I think it’d be better if the Qilin bowed to Jacob first, never said Muggles were excluded from Qilin powers. It would change some Wizarding views on Muggles and contradict Grindelwald’s opinions and plans against Muggles.

Why was Dumbledore able to block Grindelwald's killing curse? "Well, Harry, being me has it's privileges"

Among all, I'd say seeing the Monster Book of Monsters was the best easter egg. It just reminded me of Hagrid.

No lie when I saw the movie I really thought either Jacob or Newt would be chosen by the creature. Just because they explained that the creature would go to someone pure of heart and honestly both characters definitely represented that. But I liked the movie either way ☺️

My take on Jacob seeing Hogwarts is kind of like the vampire lore. He was invited in by a wizard (s) into Hogwarts. Therefore can enter and see the castle, interact with people, etc. This also not the first time we see a muggle in Hogwarts (at least movies), Myrtle's parents are there in a flashback.

I think they went to a Muggle for the suitcases because they wanted to "confuse" Grindelwald since he had those visions. Using magic would’ve been too obvious and the magic could’ve been tracked.

Harry never got an Obscurus because he never intentionally suppressed his magic, he never knew it existed until he met Hagrid. You can’t suppress something you don’t know exists.

A minor detail: Moody never says Avada Kedavra. It’s Barty Jr who does.

Ngl I see a bit of a connection with Harry and Jacob. Harry got his invisibility cloak on Christmas, as well as other beloved things. Jacob, when he was asked how he got his wand by students at Hogwarts, he smiles and casually said he got it for christmas. Something really funny to me. Also I love how the name of the film "Secrets of Dumbledore" did not refer to just Albus, but all three living Dumbledores. We learned more about the blood pact made between Albus and Grindlewald. We learn a secret about Ariana. We Learn that Aberforth had loved and had a son, who was Credence. The title made it seem that it would just be Albus, but no it was about the family and many dark secrets they had as well as some brighter ones.

The snitch not leaving the pitch is likely just a rule for when the game is being played. We know at least one instance in the books where it was outside the pitch. James Potter was showing off with it during "Snapes worst memory".

Just a thought about the briefcases and why they were made by a muggle and not magic: Magic always leaves a trace, and that may make the team easier to track?

I don't know if I alone in this, but I really enjoyed the scenes in Berlin. They were kinda scary if you consider what happened there in the real world, in that time period. It was a reflection. The cheering peoples, the flags, the symbols and the way Grindelwald moved through the street in that black car. All I though about during that scene was Hitler and WW ll. I think they played out brilliantly

Everyone is complaining about how the Qilin should have bowed to either Jacob or Newt, and not Dumbledore. But, it made perfect sense to me because in the Harry Potter books, Dumbledore mentions how he was asked to rule the Wizarding World, that was that moment. Although the Qilin bowing to Jacob would have been valuable, at this time they had to stay along with the story.

I think that the reason the killing curse didn't immediately kill the mother qilin was because of the magical properties of her scales. She's got the skin and scales of a dragon, they're very hard to kill.

The part when Grindelwald said "who will love you now" and Albus replied with " Im all alone" ^reminded me when Albus told Harry at King's Cross Station when he said "Dont pity the dead, pity the living and above all, all those that lived without love" Was he implying to himself too & not just to Voldemort

Muggles CAN get to Hogwarts and see the castle, with help. In HP, Moaning Myrtles muggle parents were able to come into Hogwarts Edit:spelling

The “always.” That A. Dumbledore dropped on Credence was such a lovely callback that I noticed

Pretty insane that Dumbledore is so powerful that people blame Grindelwalds reign on Dumbledore not intervening

The only thing I could think of as to why the killing curse wouldn't kill instantly was that Voldemort tells Harry he has to mean it when casting an unforgivable curse in Order of the Phoenix

The Qilin should have bowed to Jacob....showing that a muggle can be pure of heart compared to all the wizards/witches at the summit and thus, would end the notion of wizard/muggle war or at least showing to the magical community that there is hope in a peaceful coexistence between both!

14:16 Dumbledore casts a spell on the reflection in the shop’s glass, which turns to water and forms the droplet that hits Credence. That pulls them into like a Sharingan realm where they fight. I think it’s an illusion that works using reflections.

fun fact about Lally: Eulalie, her name, in Greece means someone who speaks a lot and Hicks is one, if not the most, talkative characters in this movie. Ones again realizing how brilliant Rowling is at giving details.

The first series was through the eyes of a school age child. This new series features some of the most powerful adult wizards we’ve ever seen. It’s not to much of a stretch to assume these characters are capable of more than what teenage kids thought possible.

The dimension Dumbledore creates in his fight with Credence reminds me of the mirror dimension from Marvel, like Dr Strange makes. Maybe it is something similar to this but not (yet) properly explained?

