Quote from: Festus on April 13, 2023, 01:56:27 PM
My wife and I saw the film last night. She's not a gamer, and enjoyed it more than I did. But it was fine. Not great, but fine.

It was a quip filled, CGI bloated, Marvel style action comedy. If that's not to your taste, you'll hate it. Unfortunately that's Hollywood's formula du jour, irrespective of D&D, WotC, Hasbro, wokeism, racism, OGL, yadda, yadda...

I think the film suffered from trying to be *too* D&D. It was so full of game references, Forgotten Realms lore, and easter eggs that I found it distracting. I think it would have benefitted from having less focus on lore and CGI content from the game and more focus on character and plot development. It might have been both a better and cheaper film for it.

Pine, Grant, and especially Rodriguez were good. The rest of the cast were good enough for what the script gave them, which was not a lot.

Will it be getting the "30th anniversary of..." treatment like Princess Bride?   No.
Will it be on my list of B movies I watch every few years for the nostalgia feels like Sword and the Sorcerer?    No.
When it ultimately is streaming for free on some service I already subscribe to, would I watch it again?    Maybe.
If they made a sequel, would I go see it?    Maybe.

In my opinion the film is worth neither the praise nor the criticism that it's received. The things that are "wrong" with it are wrong with 90% of genre movies these days. It was worth the price of admission, once. No more, no less.

Quote from: Slambo on April 13, 2023, 01:59:59 PM

Quote from: Festus on April 13, 2023, 01:56:27 PM
My wife and I saw the film last night. She's not a gamer, and enjoyed it more than I did. But it was fine. Not great, but fine.

It was a quip filled, CGI bloated, Marvel style action comedy. If that's not to your taste, you'll hate it. Unfortunately that's Hollywood's formula du jour, irrespective of D&D, WotC, Hasbro, wokeism, racism, OGL, yadda, yadda...

I think the film suffered from trying to be *too* D&D. It was so full of game references, Forgotten Realms lore, and easter eggs that I found it distracting. I think it would have benefitted from having less focus on lore and CGI content from the game and more focus on character and plot development. It might have been both a better and cheaper film for it.

Pine, Grant, and especially Rodriguez were good. The rest of the cast were good enough for what the script gave them, which was not a lot.

Will it be getting the "30th anniversary of..." treatment like Princess Bride?   No.
Will it be on my list of B movies I watch every few years for the nostalgia feels like Sword and the Sorcerer?    No.
When it ultimately is streaming for free on some service I already subscribe to, would I watch it again?    Maybe.
If they made a sequel, would I go see it?    Maybe.

In my opinion the film is worth neither the praise nor the criticism that it's received. The things that are "wrong" with it are wrong with 90% of genre movies these days. It was worth the price of admission, once. No more, no less.

Sounds like a dollar theatre movie...if only the one in my town survived covid.

Quote from: rocksfalleverybodydies on April 12, 2023, 05:31:51 PM
It's so far off the neo-medieval scale it's gone, but that's well within WotC's range of what product they churn out these days.  Why would anyone be shocked by them sticking true to form?

Quote from: Grognard GM on April 12, 2023, 11:42:41 PM

Quote from: cavalier973 on April 12, 2023, 09:56:59 PM
Here is a clip from the movie (spoilers) with a fun (for me) cameo:

https://youtu.be/DrAfMjQLSJM

If only the movie had the main cast eaten, and switched to the kids saving the day. Although I'm sure they'd make Hank a doofus, and have Diana as the leader.

Quote from: Omega on April 13, 2023, 07:47:11 PM

Quote from: Grognard GM on April 12, 2023, 11:42:41 PM

Quote from: cavalier973 on April 12, 2023, 09:56:59 PM
Here is a clip from the movie (spoilers) with a fun (for me) cameo:

https://youtu.be/DrAfMjQLSJM

If only the movie had the main cast eaten, and switched to the kids saving the day. Although I'm sure they'd make Hank a doofus, and have Diana as the leader.

They switched back and fourth on a few episodes. Diana was effectively the second leader. Its just unlike wokeness. It isnt in your face or a bludgeon. It happens more organically.

The difference between writing a story and writing an agenda