Episode 32: Fantastic Beasts 2 and Harry Potter 3

Wizarding World sequels. Sarah Watt, Jeremy Downing and William Chen discuss the second Fantastic Beasts film, The Crimes of Grindelwald, and the third Harry Potter film, subtitles The Prisoner of Azkaban. Our discussion begins by discussing the Wizarding World logo and the franchise quality of these films, and then quickly develops into how the two stories are structured. We compare the casts in both films, and praise the commitment and calibre of the performances. The world-building is impressive in both films, with Prisoner of Azkaban changing the visual style of the films for the better and Fantastic Beasts potentially retreading ground. We spend a reasonable amount of time fanning out on the time travel in Prisoner of Azkaban. We then talk through the madness that is the final scenes and sequences of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and how the film needs an additional screenwriter. We celebrate the music in Prisoner of Azkaban and the brilliance of John Williams. We praise the Dementors in Azkaban, the Quidditch sequence and the film's sense of humour.