It wasn’t until the end when Credence shows up with the calf for Grindelwald that you realize Credence was even involved in the scene.

The beginning chase sequence between Newt and Credence in the forest, for example, felt dizzying and a bit confusing as to what is going on, or who is chasing who. It’s unfortunate that it is obscured by the overuse of CGI when it comes to the chase and fight sequences. Like the previous films, the set design and world building are absolutely stunning. This causes Albus to call upon Newt, Ilvermorny Professor “Lally” Hicks (Jessica Williams), Yusuf Kama (William Nadylam), Newt’s brother and head of the British Ministry of Magic, Theseus Scamander (Callum Turner), and muggle Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler) to find a way to stop Grindelwald from ruining the upcoming elections of the Head of International Confederation of Wizards. But he too is thwarted by Credence, who takes the calf of the chilan to use in Grindelwald’s wicked plans. Meanwhile our resident magizoologist, Newt Scamander ( Eddie Redmayne), is looking for a beast called the chilan to protect in his sanctuary. Grindelwald, who has a bunch of plans lined up, is hopeful that Credence will use his anger from being abandoned by the Dumbledore family to end Albus’ life. Due to their unbreakable vow to not harm each other-and essentially their love for one another-Dumbledore and Grindelwald must find others to do the job for them. Set prior to the events of World War II, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore finds Albus Dumbledore ( Jude Law) and Grindelwald (now Mads Mikkelsen) attempting to mediate Grindelwald’s plans to overthrow the Muggle world. Though there are still a lot of canonical problems, The Secrets of Dumbledore does try to right some wrongs by finally answering questions lingering for fans-including about Credence’s (Eza Miller) family history, Queenie’s (Alison Sudol) sudden heel turn, and who is Jessica Williams’ character we randomly saw instructing the immortal wizard Nicolas Flamel in the last movie? The last film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald seemed to throw out everything audiences knew about the history of the Harry Potter universe and created a mess as a result. Following the Wizarding World Universe canon seems to be a complicated thing, especially when the author of said universe is constantly changing it.

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