, the magical creatures in the later part of the movie and the amazing costumes are a treat for the eyes. Rolling's vision comes alive on screen filling each frame with magical moody enchantment with the help of the Oscar-winning team of production designer Stuart Craig and costumer Colleen Atwood.

Well, plot is the major drawback of this movie. Rolling introduced many characters and concentrated on backstories and mythology instead on a solid plot line. There are more than 15 sub plots in this movie and feels a little messy.

Three more movies were promised to come out from this Fantastic Beasts series. So, three more chances for us to jump and explore the magical universe of the Fantastic Beasts. Hoping to find out what more adventures thus Newt and Dumbledore offers us.

Pros

• Johnny Depp's acting

• Visual effects

• Newt's acting

• Costume design

Cons

• Plot

• Huge content to remember

• Feels a little messy

My rating: 3.5/5