Good for budget Armie Hammer.

It’s not like a bunch of people were saying ‘Wow, Massoud is so great in the regrettable live action remake of the much better cartoon you need to go see it anyhow!’

That Camilla was considered an unsuitable match for the Prince of Wales is pretty much a matter of historical record, not something the show made up. Now, the exact specifics of what went down are known only to a handful of people, and there are a number of different accounts, but several of those do indeed state that…

but there are extenuating factors here that don’t justify his aggressive and cruel response.

I really love the sisterly dynamic Jane and Petra have. Day drinking and sharing relationship advice is #relatable (even if the specifics of their love lives are rooted in the realm of telenovelas).

Ugh, with the way the pissy fanboys have been about this movie, I was really hoping it would be good just to shut them up.

Don’t be sad. He had a really good, long run. Now he rests. Instead, smile and remember all the good shit he gave to the world.

So you’re saying they’ll replace him with Don Cheadle and not comment on the change?

Her retroactive “I always pictured Dumbledore as gay” has exactly zero basis in his actual behavior as a character.  It doesn’t shed light on any of the decisions he made, unless the suggestion is that he was hot for Snape.  She wants to sound progressive without jeopardizing the series’ commercial prospects.

Because Eddie Redmayne is terrible.

Um, I do! You have the introduction of Slughorn, the Pensieve and its retrieved memories, Harry Potter high on Felix Felicis, Aragog’s funeral, the introduction of Horcruxes, and Harry and Dumbledore’s trip to the underground lake. It is fantastic and creepy and funny and horrifying. I’d put it second to Azkaban, for…

No. It was actually Johnny Depp in Colin Farrell makeup the whole time. The man is an amazing actor.

My daughter is a huge fan of the first movie, which means I’ve been roped into seeing it several times. I’ve disliked it more and more every time, largely due to Redmayne’s offputting, wormy performance. He’s a complete non-entity: he reacts to everything the same way, he doesn’t have any growth or development, he’s a…

“Even Depp was great in the first movie.”

Also “one-man costume party” is pretty great.

My audience was the same. I think it was 1/2 “oh shit, him again,” and 1/2 distress at losing Colin Farrell after being reminded how criminally underrated he is as an actor.

“No-maj” is grating and inelegant and perfectly American.

Calling Depp’s reveal in the last movie a ‘Scooby-Doo reveal’ is dead perfect. I remember the reactions in the theater ranged from bemused to annoyed. ‘Oh, shit. Him again? More crazy makeup and hair?’

It’s better than “70 years before Harry Potter is born”

I don’t get why this franchise is still branding itself around the “Fantastic Beast” moniker. They were barely a thing in the first movie and judging from the trailers and even reading this a review they’re almost a non-factor in this one.