I think the Kirin bowed to Dumbledore because he would've made a good leader despite him thinking that power would consume him again...just speculation tho

I love being able to come to a channel with a bunch of other Potterheads and digest this movie. I agree this was a good addition to the Wizarding World and I hope this movie does well enough to finish the series and not get canned.

14:30 I think the reason Dumbledore didn't use that in the battle with Voldy in the ministry of magic was he needed the minister to be able to see that Voldemort was back.

I actually love this movie. Better than the 2nd but at least everything was explained

The movie was amazing. I was Internally screaming at all the Easter eggs I recognised during the movie. Also I feel like muggles who are invited to Hogwarts would be allowed to see the school

Even though i "feel" like your negatives were just nick-pics, I like them a lot because it shows how much of a serious Harry Potter fan you are makes me trust and like your reviews and videos.

9:00 The snitch rule was already broken in Prisoner of Azkaban, where in the film, the snitch went past the field as well.

The duel between Albus and Gellert really had me going . I was like oh shit it’s going down! Let’s go Albus! I’m not sure we will get any more fantastic beast movies but I hope we get the duel between Albus and Gellert . We deserve it!

I liked the unique style of this film. The pacing felt calm and sentimental.

I think this movie redeemed the series after the confusing Crimes of Grindelwald. It had less plots going on concurrently and it was fun, funny and moving. The encounters between Dumbledore and Grindelwald were of extremely good taste and sad at the same time. The Credence - Abeforth exchange was so emotional I really loved it. But I thing if people go in expecting to have it all explained it will feel like a blunter. The HP series had the books as a back up like a fill in the blanks. I had not read all books before watching the movies back then and the movies always felt somehow incomplete with unanswered questions. I would love if JK Rowling wrote actual books to support and explain it all but that will be impossible. I agree with the plot holes pointed out and it is disappointing but overall it made me want to see more. I don’t have expectations of this series ever be like the original HP but I felt the nostalgia and I liked to see other characters, other wizards from different countries, different beasts. Mads was such a great Grindelwald! I was bummed Johnny Depp left but then comparing the two he looks more of a leader than a crazy lunatic like Depp made him feel like. And since he is not the same villain type pure evil as Voldemort was it is perfect. Comparing the two villains and saying he’s not well written because he is not as evil as Voldemort is just plain dumb. It would be like copy cat if that was the case. Anyhow, I really hope there’s more to come and people go watch the movie! 🙂

Saw this movie for my 70th birthday. I've always loved all of J. K.'s work and this was no exception. Loved every minute. Can' t wait for the next one!

I wounder if a lot of the rules got placed after this fight, since this fight was a big part in the magical world's history, it would make perfect sense some new regulations in place or changed. Totally agree with Qilin bow to Dumbledore, that did not match Dumbledore's characteristic at ALL!

I assumed with Muggles and Hogwarts was you see the ruins and signs and then like a normal person just don't go in. If you actually went in, you would be in the castle, in the halls and meeting people. I just assumed Rowling thought people were over honest, like how the Adam West Batcave was a cave in full view of the road, just with a caution sign in front. Or the Tardis saying "For police use only" keeping people out.

I totally agree! It was a great addition to the franchise. I hope they are able to work on the continuation soon.

13:11 "the past whispers to you" actually during the scene of Jacob and Queenie on the alley there, you could hear the doorbell of his bakery

Hmmm, thinking on it, I think Newt’s assistant went to a Muggle shop for the suitcases to throw of Grindewald - his disdain for Muggles is so evident that I think that threw off his ability to see the future for her part of the plan.

Dumbledore could also apparate in Hogwarts when no one else could I’m pretty sure off screen dumbledore probably removed the charm that keeps out muggles in preparation for his arrival

I think there was supposed to be 7 decoy suitcases, the other two for Tina and Nagini in the original screenplay. We all know Rowling is fond of number seven

I think an explanation for Albus and Aberforth blocking grindelwalds killing curse is the blood pact

Good video, though you missed another plot hole: This time around when Albus describes his duel with Grindelwald and Aberforth and Ariana's death he says Grindelwald "just laughed" making it seem like he didn't fight and use spells at all and in fact only Aberforth and Albus are responsible for her death, which of course is not the way the duel was described the first time around.

I LOVE the movie! Already went to the theater three times to see it, and as usual, saw new things each time. Now I’m on tenter hooks waiting to see if there will be a #4-please, please, please. So much unresolved. One thing I was delighted to see was the explanation of Credence/Aurelius’ impending death-not to be killed, but to die a natural death from his obscurus in as happy and loved situation as could be. A postscript edit: thank you producers and JKR for bringing back Steve Kloves. He just may have saved the series.

