Jenny please don't freak out but there is like the biggest spider on the thing behind you

"What does it mean? I don't know because there's no real connection but one character was related to another character whose name you've heard before...and that means that's a twist." This has aged very very well.

It’s interesting how the public perception of Johnny Depp, Ezra Miller, and JK Rowling have changed so much since this video was made.

"And there was that whole year where Mad-Eye Moody was trapped in a trunk. Probably not even the saddest year of Mad-Eye Moody's life."

I really want her to just review everything... like cereal brands to vacation spots

"Voldemort Resurrection Cemetery Taco Truck Pavilion." Very yes.

I really wish they'd had an angle that focused more on Newt's being a Zoologist. Like the villains were magical creature poachers or something, and then they can be revealed at the end to be in league with Grindelwald for... reasons.

“I think the sequels could be really fun” She doesn’t know what she has coming

I really wanted the scene at the end of the movie to be more like this: Grindelward: You think you can hold me? President: It's 1926 and this is America. We execute criminals. Grindelward: Wait, what?

Her hair has more character progression than the movie.

"Oh, no! We can't erase all these muggles' memory. There's, like, a thousand of them, and, like, a hundred of us, and I'm tired, and we're just all gonna die."

I agree, Grindelwald should keep changing identities, but ultimately (after 6 changes) he lands on Kevin Bacon, because every actor can be related to Kevin Bacon. And during the movie, to get information out of someone, he should force them to dance against their wishes. _ivivos saltandi_

Michael Bay has turned us all into old ladies.

That one writing class sure paid off

We could've had Colin Farrell and Jude Law tension.. aaah T.T

just got here but your coney island idea is fucking genius. imagine how much fun it would be to watch. and all the vintage theme-park merch possibilities!!

17:55 This makes the ending of the movie 10x funnier because in the final shot with the bird, it is flying east into the Atlantic, so the only conclusion is that after being let loose into New York, the bird confusedly flew into the ocean and died.

That poor spider...sitting there the whole time with his arms crossed. Prolly pissed off because there isn't any cake.

This is making me a fan of deadpan humour.

There's an easy way to nearly fix the creatures looking fake. Do what I call "The Jurassic Park Trick." Jurassic Park has a lot of cg creatures but you buy it because they will do close shots of the dinos and use a puppet or animatronic, then show the cgi dino. The practical effect doesn't need to be of the full creature or even have much articulation, since it will be a tight shot that only shows part of the creature. This establishes the creature as a psyichal object that actually exists in the scene, so that you view the cgi creature as being that real object. This is part of why Jurassic World looks fake, they don't setup the dino with a practical effect, it's just all cgi.

"Bleached out vengeful clown" 😂

"You're like aw he never grew up....but then you're like oh. He NEVER grew up..."

I love the part where she just decides to scrap the entire plot and just make it Newsies.

Rewatching Jenny's Fantastic Beasts videos in celebration of the inevitable third installment of her reviews, and it is as if she is making wishes on a monkey's paw. "I wish there was more going on, what if Grindelwald was a different actor, I wish we could see more of the magic world." Oh, how innocent we were.

You're comedic timing is astonishing.

So true. Unreliable narrator is when a parent sometimes has too much to drink, and passes out before they finish reading a bedtime story.

"one character was related to another character whose name you've heard before, and that means that's a twist" oh jenny, you have no idea

Some of the best creature performances I've ever seen were physical puppets operated by actors, with rig removal to hide the actor and supplemental components composited in to match the motion of the puppet. This technique lets other actors interact with something real to make the creatures more convincing AND lets artists use cgi elements to their greatest potential.

Agreed on the beasts looking too CGI. Prisoner of Azkaban came out over 10 years ago (wow, I feel old) and Buckbeak looked and felt way more lifelike than any of the creatures in this movie. Not to mention he had more personality. The jewel theif platapus was the only one that was remotely memorable. About Eddie being good in everything though - I'm guessing you didn't see Jupiter Ascending lol. It was definitely a case of an actor trying really hard in a really stupid movie. But that's what made it so bad.

New drinking game. Take a shot whenever you notice a change in her outfit.

"I think the sequels could be really fun" Oh noooooo...

His face then proceeds to melt into Mads Mikkelsen Get it, Dumbledore.

"I took a writing class one time, so I'm qualified." Literally me.

Trapped in a Coney Island with Josh Hutcherson

I imagine Jenny is someone who when confronted with a house spider, escorts it outside to see it off with a gentle pat.

"I like that it's set in america. That's different." Absolutely dripping with acid sarcasm. Hahaha

I started off neutral. Then this review made me not want to see it but by the end, I wanted to see it to put this review in context. I'll wait for the VHS.

The Goblin was voiced by Ron Perlman, quite the opposite of a dwarf

Pretty sure the Statute of Secrecy is to protect wizards--Rowling once confirmed that the wizarding world went underground around the time gunpowder was invented, because it turned out that a muggle can shoot a gun faster than a wizard can cast a spell.

