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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/morbius-reviews-critics-1235123608/ This perfectly applies to the anti-CoG and Fantastic Beasts narrative. What surprises me: the most passionately negative people about Fantastic Beasts on social media seem to outright hate Harry Potter. I’ve seen so many critics and Twitter hot-take people with an expressed lack of interest in the series be so utterly vicious in their FB hatred - I remember listening to Slashfilm podcasts where the hosts got angry that Crimes of Grindelwald was polled at the time as one of the most anticipated films of the fall per Fandango. And Scott Weintraub live-Tweeting about how he was deliberately ignoring the Fantastic Beasts trailers at CinemaCon. I distinctly remember tons of pre-determined hatred, and it all culminated with shit like MovieBob, of all people, Tweeting at JK Rowling that she was a “fucking idiot” for writing FB2 after he gave such a bizarrely aggressive FB1 review. I think this is the first time I’ve seen people who have no interest in a franchise express so much hatred for a franchise, and actively try to get it cancelled. Using the narrow community of casual fan/Rowling haters as a more legitimate cover. With DC, Star Wars, and Marvel, a larger % of original lore, story and world-building originated in the filmic medium, where there was always a split understanding in the Potter series because they’re novel adaptations. This means that a large amount of people simply don’t understand the first thing about the world this series is set in, the tone it expresses overall, or Rowling’s writing style. It seems they don’t like Rowling’s writing, and I think it’s because: not Marvel enough.

So…do people think it’s “fun and family friendly”, or “extremely political and as bleak as Deathly Hallows part 1”? What is it with the parental blinders people have for Potter that doesn’t seem to apply for any other film franchise? Lmao, I would not call SoD very family-friendly.

The overseas box office? Yes it has. This is the view of someone who doesn’t understand that this series has always had its biggest box office intake overseas. Overseas box office has recovered more than enough.

Um…okay? That imputation aside, no, I’m not “mad”. I’m pointing out how the content of the series is not what I’d consider “pure, fun, light, family-friendly adventure material”, and I think it’s Cinemascore and audience reception will continue to suffer if that’s how it’s sold. Everyone from Grace Randolph to Forbes to the LA Times has discussed how this “kiddie” reputation conflicts with the adult nature of the stories Rowling is writing - which presents problems for this series’ mainstream potential. It’s just not necessarily “family fantasy IP” material, no matter how much some people want to selectively attend to the 5-minute Niffler appearance.

I’m going to guess the person reacting to my post with a confused Winona Ryder emoji doesn’t know Crimes of Grindelwald has two infanticides, WWII imagery, and magical rape-and-revenge as a backstory? It’s outright comedic that the general consensus is still trying to sell this IP as “a family franchise! Very G rated! Fun for all the kids!”. Lol, like, when?

Having seen it, I do not agree. At least on the “fun, family-friendly angle”. Not in comparison to any actual “family” movie. Too dark and convoluted still. This kind of perception is still a problem for this brand i think - hopes for cute kids entertainment are butting heads with the reality of the stories Rowling writes, and so people go in thinking “cute beasts movie” and then go “wait, what? Infanticide, WWII imagery, and child abuse?” But, that’s kind of the Potter brand at this point.

No, FB3 is not the end of a franchise. cope and seethe.