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You can watch the rewind here “ I’ll patiently wait for the new avalanche of hilarious comments because spoiler alert, everyone will love 2017’s rewind in 2018. ” This is precisely how I ended my review for last year’s famous YouTube Rewind . One glimpse over the audience’s reaction and you can tell straightaway that my predictions were true. Although, I must confess, I never actually expected this overwhelming response from fellow viewers. The like/dislike ratio says it all (as I’m writing this post, 2018’s rewind has 2.4M likes and over 14M dislikes – thus ironically becoming YouTube’s most disliked video) and, dare I say, the comment section from 2017’s recap is even more suggestive: “ YouTube Rewind 2018 makes this look good. That’s not a good sign. ” “ I see many people are taking refuge here as well. ” “ 2017: I’m the worst rewind. 2018: Hold my beer. ” “ By the time 2019 comes around, this will be a goddamn masterpiece. ” “ We were so dumb, we didn’t know what we had u...

“Gellert Grindelwald: Aurors, join me in this circle, pledge to me your eternal allegiance, or die. Only here shall you know freedom, only here shall you know yourself. ” But should we, as viewers, embark on this journey? Should we even lend an ear on what the mighty Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) proclaims? Is it worth our time to follow this dark silhouette, cautiously study his pale figure and eventually stare into his alluring mismatched eyes? He does seem to have enough patience to guide lost souls, after all. If only a definite answer could simply reveal itself… Aparecium? At this point, I can officially declare the fact that nowadays most movies carry on a typical pattern. The malevolent character obligatorily needs to disclose its doubts and weaknesses, and the story must be filled up with as many troubled individuals, in order to create some sense of unity. Presumably we are all familiar with this system, but hasn’t it become quite tedious? If not, then I shall bite m...