It's baffling why Rowling would make the lore being that the Salem witches were real witches and were impervious to being burned alive or crushed or whatever. It is so much more sensical for the women to have been muggles, like in reality, and have the tragedy of the witch-hunts as a reason for witches and wizards to be anti-muggle, and as a rallying point to show how evil and violent muggles treat those they suspect to be witches.

I get that the Obscurous (spelling?) was important, but that portion of the movie with Grindelwald felt like a separate story from Newt's and it took the focus away from even the film's title. I say keep that, but also add sense of urgency to finding these creatures. The creatures weren't really hunted by the wizarding community like Newt feared. I think it would've been more effective if Graves/Grindelwald personally led an initiative to capturing them for power and killing the useless ones. Let the Thunderbird out and have him brutally attack it and capture it for his own use under the guise of protecting the community. This makes the conflict between he and Newt much more personal and the title of the film much more crucial. Newt NEEDS to find them. When he gets his creatures, Graves is still seeking an Obscurial and Newt learns of this and needs to help this boy too. I loved the movie, but there wasn't much urgency felt by the audience for him to collect his creatures. Actually letting one of them die by Graves would have, in my opinion, made this really good movie great and could have tied the two stories into one. This might add a half hour, but I don't care. What do you all think?

13:25 3 years ago: “You can’t just write out Grindlewald” 2020: Or so we thought!

I learned that good actors can push a lot of slime out of their face.

I for one appreciate the Newsies reference, as it reminds me of a very enthusiastic 9th grade history teacher. Also, I have the same "goddammit it's Johnny Depp" about him, every time, no matter what film.

Coney Island suggestion is spot on.

The best part of setting Fantastic Beasts in 20s coney island is that you can do a stealth crossover with acclaimed musical, Love Never Dies

I'm surprised you didn't mention Newspaper Tycoon John Voight and his "I believe in magic" son and his "I don't believe in magic but that's cool because I'll probably be President someday-oops no I'm dead nevermind" son, who ended up not being all that important and I'm not sure why they were given as much screen time as they were, with everything else going on. Like they seemed like they were supposed to be more important other than giving yet another reason for Muggles/No-Majs to be scared of weird magic stuff and for John Voight to be upset that his kid died even though he'd forget about all of it anyways, but like along the way I feel like they're importance was left on the cutting room floor...unless they have some purpose in the sequels...but I kinda doubt it since John Voight and living" I believe in magic" son forgot everything.

They didn't burn anyone at the stake in Salem, Massachusetts. One guy was crushed under boulders (Giles Corey), the rest were hanged.

I really wish they could reveal the look and history of Ilvermorny Magic School. That will make the movie way more interesting.

I imagine that the reason Graves/Grindelwald was able to just say "yea, go put Tina and Newt in the Wizard Acid" without those two seemingly nice women in white coats noticing is because he used the Imperius curse on them. It doesn't seem out of character for a dark wizard like Grindelwald.

"Maybe not good, but he tried really hard" LMFAO poor Eddie

Grindelwald should morph into Jude Law. Reasons are as follows: 1) Doctor Parnassus callback because of the Farrell to Depp thing. 2) Jude Law has become awesome in his older age and is closer to Farrell than Depp at this point 3( I want everyone who sees it to be like "oh, who's that" and then google him and then proceed to watch Dom Hemingway. 4) Jude Law is understandable when it comes to Dumbledore's infatuation.

LOL I would love to see Jenny’s take on those new “4D” experiences where they shoot you with air and shake your seat during the movie

That whole thing about whenever Credence cries was just too real that it had me dying for like 5 minutes

"well not good but he's tried really hard" *violent jupiter ascending flashbacks*

"I think the sequels could be fun" Ahahaha, I love living in the future

I love Jenny's videos and find them genuinely entertaining, but her voice is always very soothing so I love to use the videos I've seen several times to fall asleep to

Does it say more about me or about Hollywood that I find movie reviews like this one more entertaining than the movies themselves?

Watching the niffler I was just thinking “that’s not a magical creature, that’s an echidna and they’re trying to trick the audience into thinking it’s new and made up because most people don’t know about echidnas. Wow that’s really not original.”

oof, the bit about how you would never want to visit the fantastic beast locations........bad news about the new park universal is building lmaooooo

Love all you do and am always impressed with your clothes and props!! The idea of your big fat whale patronus charging at evil wizards, is fantastical beast like magic indeed.

Awesome vid! I basically agreed with everything you said. Though I feel that muggles could easily be a very dangerous force against the wizards. They have like guns, artillery, and tanks. Not to mention sheer numbers.

Ending on an extended Newsies joke was the BEST call, I loved it.

"I think the sequels could be really fun." Oh, Jenny. Jenny, Jenny, Jenny.

You're becoming Mike Stoklasa that's what's happening.

They pretty much should hire you already to read these freakin scripts before they get pushed through

I really wonder how scripts can turn out so bland and clumsy, when a rando thoughtful nerd can make them so much better. Does all the blame belong to corporate panels? To studio execs?

