I thought the first movie was a lot more concise and there was also the fact that New York City or Manhattan rather was its own character almost. Of course there were also some things where I thought – wow that was not well thought out maybe like you expected the whole thing with the newspaper empire owner and his son the politician to go anywhere more important and of course that's the problem where you can just interpret things but never know for sure because there is no other source material and it's not really stated explicited but – Mrs Barebone was a squib, wasn't she? I really enjoyed the movie. What did you like best about it?
I liked the second movie well enough and I actually thought that when you watch the extended cut with some of the deleted scenes left in, it improves greatly. On the whole though, it bothered me that there was so much exposition when there really shouldn't have been, e.g. when Leta explains to Yusuf why Credence isn't her other half-brother. It's this long flashback of explanation in that crypt while really everyone should have other things on their minds like oh say go and see what Grindelwald and his followers are up to. It just struck me as bad pacing. I appreciate a lot of the details and still love to watch it all. Like I said before, I was really unhappy with JKR killing off Leta. It felt like it was done to bring Newt and Theseus closer together. I mean it's generally a complaint of mine that JKR doesn't treat women well in her stories. Maybe with Hermione and Tina as the exceptions.
But yes all that being said, I am really excited for the third movie and honestly get upset every time somebody yells "cancel it already". Be that because of JKR or because of Johnny Depp. I mean the latter is no longer involved and yes, I'm not denying the former is absolutely problematic but I still want to see this story end properly and I want Claudia Kim back as Nagini – I wager she won't be in The Secrets of Dumbledore because of her pregnancy and Covid restrictions. So I'd be mighty cross if they just try to slap an ending on the series.
and I'm just here like...I just like things I like.
Yeah, I feel the same way. The whole hating on things is really stressful. I mean there are things I do not care for but to me that means okay – that's fine if you like that but it doesn't mean that I have to right so we're cool, and I except that when vice versa I like something and you do not care for it, that's also just fine. I mean as long as it's not ethically reprehensible or breaking the law.
I'll say I have no idea how active the HP fandom was or wasn't? I don't think I ever really was part of a fandom... well maybe Alias for hot minute many years ago. In a way, that has always made me a bit say ... I mean for anything, because I like to talk about things but then I'm also always worried that I'm too wordy and boring for people.
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I liked the second movie well enough and I actually thought that when you watch the extended cut with some of the deleted scenes left in, it improves greatly. On the whole though, it bothered me that there was so much exposition when there really shouldn't have been, e.g. when Leta explains to Yusuf why Credence isn't her other half-brother. It's this long flashback of explanation in that crypt while really everyone should have other things on their minds like oh say go and see what Grindelwald and his followers are up to. It just struck me as bad pacing. I appreciate a lot of the details and still love to watch it all. Like I said before, I was really unhappy with JKR killing off Leta. It felt like it was done to bring Newt and Theseus closer together. I mean it's generally a complaint of mine that JKR doesn't treat women well in her stories. Maybe with Hermione and Tina as the exceptions.
But yes all that being said, I am really excited for the third movie and honestly get upset every time somebody yells "cancel it already". Be that because of JKR or because of Johnny Depp. I mean the latter is no longer involved and yes, I'm not denying the former is absolutely problematic but I still want to see this story end properly and I want Claudia Kim back as Nagini – I wager she won't be in The Secrets of Dumbledore because of her pregnancy and Covid restrictions. So I'd be mighty cross if they just try to slap an ending on the series.
and I'm just here like...I just like things I like.
Yeah, I feel the same way. The whole hating on things is really stressful. I mean there are things I do not care for but to me that means okay – that's fine if you like that but it doesn't mean that I have to right so we're cool, and I except that when vice versa I like something and you do not care for it, that's also just fine. I mean as long as it's not ethically reprehensible or breaking the law.
I'll say I have no idea how active the HP fandom was or wasn't? I don't think I ever really was part of a fandom... well maybe Alias for hot minute many years ago. In a way, that has always made me a bit say ... I mean for anything, because I like to talk about things but then I'm also always worried that I'm too wordy and boring for people.
So what other fandoms are you into?