Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has been in theaters for a week, and critics and moviegoers alike have been delighting in lampooning it. The movie holds a dismal score of 40% on Rotten Tomatoes, and its more outlandish plot elements have become the target of widespread mockery.
The response isn’t surprising, given that The Crimes of Grindelwald was hated by many before it was ever released: for keeping Johnny Depp around despite allegations of domestic abuse; for the reveal that Voldemort’s snake, Nagini, was actually a human woman cursed to eventually turn into a beast; for the fact that Depp’s Grindelwald and Jude Law’s Dumbledore didn’t have any scenes together and therefore their supposed romantic relationship wouldn’t be made explicit; and, of course, because no one had really asked for a five-movie prequel series starring the author of one of Harry Potter’s school textbooks....