That giant spider in the back is freaking me out!!! I can't watch! :-(

still angry about the popcorn refills club I see

You are absolutely one of the most entertaining creators I have stumbled upon! Binging all your vods!

I think it's kind of incredible that you predicted yet another actor taking on Grindelwald... anyways I think Mads did a great job for what he was given

Jenny, the shit you say is spot on. Love your videos

Carrie fisher did what you're doing on this video for a living. She was known as a great script fixer in the biz for a long time.

“Good actor, good looking face, get it Dumbledore 😏”

Jenny, Dumbledore said you can't go in the Chamber of Secrets bounce house anymore. Especially not with waffle irons.

Weirdly enough in the The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus the same character was played by Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp, Judd Law, and Heath Ledger due to Heath's sudden death. If they really wanted to save it they could have Johnny Depp transform into Jude Law just like you mention.

Jenny is the voice of reason in this insane world.

poor johny depp

Are easily one of the funnier people I've watched on KZfaq. Your comedic delivery is more refined than I expected given the production method, but you are really good.

Hey Jenny, I really enjoyed this video. I agreed with all of your points! Here are some more things that bothered me: 1. Everyone can apparate, but Newt has to travel by ship? Apparently we needed this really dramatic goodbye scene at the end, because Newt has to travel back to England to drop off his manuscript and it'll presumably be a while before he gets back to New York, but he can just POOF to England and then POOF back and be all, "Hey, I dropped off that book just now, can we get coffee or something?" 2. The beasts aren't actually that magical. There's the rhino that's just like a normal rhino except it's a little bigger than normal. And then there's the thing that just steals stuff and hides it all in its magically-large pouch, and then there's the thing that can see into the future, but only sort of, and has big blue eyes and looks like an old sloth combined with Yoda. How come the beasts don't do cooler stuff like apparate, or freeze people, or bend space, or whatever. Even the Obscurus doesn't do anything really awesome except for blow stuff up and hit people. Like, Dementors were an example of an awesome magical beast - they make it super cold, suck your joy out of you, and then eat your soul. That's way scarier than an Obscurus. 3. Why does the Ministry kill Ezra's character at the end? And Newt and Tina just watched what amounts to basically a murder of a scared, abused child and they don't really seem worked up about it. I mean, it's not Ezra's fault that he was abused by his mother, never got magical training, and then got hoodwinked by handsomely disguised Johnny Depp. Kind of a sympathetic character to get massacred without as much of a heavy sigh from our protagonists.

I'm pretty sure the "Voldemort Resurrection Cemetery Taco Truck Pavilion" would be the best thing ever.

If I was an actor I would simply not cry slime all over my face.

Seeing this for the first time in 2024 is a wild ride

I watch your videos twice. Once for the intended content, and again to see your hair move at every other cut :P You must be hooking that hair behind your ears constantly! Adorable.

Lost my shit @ "Voldemort resurrection cemetery taco-truck pavilion" You're so hilarious! Thanks for doing what you do

What do you mean your patronus is a whale? If anything, it's a big fat spider.

As someone who loved the movie, I really love your review. You're so straight forward and intelligent. 10/10 please make more of these.

Mads Mikkelsen was the right casting wrong timing, if it had been him with that hannibal level manipulation and style from the beginning I would have been completely on board and understanding why daddy d couldn't wouldn't kill him

i still don't buy how that blue stuff worked the way the movie made it work. all newt said was that it had oblivating properties that were good for bad memories. But like, there's no way, as far as the movie explained, to fine tune it so that it only seeks out certain memories, like of magic, or does a certain time period. And discovering that magic is real would not be a bad memory for everyone. We saw how obliviating someone could go terribly wrong with Lockhart. And like, the muggles don't have anything to fill the gaps in their memory (which is something wizards typically fill in while theyre obliviating someone). what about the politician who died? does his family know he's dead? because this stuff just removed the memories, it didn't alter them. do they even remember him at all? how did the blue stuff fix that?

Every time you referenced Newsies my heart jumped up to my throat. I could not be happier about you liking that movie holy cow

I very much love the rythm of your videos! Also, your voice is hypnotically beautiful :з Not to mention how interesting your work IS! Excited to have found something fresh and amazing on youtube!

Don't knock Lilo and Stich the series! ;)😉

7:46 THERES A REASON SHES SUCH A PESSIMIST, PEOPLE! In seriousness though I really enjoy your videos. I was excited when I saw you made one for this movie.

I honestly learn so much from these movie reviews. If I ever write a book I will avoid so many mistakes because I watched these.

That was amazing. I am going to watch more of these.

lol, the owl in the corner looks like it's contemplating his/her existence in this world and what's it all worth.

youtube was specifically developed just for jenny.

Spot on! I love you analysis and critique! Keep up the wonderful work.

10:13 when she accidentally predicts the Credence reveal.

Great review Jenny! I hope you do another WestWorld after the series finale this Sunday. Your last one was incredible!