The production decided to replace Johnny Depp with Mads Mikkelsen in the role of Gellert Grindelwald (Dumbledore's lost love, now with the intention to dominate the wizarding world and exterminate the muggles). This decision, with the film already seen and not before its release, seems the most successful of this third of Fantastic Beasts. The terrifying tone that Mikkelsen manages to permeate, plus the scenes with Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore, give him a certain height and a reason to continue this story that at times forgets about his beasts to get fully involved, again, in pursuing the baddest bad guy.
The idea of the first installment was based on knowing the magical world beyond Hogwarts, before the events of Harry Potter and his family, and focused on the magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne). That idea was interesting because it expanded the magical experience and how nature could play a fundamental role in the world of magicians. But in the second part, he deviated with the appearance of Gellert Grindelwald. The result was again turning to Hogwarts, Dumbledore and so on. It doesn't mean that the twist is not right, we have to keep the story central to bring fans of the saga and conquer new ones, but at a certain point, the strongest potential that is to know more about the creatures that give the name to the prequel franchise and to get away from political issues, old quarrels and so on was set aside.
The third film begins with the adventures of magizoologist Newt Scamander who must fulfill a mission: to preserve a puppy of the breed called qilin. This celestial beast is part of an ancient ritual to choose the leader of the wizarding world as it will only bow to the one who is pure in heart and destined to be just and wise. History will move on that creature, but not because of the creature itself, but because Fantastic animals decides to turn their attention again to political plots (at times repetitive of the previous saga), electoral issues, good vs. evil, etc.
In order to stop Grindelwald, a young Albus Dumbledore and a group of magicians composed of Theseus (Callum Turner), his assistant Bunty (Victoria Yeates), Yusuf (William Nadylam), Professor Eulalie Hicks (Jessica Williams) and Newt's friend, Jacob (Dan Fogler), will meet to prevent the villain in question seize power and start a war between magicians and non-magical muggles. In between, they will have to deal with the powers and story of Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller) and there will be more episodes of the love story between Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
The problem with the last two Fantastic Beasts films is just what I listed twice: everything feels repetitive. The plot takes as an excuse the fantastic beasts in Newt's suitcase to tell again the story of villains, forbidden loves, magical warfare, etc. Animals or beasts end up being the tools and, in many cases, the most entertaining and entertaining scenes of the franchise. The conduit through which things happen.
But on the other hand, the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald achieves super interesting and attractive moments, especially because of the acting level of Mads Mikkelsen that gives him a unique personality to this villain, far from the cartoon of Depp and with more tangible features of a tyrant, but it doesn't seem to fit into this story. It feels forced.
In the technical and artistic section, it is not dazzling either. It is a film with some successes (the creation of the beasts, the setting, the reconstruction of the period) and well-marked errors (editing, the use of the camera, the script), but there are moments that recall the best of the universe created by J.K. Rowling.
Despite its weaknesses and its changes in the script, it may not be the best of the prequels so far, but it helped the story progress. Perhaps, for the next episode of the franchise it will be better to bet again on the beasts, their secrets, their mythology and leave the old quarrels of the magicians, their loves and egos aside. Return to the most instinctive magic.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore opens on April 14 in cinemas in Latin America.
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