Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

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Content Fantastic Beasts 3 continues the previous part, when Dumbledore (Jude Law) revealed the reason why he couldn’t directly fight back against Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) because of a blood oath between them when they were young. The sorcerer of Hogwarts assembles a team of anti-villains including brothers, paranormal researchers Newt (Eddie Redmayne) – Theseus Scamander (Callum Turner), assistant Bunty (Victoria Yeates), French wizard Yusuf Kama (William Nadylam), professor Lally (Jessica Williams) and baker Jacob (Dan Fogler).

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Set in the 1930s, Newt Scamander travels to Bhutan to deliver a unicorn – the ability to see into the future and into the hearts of others. However, Grindelwald also sent his subordinates to capture the legendary animals for his plot to take over the wizarding world. Newt was unable to fight back and was defeated by evil witches, who stole the newborn unicorn. The Grindelwald faction did not expect that there were two unicorns born that night.

Gellert Grindelwald kills the captured unicorn to see into the future, then uses dark magic to resurrect it in order to deceive the International Federation of Wizards. He also knew in advance the plan of resistance of the army led by Dumbledore. Knowing this, Newt and his associates had to perform the task in an improvised way, in the hope that the villain could not make it in time.

Part three Fantastic Beasts delve into the past of Albus Dumbledore, the powerful wizard of the Harry Potter franchise. Author JK Rowling let the character come out as gay, with an unrequited love affair with the evil Gellert Grindelwald. They used to be lovers, infatuated in love and looking in the same direction. However, Dumbledore did not want to do evil and was forced to turn his back on Grindelwald.

The detail that Dumbledore was gay was confirmed by JK Rowling in 2007 during a promotional event for the book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at Carnegie Hall (USA). However, the character’s gender is not mentioned in the episodes about Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts before.

Same-sex love adds tragedy to the life of the most powerful wizard in the Harry Potter universe. Despite reciprocating Dumbledore’s affections, Grindelwald was too enamored with his desire for world domination and the fight to destroy the Muggles, keeping his bloodline pure.

The third scenario also revolves around a number of other characters from the Dumbledore family. Credence (Ezra Miller), after his identity is revealed as Albus’ grandson, continues to play an important role in the main story. He works under Grindelwald and seeks revenge on his family for abandoning him. The film also reveals that the character Aberforth Dumbledore – Albus’s younger brother – lives at Hogwarts.

Fantastic Beasts 3 There are some minus points, but it has overcome most of the weaknesses of the previous film.

The presence of Steve Kloves – wrote the script for seven films of the brand Harry Potter – makes the story of the third part less disjointed. The crew also reasonably reduced the comedy details and techniques to increase the attractiveness. However, the way the story is told is spread out with a large cast of characters, which slows down the film’s flow. At the same time, many segments require the audience to need a basic knowledge of the film brand to be able to keep abreast of developments.

Mads Mikkelsen offers a completely different Gellert Grindelwald character than Johnny Depp. The main villain of the series shows pomp, courtesy but also cruelty and intrigue. He has a knack for “reading taste” and manipulating others. The incarnation helps the villain line have more highlights, balancing the role of Albus Dumbledore well performed by Jude Law from the previous part. The two actors also showed their inner conflicts when they were both lovers and enemies.

The race for the top leadership of the International Federation of Magicians is reminiscent of the gathering of various magical groups in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). The script focuses on exploiting the war between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, reminiscent of the good and evil confrontations of the wizarding world with Lord Voldemort. Compared to the previous parts, the details about the mystical creatures are mentioned less, making room for the great war of the wizarding world.

Stitching pictures, music continues to be the bright spot. Fantastic Beasts 3 There are many action scenes, beautiful magic. The crew entertained the audience with a series of fierce battles between factions or a confrontation between powerful witches. Audiences are introduced to many new contexts such as Germany, Bhutan… However, these locations have not been fully exploited to create “nostalgia” for viewers like Hogwarts.

Movie help audiences relive the brand’s magical moments Harry Potter such as going back to Hogwarts, visiting Hogsmeade village, meeting the quidditch balls again, Professor Minerva… The crew also used some angles, background music to remind the old movies about JK’s wizarding world. Rowling.

Above Rotten Tomatoes, critics gave the film a “fresh” score of 62% from 78 reviews. Most think that the film is better than the previous part, but it is not enough to captivate the audience like it was in the past Harry Potter. The action and acting received many compliments, but many commented that the film was lengthy and lacked the climax.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledorein theaters in Vietnam from April 8, is the third prequel part of the brand Harry Potter. Author JK Rowling directly wrote the screenplay. David Yates continues to sit in the director’s chair. The project gathers multi-national stars such as Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Katherine Waterston, Mads Mikkelsen…

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