Grindelwald's Plan Has Bigger Plot Holes Than Not Looking Like Depp

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WARNING! Contains SPOILERS for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.

While many consider the latest installment in J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World franchise, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, a marked improvement from its predecessor, the film still has many problems – not least with the number of plot holes in Gellert Grindelwald's plan. Mads Mikkelsen's interpretation of the film's villain, previously played by Johnny Depp, has been praised by critics and audiences alike. However, despite Mikkelsen's efforts, Fantastic Beasts 3's mixed reviews are indicative of bigger problems that plague the Harry Potter prequel, beyond the fact that Mikkelsen himself doesn't look anything like Depp's version of the character.

Eddie Redmayne's adventures as Newt Scamander began in 2016 with Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, but the series has since shifted its focus from magical creatures to the rise and fall of Grindelwald, a Dark Wizard with schemes grander than even Lord Voldemort. Fantastic Beasts 3 follows Albus Dumbledore's (Jude Law) first army, made up of Newt and his Auror brother Theseus (Callum Turner), Muggle Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler), and more as they look to thwart Grindelwald's plans to become the leader of the International Confederation of Wizards and declare war on the Muggles. The headmaster of Hogwarts can't act against the wielder of the Elder Wand because of the blood pact they have, so Newt and the rest must carry out Dumbledore's plan to defeat Grindelwald.

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Grindelwald's change in appearance in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore from Depp's heterochromatic, albino look to Mikkelsen's