I watched it and will buy it when it comes out on digital.

It is the perfect lazy Saturday movie to have on in the background will prepping.

90/94 Rotten Tomatoes, haters

That speaks to the stupidity of the writers, directors, and producers.

Thank you for all this salt. It'll go good on my popcorn.

Quote from: Persimmon on April 10, 2023, 09:36:15 AM
Haven't and won't watch the movie itself because the trailers look so ridiculously awful.  But my answer is simple: The target audience is D&D fanboys like J. Scott Garibay who will lap up anything with the D&D moniker on it.  So the writing, plot, etc., are at a kindergarten level.  Can't see how they expected to attract others with those trailers.

I'm sure he took his kids, the neighbors' kids, and random strangers' kids to see the movie.  Gotta be a WOTC fanboy, and grow the hobby.

Quote from: Gegilles on April 10, 2023, 09:54:30 PM
That speaks to the stupidity of the writers, directors, and producers.

No, it doesn't. It speaks to the fact that I took my family to see it, we loved it, and I'd watch it again...enough to buy it and even put it on in the background.

Quote from: Gegilles on April 10, 2023, 09:54:30 PM
That speaks to the stupidity of the writers, directors, and producers.

Greetings!

Greg Gillespie, great critique! I chimed in on your Film Post where you posted your video, as well.

Oh, and yeah, J. Scott Garibay, geesus. *Laughing* What a clown!

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

Who? Lol

Edit: ok. Missed the above on my phone.

Quote from: Jam The MF on April 10, 2023, 10:05:11 PM

Quote from: Persimmon on April 10, 2023, 09:36:15 AM
Haven't and won't watch the movie itself because the trailers look so ridiculously awful.  But my answer is simple: The target audience is D&D fanboys like J. Scott Garibay who will lap up anything with the D&D moniker on it.  So the writing, plot, etc., are at a kindergarten level.  Can't see how they expected to attract others with those trailers.

I'm sure he took his kids, the neighbors' kids, and random strangers' kids to see the movie.  Gotta be a WOTC fanboy, and grow the hobby.

Quote from: SHARK on April 10, 2023, 10:11:57 PM
Oh, and yeah, J. Scott Garibay, geesus. *Laughing* What a clown!

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

I am not sure J. Scott Garibay is an actual clown or does the clown bit for attention and clicks.

Could go either way with him.

Quote from: FingerRod on April 10, 2023, 09:42:36 PM
I watched it and will buy it when it comes out on digital.

It is the perfect lazy Saturday movie to have on in the background will prepping.

90/94 Rotten Tomatoes, haters

Quote from: GhostNinja on April 11, 2023, 08:47:38 AM

Quote from: SHARK on April 10, 2023, 10:11:57 PM
Oh, and yeah, J. Scott Garibay, geesus. *Laughing* What a clown!

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

I am not sure J. Scott Garibay is an actual clown or does the clown bit for attention and clicks.

Could go either way with him.

Why do people pay any attention to Garibay and literal dozens of viewers?

Quote from: Festus on April 11, 2023, 11:11:26 AM

Quote from: GhostNinja on April 11, 2023, 08:47:38 AM

Quote from: SHARK on April 10, 2023, 10:11:57 PM
Oh, and yeah, J. Scott Garibay, geesus. *Laughing* What a clown!

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

I am not sure J. Scott Garibay is an actual clown or does the clown bit for attention and clicks.

Could go either way with him.

Why do people pay any attention to Garibay and literal dozens of viewers?

I don't know.  I watched part of one of his videos, saw he was a clown and never returned. 

I would never recommend to anyone to watch his videoes.

Quote from: Festus on April 11, 2023, 11:11:26 AM

Quote from: GhostNinja on April 11, 2023, 08:47:38 AM

Quote from: SHARK on April 10, 2023, 10:11:57 PM
Oh, and yeah, J. Scott Garibay, geesus. *Laughing* What a clown!

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

I am not sure J. Scott Garibay is an actual clown or does the clown bit for attention and clicks.

Could go either way with him.

Why do people pay any attention to Garibay and literal dozens of viewers?

Greetings!

Yeah, I forgot how his videos showed up on my feed. I watched a few of his videos, to see what he's about. My take aways?

Huge SJW Woe Libtard moron
Hates the OSR
Is a total WOTC fan boi fanatic
Delusional, filled with smug self-importance and self-righteousness

Thus, a clown.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

Quote from: Grognard GM on April 11, 2023, 11:06:15 AM

Quote from: FingerRod on April 10, 2023, 09:42:36 PM
I watched it and will buy it when it comes out on digital.

It is the perfect lazy Saturday movie to have on in the background will prepping.

90/94 Rotten Tomatoes, haters

Haha, that made me laugh.

Quote from: FingerRod on April 10, 2023, 09:42:36 PM90/94 Rotten Tomatoes, haters

90+% Critic score, 90+% User score, and an A- on Cinema Score. Yet the movie is tanking and set to lose somewhere around $50 million.

There's gotta be some reason why people aren't interested in seeing it. Maybe it's the fact that everything about it looks safe, bland, and corporate.

Quote from: hedgehobbit on April 11, 2023, 09:28:58 PM

Quote from: FingerRod on April 10, 2023, 09:42:36 PM90/94 Rotten Tomatoes, haters

90+% Critic score, 90+% User score, and an A- on Cinema Score. Yet the movie is tanking and set to lose somewhere around $50 million.

There's gotta be some reason why people aren't interested in seeing it. Maybe it's the fact that everything about it looks safe, bland, and corporate.

Bleh, not going to argue with you over this. You haven't seen it, and going off of previews which most people learn not to trust around the age of 11. You are obviously entrenched.

They lifted the review embargo two weeks before release. That only happens when you are confident in your film.

There is nothing woke in the movie. In fact, the main theme is fatherhood. It is the first fantasy movie or show I can remember that didn't go out of its way to virtue signal, at all. Shadow and Bone, Witcher, etc. cannot say that.

But then, as Geeky pointed out, Mario happened last week. Number one animated release ever. That certainly cut into the second weekend opportunity. But sitting at 125 million less than two weeks from release and, yes, it will make money. No amount of hope or putting your head in the sand will deny it. It is doing really well in China. Post digital sales, etc. Stop it.

It will pass the actual movie budget in about a week. You and others say to double that for marketing, but you don't know that. And you don't know what the toy sales are.

They will release a sequel and that will tell everybody whether this was a success or not. Spoiler alert, it is successful.