We know Dumbledore will become Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, so he has the approval now from the Qilin, that’s why he bow to him, but he couldn’t accept it in the exact moment because he still had the blood pact, and knew he wouldn’t be able to fight Grindelwald. (Moments after the blood pact gets broken)

If it were that the alternate dimension ability brings all magical beings in the area into it, then that would fix the plot holes because it would’ve protected the muggles while affecting the phoenix. And it would’ve been pointless to do it in the ministry or astronomy tower because Harry would still be in danger.

I really really loved the few minutes of Tina being in the movie. She is just so awesome and Aberfort saying 'always' is very nostalgic

What was good about this movie: - Adding significant lore to HP canon - World building in general - Actors - Visuals (as always) What I didn't like compared to the other movies: - The entire movie puts it's focus on one single event, taking away the shock effect, also making the internal story of the movie less interesting - Dumbledore's Secrets? What Secrets exactly? I didn't feel like there was anything significant revealed about Dumbledore, except for maybe him breaking the Unbreakable Vow, but nothing about his personality back then. I hoped it would be centered around Dumbledore more, I thought this movie would be about his internal ideological struggle (kind of what was revealed in Book 7), however right in the first scene it becomes clear he made that decision off screen already... So Dumbledore is yet just this almost perfect person, even though there is so much potential in making his character more interesting That's why I rate this movie lower than the other Fantastic Beasts movies

I’ve got a thought about Credence and Dunbledore fight. The strong light ending the fight, was it Dunbledore’s Deluminator? Deluminator guided Ron to the correct path. Did it do the same thing to Credence? My theory is Credence was not change because Grindelwald scolded him, he changed because of the fight with Dunbledore which indirectly guided him the correct path to “come home”. Idk if it makes sense for you guys :D I definitely love the movie and need to watch it again and pay attention to more details proving my theory.

I was thinking of three possibilities as to why the Killing Curse didn't instantly kill the Qilin mother: 1. Vinda was using the spell non-verbally, and as such it's power was weakened (perhaps she wanted it to suffer). This is why most other wizards say the spell when killing something/someone. 2. Qilin are somewhat resistant to the Killing Curse, like dragons are with other spells 3. She's just not experienced enough and has to use the spell multiple times

When Dumbledore first said he loved Grindelwald, I shouted "YES!" in the middle of the cinema with my hands up, and I had and still have no regrets.

Mads Mikkelsen was definitely the better Grindelwald, in my opinion. It's easy to forget that Johnny Depp ever played him, and Jude Law was also impressive as a younger Dumbledore.

I think people forget that later Dumbledore does become the supreme mugwomp and I think that’s why he got the approval from the quilin.

Maybe this was already known to those who read the books but the fact the phoenix follows the person that’s gonna die is a huge thing for me. As dumbledoor had it in the original series

Great review! Always love your stuff. A note though on Jacob (a muggle) being in Hogwarts. We learn in Chamber of Secrets that when Myrtle was murdered her parents (muggles) came to Hogwarts to collect her body (Riddle tells hagrid this when he captures him) so it seems as if in special circumstances the anti-muggle protections can be lifted for limited numbers of people. Dumbledore wanted Jacob there so an exception was made.

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Dumbledore vs Credence was a more spectacular duel than against Grindewald, heck they are the most powerful wizards in the planet and they just looked at each other intensely after dueling for 30 seconds

Not a perfect movie by any means, but perfectly enjoyable. I came out of the theater with a smile on my face, but this does not mean that there are not a lot of missed opportunities in the Wizard world.

When Tina FINALLY showed up I shrieked in the theater! My mom threw her hand over my mouth, but then everyone in the theater started clapping 😅

In defence of the movie when we talk about magical rules and explanations for things ... original book fans (I read all the harry potter book twice a year even now after reading every book more than 20 times each) have a lot of knowledge going into the harry potter movies on why things work the way that they do. If you are just a movie fan, the original harry potter movies also lack a lot of explanation for the magic and the rules. I think we need to be more forgiving to these new movies for not explaining magical rules since they realistically can’t spend the whole movie explaining things. The original movies didn’t excel at this either we could just fill in the gaps with what we know from the books.

Also, the writing in the fogged up mirror from Credence to Aberforth reminds of the mirror that Sirius gave to Harry in the fifth book maybe it's related, using a mirror as a form of communication

You have a great voice. Thanks for sharing your gifts and insights here with everyone.

Loooved this movie!...and you always make the best reviews of them!...I'm going to see it again in a couple days

About the part where you focused on chanting the curses and spells, delving deeper i'd agree that they don't have to say it. The wandfight scenes are too fast, even killing the beast you need swift action there. Emphasis on the cruciatus curse being said is needed because Gellert needed to emphasize that muggles are supposed to be treated that way.

