Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald - 17 WTF Moments

11. Grindelwald's Skull Bong

Fantastic Beasts The Crimes Of Grindelwald Skull Bong
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One of the more harmless yet hilariously weird moments in the movie sees Grindelwald taking a rip from a skull-shaped bong...for some reason. Early on, the villain literally vapes exposition, taking a huge drag from the pipe and then blowing out a vision of Credence.

Things get even odder near the end of the movie when Grindelwald uses the bong to generate a vision of World War II.

I mean, it's funny and doesn't depict child murder or implied rape, so it's certainly not bad, but quite what possessed Rowling to lend Grindelwald this offbeat flourish? And how do the mechanics of it even work?

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