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Do-It-Yourself "Dungeons and Dragons" Film Review

Posted by timothy on from the no-beldar-the-*big*-die dept.

dead sun writes: "Well, thought I'd write in to say that I've now seen the D&D movie and am probably a worse off person for having done so. The only positive note that I can think of is that my friend works at a theater and got me in free to the midnight showing before anybody else was allowed in, and that's only positive because I didn't have to pay." Read more of Dead Sun's reaction below, and anyone else who's seen the movie, please join in the discussion. Was it really this bad?!

"I honestly think that this is a disgrace to everything I had hoped it would be. The plot line was thin at best, the acting was horrible, the lines sounded like they were being read from cards during some scenes. The movie stole so many parts from Star Wars that I'm sure George Lucas is going to be trembling and crying if he sees the movie. All of them too, not just one of the Star Wars movies but all four. A slew of other movies were taken from as well to try to make some semblance of a plot, Indiana Jones, there was a Jurrasic Park scene, we even found a way to bring in Goonies. I was pretty suprised that Ewoks didn't jump out of the background in parts.

I guess I was hoping for more from the movie. I don't think many people are going to be happy with it, the dragon scenes were about the best parts, and those seemed way too short, considering that the rest of the acting didn't do much for the plot anyway. Why not throw in some more eye candy? At any rate the dragons were really neat, but a lot of the other CG was pretty poor. And no amount of special effects were going to make up for the poor acting, plot, and obvious rip offs of other movies."

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  1. Reviews. by interiot · · Score: 5
    Heh.
    • "Longtime opponents of the hobby might be tempted to ask themselves an important question: How could this sort of overblown silliness pose any threat, except as a monumental time-killer?" -- Philip Booth, ORLANDO WEEKLY

    • "This film's only hope is to reach an audience too young to recognize its blatant rip-offs." -- E! ONLINE

      "Dungeons and Dragons is the fantasy genre at its worst and will likely disgruntle even the most die-hard role-playing wonks." -- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICED ONLINE

      "Gamer geeks, I speak your language! And I warn you: Flee!" -- Cody Clark, MR. SHOWBIZ

      "As inept as his direction is, Solomon's script is worse, an awful screenplay that shamelessly swipes some of its characters and scenes from the Star Wars movies without as much as a simple acknowledgment." -- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS


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  2. Re:D&D is EVIL!!! by 3Cats · · Score: 5

    ..And the Church isn't? Pretty much everything you are claiming D&D will do to impressionable young minds the Knights Templar did in the name of the Christ. Not to mention the horrors visited upon every pagan in the old and new world in the name of Christianity. Rape, torture, burning, mutilation...great examples. Betcha more horrors have been committed in the name of God than D&D.
    Thanks but no thanks. The guys I played D&D with are all decent, hardworking citizens who are productive members of society. Haven't yet met a truly tolerant Christian. ( Not that there aren't any, just never met one..) Mention homosexuality or wiccan and they rush to find the sections of the bible to support their bigotry and self-righteousness. Nevermind the sections that talk about tolerance, love for one another... that doesn't matter... IIRC it was religious nuts that stood outside the funeral of the Matthew Shepard who was beaten to death and hung on a fence in Montana by homophobes, not D&D players. "Christians" chanted and demonstrating that he deserved what he got and telling his parents that the boy was burning in hell... riiiight. And you claim D&D promotes unhealthy attitudes...

    Color me a D&D player of old, and a Freethinker. Keep your organized religion. I'd much rather my son and daughter play D&D than absorb the values taught by your religion...

    3C

  3. Blame it on the Director by Sixty4Bit · · Score: 5
    The Director is to blame for the story with holes. The Director is to blame for bad acting. The Director is to blame for all of those shots where the other characters are sitting and staring at the speaker and not doing anything else.

    We all know that Mr. Irons is a great actor. I personally thought that Thora Birch was good in American Beauty. So why is the acting in this so bad? The director didn't have a clue.

    Some of the stinkyness of this movie can be blamed on the studio for not supplying a good mentor for the first time director. I think they did a good job for the small budget and lack of directing experience. But it is still a stinker of a movie.

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  4. Hilarious and homoerotic by Pont · · Score: 5

    There's just something incredibly funny about a buff bald guy with blue lipstic saying, "Give me the rod"