10 Movies That Destroyed Themselves

Warner Brothers (again) ignited the touchpaper on a troubling production for what would become a terrible movie in this year's Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore, with the controversy surrounding their ill-judged decision to fire Johnny Depp and hire Mads Mikkelsen mid-series.

JK Rowling didn't help things either, more focused as she is on online culture wars than in actually penning a strong, coherent and artistically viable script. But it was doomed from the beginning, being as it is a filler film for a series that cares little about creatures and magic, and more about making big money at the box office while stringing fans along in anticipation of the big Dumbledore/Grindelwald duel.

A new low for the series, the filmmakers prioritise MCU-style CGI, with deafening scenes of explosions and digital chaos taking precedence over the smaller, more considered effects that made the Potter series so magical. But even ear-bleeding audio and epilepsy-inducing lightshows can't conceal Secrets of Dumbledore's convoluted and poorly constructed plot, which tries to shoehorn in everything Warner thinks fans want, including Hogwarts and, well, fantastic beasts, as the animals in the plot only exist as a means to keep a weak through-line going.