I find it difficult to understand that people like the new Grindelwald more. Johnny Depp's Grindelwald always seemed more humane and someone whom people will follow. The new one is a total Nazi Hannibal vibe like Tom Riddle.

As always another amazing video!

I've waited a whole week for your review!!!

11:45 but the Chillin was there to choose someone that have a pure heart and can be a leader. If the Chillin choose Newt or Jacob, it would make no sense. To me the Chillin chose Albus was right but again he refused to take the position with that much power

Hey Morgan I gotta quick question, we know a wizard’s lifespan is very long. But do muggle-born witches and wizards (like Hermione and Lilly) have that as well? Or only pure bloods?

You always do the best reviews of movies thank you for that. I really loved this movie so much!

I like the changes you made to your background Morgan

11:20 I'm glad you mentioned the Qilin bowing to Dumbledore. I had a discussion about this with my partner when seeing the movie, and I agree it breaks the true character from the original story when the Qilin bows fort hose who are of true pureheart

I love this Video sooo much 😍

i’ve been waiting for this one!! turn it uppppp

As ALWAYS you keep proving why you are the best movie reviewer around👍👍

Love your vids man keep up the work (is waiting for more Percy Jackson vids)

The Quilin bowing to Dumbledore didn’t bother me as much as it did some, but YES IT SHOULD HAVE BOWED TO NEWT!!😭 My favorite story line is the Dumbledore/Grindelwald relationship. I thought both actors did an amazing job during key emotional scenes that left no doubt these two men had been in love with each other and there were still embers that burned. Despite everything, Dumbledore still calls the blood pact “beautiful” reflecting on the magic they shared. The last scene where Dumbledore can’t bring himself to go to the wedding, he is still feeling pain of a lost love. Jude Law is fantastic here. Dumbledore never loves again as far as we know, and perhaps TDH2 movie where Dumbledore gives his “Don’t pity the dead” speech he is even referring to himself here 😭 but just speculating.

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Thank you for this lovely review!

WHAT ABOUT NAGINI!?!? I was expecting her to be in this movie! She could have helped out in many ways I believe

Muggles can totally be at Hogwarts castle. Remember there are students whose parents are muggles, aren’t this parents allowed at their kid’s school? Haven’t we seen muggles already in other places like Diagon Alley? Protection spells apply for undesired muggles, but can’t work the same way for those who belong to the wizarding world through their children…

Been waiting for this one so let’s go

5:51 Do the screenplay say that those little scorpions are manticores? That's surprising. Manticores do have scorpion tales, but apart from that they're more like winged lions.

If they would have just duplicated it with their wands Grindewald would’ve noticed

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Thank you for the review and easter eggs! 🙏🏻👍🏻

You can see how Grindelwalds character changed. In the first movie he couldn't see a baby being hit by the killing curse but now he was ready to kill a dying and innocent teen in front of hundreds and thousands more watching from the screen as shown in the scene where MACUSA was watching. Pretty sure every other magical government was watching too

Why didnt he mentioned the room of requirement. As it is stated in the books Dumbledore didnt know it exists he just stumbled upon it, and clearly in this movie he knew what it was and use it properly

I'm glad that you and other people enjoyed it. It was tough for me and I love the original saga and Fantastic Beasts. I just felt like nobody ever explained what the hell they were electing an international magic president for.. and it doesn't line up with what I think I know about the Wizarding world.. and it sort of felt like an allegory for the US elections. Felt like there were too many characters and side plots happening and it feels unrelated to the original Fantastic Beasts movie. I wish they had never called them all "Fantastic Beasts" movies

beautifully done!! you're amazing

Been waiting for this review since I saw the film! Completely agree with all your points, and I thought the German Ministry of Magic was so badass. Love the Avengers logo, saw your GF made it on Instagram! Looks amazing!

When I watched the secrets of dumbledor the first time I thought the chillin was going to bow to Jacob because he had been playing with him before!! Did anyone else thing that Jacob would get picked?

I'm still baffled as to why minerva mcgonagall is in it when she was born in 1935

I so so so loved it, thanks for making duch videos and breaking secrets

MovieFlame never disappointed me when it comes to movie review. Maybe if I become a writer in the future, he will be one of my top priorities to watch for reviews and feedbacks, even suggestions. :) love it!

hi man, nice video! To add something to your criticism section of the video, what do you think about Grindelwald using the vulnera sanentur spell to heal the Qilin? This was a counter spell Snape invented as the half-blood prince right? Snape wasn't even born by this time. What do you think?

I have only two complaints with the movie. 1. There should have been a storytelling explanation for Claudia Kim’s absence. My personal fix for this would be for someone to say she is searching for someone else who would care for her, hence her finding Voldemort and becoming his snake. 2. Leta Lestrange’s death has no impact at all.

So good! Thank you!

Ooo. Been waiting for this one!